Trending Now - Team USA Prepares for World Baseball Classic Matches

WHO:

Team USA, led by captain Aaron Judge (New York Yankees, jersey number 99)

Other Team USA players: Byron Buxton (25), Kyle Schwarber (12), Roman Anthony (3)

Players representing Canada: OF Tyler O’Neill, LHP Micah Ashman

Players representing Panama: OF Enrique Bradfield Jr.

Players representing Puerto Rico: RHP Jose Espada, RHP Rico Garcia, INF Luis Vázquez

Player representing Great Britain: RHP Ryan Long

Player representing Israel: RHP Dean Kremer

Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes

New York Mets rookie Nolan McLean

Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout (Los Angeles Angels)

WHAT:

The 2026 World Baseball Classic is set to begin on March 4, 2026.

Team USA will play their first game on March 6, 2026, against Brazil at 8 p.m. ET.

Other scheduled games for Team USA:

March 7, 2026: vs. Great Britain at 8 p.m. ET

March 8, 2026: vs. Mexico at 8 p.m. ET

March 10, 2026: vs. Italy at 9 p.m. ET

The championship game is scheduled for March 17, 2026.

Team USA will play exhibition games against the San Francisco Giants on March 3, 2026, and the Colorado Rockies on March 4, 2026.

Seven players from the Baltimore Orioles are participating in the WBC.

O’Neill's past WBC performances: 2017 (1-for-11, .091) and 2023 (8-for-13, .615).

Kremer's past WBC performances: 2017 (13.50 ERA) and 2023 (four scoreless innings).

WHERE:

The World Baseball Classic games will be held at Daikin Park in Houston, Texas.

Pool A games will be hosted in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

WHEN:

The tournament begins on March 4, 2026.

Pool play lasts six days, with each team playing four games.

Quarterfinals begin on March 13, 2026.

Semifinals start a day after the quarterfinals end.

The final is scheduled for March 17, 2026.

WHY:

Team USA aims to avenge their loss to Team Japan in the 2023 finals (3-2).

HOW:

The tournament features a pool play format with five teams in each pool.

Eight of the 20 teams will advance to the quarterfinals, which are single elimination.

All 47 games of the World Baseball Classic will be aired across the FOX Sports family of networks, including FOX, FS1, FS2, and FOX Deportes.

The 2026 World Baseball Classic kicks off tomorrow, March 4, with Team USA, led by captain Aaron Judge, set to play their first game against Brazil on March 6 at 8 p.m. ET. The tournament will take place at Daikin Park in Houston, Texas, featuring a pool play format where each team will play four games over six days, culminating in the championship on March 17. Fans can catch all 47 games across the FOX Sports family of networks, as Team USA looks to avenge their narrow loss to Team Japan in the 2023 finals.