Games in the first tournament will take place ... the team in first place will automatically qualify for the 2026 World Baseball Classic, while the team in last place will be eliminated.

There were several familiar faces on hand in the opening days of the World Baseball Classic qualifier, including a former player who played several spring training games at Kino Veterans Memorial ...

But as the World Baseball Classic qualifying tournament this week in Tucson showed, talent can be found in countries where baseball isn't the No. 1 sport, and the game is on the rise across the globe.

A dozen years later, Brazil is heading back to the World Baseball Classic for the second time ever after it took down Germany 6-4 in the final game of the WBC qualifiers at Kino Veterans Memorial ...

The organizers of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) qualifiers have fined Taiwan for breaking the rules during the games held in Taipei last month, the CPBL said on Sunday. The team was fined US$20,000 ...

Matsumoto played in 546 games mainly as a reserve fielder ... Whether or not his team will play in the WBC will have a big impact on baseball's popularity in the soccer-loving nation.

He was with Colombia in 2023 at the World Baseball Classic pool games at Chase Field, and joined Del Valle and Ramirez in leaving Diamondbacks camp to reunite with some of the players in Tucson.

On Saturday, the Seattle Mariners concluded their 11th spring training game — a 6-1 loss against ... the Mariners temporarily to play in the World Baseball Classic qualifier for his native ...

Manfred met with his NPB counterpart Sadayuki Sakakibara on Sunday, the second of two days of games between MLB teams and NPB teams.