Philadelphia Phillies reliever Jose Alvarado will reportedly not compete for his native Venezuela in the upcoming World Baseball Classic because he could not get insurance for the tournament.<\/p>\n
Daniel \u00c1lvarez-Montes of El Extrabase reported the news Saturday on Twitter\/X.<\/p>\n
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MORE: Angels owner Arte Moreno: winning not a top-5 priority among fans<\/a><\/p>\n Alvarado was announced as a member of Team Venezuela on Feb. 5. Now he\u2019ll be forced to watch his WBC teammates from the Phillies\u2019 camp in Florida when the tournament commences in March.<\/p>\n Several star players have been unable to get insurance for the WBC, including Puerto Ricans Francisco Lindor and Carlos Correa. Another left-handed reliever for Venezuela, Oddanier Mosqueda, is reportedly missing the tournament because his coverage was denied by the insurer as well.<\/p>\n National Financial Partners, an official partner of MLB, brokers the insurance policy. NFP did not comment<\/a> for a recent story in The Athletic about why so many players have been denied insurance for the 2026 WBC.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n However, according to Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich<\/a>, the heightened insurance concerns stem from injuries to Jose Altuve and Edwin D\u00edaz during the last WBC in 2023.<\/p>\n Ostensibly, NFP is wary of being left on the hook for paying expensive players\u2019 salaries after they have been red-flagged for heightened injury risk.<\/p>\n The result: a WBC with significantly less star power for some teams \u2014 including Venezuela \u2014 compared to when the tournament was last held.<\/p>\n \u2014 Enjoy free coverage of the top news & trending stories on The Big Lead <\/a>\u2014<\/p>\n OLYMPICS: Team USA flag bearers revealed for 2026 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony<\/a><\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n NFL: Predicting the 2026 NFL free agent signings<\/a><\/p>\n MLB: Detroit Tigers drop unreal alternate jerseys for 2026 MLB season<\/a><\/p>\n NBA: Charlotte Hornets share update after LaMelo Ball\u2019s car crash<\/a><\/p>\n NHL: 2026 Winter Olympics men\u2019s hockey, NHL payrolls for final four teams<\/a><\/p>\n SPORTS MEDIA: Olympics reporter apologizes for drinking, slurring words during live segment<\/a><\/p>\n The post Phillies pitcher suffers huge blow for World Baseball Classic<\/a> appeared first on The Big Lead<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Phillies reliever Jose Alvarado will reportedly not compete for his native Venezuela in the upcoming World Baseball…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,3225,10234,76456,65138,53,1087,227,817,1104,76429,4,76455,25,72255,8814,4820],"class_list":{"0":"post-585127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-carlos-correa","10":"tag-charlotte-hornets","11":"tag-clasico-mundial-de-beisbol","12":"tag-daniel-alvarez-montes","13":"tag-detroit-tigers","14":"tag-edwin-diaz","15":"tag-francisco-lindor","16":"tag-jose-altuve","17":"tag-jose-alvarado","18":"tag-lamelo-ball","19":"tag-mlb","20":"tag-oddanier-mosqueda","21":"tag-philadelphia-phillies","22":"tag-the-tournament","23":"tag-venezuela","24":"tag-world-baseball-classic"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116109841143495257","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585127","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=585127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}