{"id":559628,"date":"2026-02-07T14:21:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T14:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/559628\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T14:21:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T14:21:34","slug":"heres-every-red-sox-organizational-player-in-the-world-baseball-classic-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/559628\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s Every Red Sox organizational player in the World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sixth iteration of the World Baseball Classic will begin soon, continuing one HELL of a sports stretch over the next few weeks. I mean, we\u2019ve got the Olympics, Super Bowl, and Grapefruit League action\u2013the holy trinity, if you ask me\u2013coming right up.<\/p>\n

WBC rosters were released Thursday night, exactly a month before the action starts on March 5. Luckily for us, the Red Sox will be sending a healthy delegation to represent a total of 13 of the 20 teams competing in the international competition. 14 players across the Sox\u2019s major and minor league levels will be playing in the WBC; that\u2019s an increase over the 11 players we sent for the 2023 tourney, so I guess that\u2019s cool.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re looking for a guide to point to where your rooting interest should lie \u2014 with regards to the Red Sox \u2014 then look no further.<\/p>\n

United States: Garrett Whitlock\"\"<\/p>\n

Just one player in Boston\u2019s system will be representing the Stars and Stripes in 2026, but it\u2019s one of our better players. Whitlock earned his way onto Team USA on the back of a 183 ERA+ in 2025. The runners-up in the previous tourney will hope that execution will carry over to give the Americans their second WBC title.<\/p>\n

Mexico: Jarren Duran\"\"<\/p>\n

The speedy outfielder will once again represent our neighbors to the south. Mexico acted as a sort of Cinderella\u00a0last time around; they nearly knocked off the eventual champions in the semifinals back in 2023. No official word on whether or not Duran will be bringing the sombrero back into the dugout next month.<\/p>\n

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Venezuela: Wilyer Abreu, Willson Contreras, and\u00a0Ranger Su\u00e1rez\"\"<\/p>\n

Venezuela boasts the most amount of Boston-based talent in the 2026 WBC, as a trio of Sox will represent their home country. It\u2019ll be fun to watch new additions Contreras and\u00a0Su\u00e1rez in action, while I\u2019m hoping that Wilyer will be able to display some power to get me excited for the upcoming MLB season.<\/p>\n

Dominican Republic: Brayan Bello\"\"<\/p>\n

After a (generally speaking) solid 2025 campaign, the 26-year-old righty got the nod from one of the tournament\u2019s favorites. La Rep\u00fablica Dominicana certainly has the offensive firepower to hang with the best of the best, but Bello could play a very important role in their title chase; will he be able to elevate his game and get off to the best start possible in 2026 after a frustrating end to the previous season?<\/p>\n

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Japan: Masataka Yoshida\"\"<\/p>\n

The Macho Man himself is back with the defending champs. We were getting our first taste of Yoshida back in the last WBC in 2023, after he inked his deal with the Sox in December of 2022. Since then, things haven\u2019t been\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.consistent, let\u2019s leave it at that. Regardless, he\u2019ll have a chance to help Samurai Japan win their second straight WBC championship and fourth overall.<\/p>\n

Netherlands: Ceddanne Rafaela\"\"<\/p>\n

The Dutch are the quintessential \u201cHey, they could make a big run\u201d WBC team. Maybe the Netherlands seems like an unassuming baseball nation, but all of the islands that make up the lion\u2019s share of the team (Xander Bogaerts\u2019 home of Aruba and Ceddy\u2019s home of Cura\u00e7ao, for example) have some incredible players. Perhaps the best center fielder in the world will be representing Holland in 2026 \u2014 maybe we can call him \u201cThe Flying Dutchman\u201d for this tourney?<\/p>\n

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Italy: Greg Weissert\"\"<\/p>\n

G-Reg knows a thing or two about this thing of ours. After posting a sub-3.00 ERA across 67 (don\u2019t laugh) innings, Weissert will be one of the key components of the Italians\u2019 bullpen. Gli Azzurri has some legit names (Vinnie Pasquantino, Aaron Nola if he ever decides to snap out of whatever funk he\u2019s in, etc.). They could be a dark horse.<\/p>\n

Puerto Rico: Jovani Mor\u00e1n\"\"<\/p>\n

While he only pitched in four innings for the Red Sox in 2025, Mor\u00e1n still qualifies for the list as he\u2019ll be representing the home island of manager Alex Cora. He hasn\u2019t had a ton of run in the majors, but he can initiate more than his fair share of swing-and-misses. If we see more of him in 2026, maybe the WBC will offer a glimmer into our future. I dunno, wishful thinking.<\/p>\n

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Great Britain: Nate Eaton and Jack Anderson\"\"<\/p>\n

Nate Eaton could end up being more of a pivotal player for the Sox in 2026 than we currently foresee; he\u2019s shaping up to be a top backup option for our current crop of outfielders, and injuries are to be expected across 162+ games. Before that, though, he\u2019s going to be playing for the Union Jack. Right-handed pitcher Jack Anderson of the AAA WooSox will be as well. In 75.1 innings in Portland last year, the fourth round pick in the 2024 minor league Rule 5 draft had a 3.58 ERA. That\u2019s neat, I guess!<\/p>\n

Colombia: Tayron Guerrero\"\"<\/p>\n

35-year-old Tayron Guerrero hasn\u2019t pitched in the big leagues since 2019, but he gets a shout-out here because he signed a minor league deal with us last month and he will be playing for Colombia. Cool!<\/p>\n

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Chinese Taipei: Tsung-Che Cheng\"\"<\/p>\n

A late addition to this article, as he was just claimed by the Red Sox from the Washington Nationals on Friday! The latest member of Boston\u2019s 40-man roster will be playing for Chinese Tapei on the heels of a .209\/.307\/.271 campaign across nearly 400 plate appearance while playing for Pittsburgh\u2019s AAA club in Indianapolis. Stay tuned for his \u201cMeet The New Guy\u201d article on OTM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The sixth iteration of the World Baseball Classic will begin soon, continuing one HELL of a sports stretch…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2375],"tags":[1206,5,141,48,2542,5172,1396,2196,4506,4635,10504,604,24530,792,4,18368,776,2528,90,89,2543,9056,65019,4657,2126,71,409,606,4820,1821],"class_list":{"0":"post-559628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-red-sox","8":"tag-aaron-nola","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-boston","11":"tag-boston-red-sox","12":"tag-bostonredsox","13":"tag-brayan-bello","14":"tag-ceddanne-rafaela","15":"tag-dodger-stadium","16":"tag-garrett-whitlock","17":"tag-grapefruit-league","18":"tag-greg-weissert","19":"tag-jarren-duran","20":"tag-jovani-moran","21":"tag-masataka-yoshida","22":"tag-mlb","23":"tag-nate-eaton","24":"tag-pittsburgh","25":"tag-puerto-rico","26":"tag-ranger-suarez","27":"tag-red-sox","28":"tag-redsox","29":"tag-tayron-guerrero","30":"tag-tsung-che-cheng","31":"tag-united-states","32":"tag-vinnie-pasquantino","33":"tag-washington-nationals","34":"tag-willson-contreras","35":"tag-wilyer-abreu","36":"tag-world-baseball-classic","37":"tag-xander-bogaerts"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}