Jeff Duda
@INTLBaseball24
Brewers prospect Filippo Di Turi hit a grand slam today for his 10th HR of the year in Single-A. He has a .763 OPS. He is from Venezuela but under new Italian citizenship rules, he is eligible to represent Italy at the World Baseball Classic and his brother has represented Italy
In a recent interview with Benji Gil, he mentioned JP Crawford could be suiting up for Mexico at the next World Baseball Classic
If they use the same qualification format as the Tokyo Olympics, the Premier12 in 2027 will award two spots to the LA Olympics. So, making the qualifiers would be massive. Copa América/European Championship this year are gonna be huge tournaments this year
There's new @WBSC baseball rankings! This is a huge deal for many reasons, but most especially that teams 13-18 will have a wild card play-in for 2027's Premier12. Means that right now, Nicaragua, Czech Republic, Great Britain, and China would all be eligible.
Pretty big news with Manuel Rodríguez being placed on the 60 Day IL as it relates to the WBC. Could very well knock him out of the WBC. Mexico’s potential roster hit hard with injuries. There will be quite a few minor leaguers who could get a shot for that team
More #Rays news: * INF Brandon Lowe (left ankle/foot tendinitis) placed on 10-day IL; * OF Stuart Fairchild acquired from #Braves for cash; * RHP Manuel Rodríguez (right forearm strain) transferred from 15-day to 60-day IL.
Italy announced their roster for the U23 European Championship. Some of the notable names include Rangers minor leaguer Williams Wong, Former Cardinals reliever Ettore Giulianelli, future D1 player Edoardo Cornelli, Venezuelan-Italian catcher Andrés Annunziata
Rich Hill will start at the same stadium that he made his major league debut. How long ago was that? Miguel Cabrera was a 22 year old LF for the Marlins that day. Greg Maddux started and the opposing starter was AJ Burnett.
Rich Hill is scheduled to start tonight against the Cubs. He made his first career start almost 20 years ago on July 25, 2005 🤯
Czechia announced their roster for the U23 European Championship. Several of these names will be on their roster at the World Baseball Classic
With this roster, the "U23s" will try to conquer the European summit! ✊🏻🇨🇿 Tickets 📲 u23eurobaseball.cz #baseballczech
With how the current administration is so openly hostile towards Cuban and Venezuelan athletes and residents, I don’t think the United States should be hosting the World Baseball Classic. This nonsense is absurd
Venezuela’s representative for the Senior League World Series will not be able to travel to South Carolina for the tournament cause the US refused to grant them visas. meridiano.net/beisbol/beisbo… this is a big issue heading into the WBC next spring
Venezuela’s representative for the Senior League World Series will not be able to travel to South Carolina for the tournament cause the US refused to grant them visas. meridiano.net/beisbol/beisbo… this is a big issue heading into the WBC next spring
21 year old catcher Hyungchan Um, born and raised in Korea, is starting to put it together in A ball. He’s hitting .256/.360/.349 in July with 7 BB and 5 SO with an OPS over 1.000 in his last 6 games. With a strong finish, he’s got a shot to be on South Korea’s roster at the WBC
Paul Skenes has an ERA+ of 213. There’s been one 23 year old or younger pitcher with an ERA+ of 213 or better in 100+ innings since 1950 and that was Dwight Gooden in 1985. Paul Skenes is an alien.
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18 year old Panamanian catcher Eduardo Tait is being promoted to A+. He absolutely rakes. Panama is absolutely loaded at the catcher position right now. He should be very close to making Panama’s roster at the WBC
Eduardo Tait is headed to Jersey Shore. The #Phillies are promoting the 18-year-old catcher to High-A. He's the Phillies No. 3 prospect. baseballamerica.com/teams/2025-phi…
He’s gonna be pretty good and absolutely shove for PR in the WBC if he decides to play.
Welcome to the Show! We’ve selected LHP Brandyn Garcia from Triple-A @RainiersLand. #TridentsUp 🔗 atmlb.com/4nY3Vws
Great moment in the CPBL All-Star Game today. Ngayaw Ake with a send off in his final all-star game of his career. 43 year old SS is retiring after the season and is a Taiwanese baseball legend. Played for Taiwan in the WBC, Olympics/Premier12 and the first 30/30 player in CPBL
Wilyer Abreu hopes to play this winter with Águilas del Zulia in the Venezuelan winter league. Winter ball this year is gonna be 🔥
🚨ALERTA LVBP🚨 Informa @lavozaguilucho que el Grandeliga de los @RedSox Wilyer Abreu estaría planificando su participación con las @aguilasdelzulia en la temporada 2025-2026, dicha información raiz fue dada por su Padre al periodista Eliexser Pirela. #AlSondelaLVBP
Germany run rules Czechia 12-2 to win the U15 European Championship. Germany is one of the national teams to watch in the future. They’re building something special in Europe. They’re gonna be a WAGON within the next 5 years. They won’t miss any more WBCs
21 year old San Marino pitcher Alessandro Ercolani has been cooking in July. In his last 2 appearances, he’s gone 8 2/3 innings and allowed 2 hits, no runs with 6 strikeouts. 1.32 ERA in July. Fastball sitting in the mid 90’s. He should be in the Italy rotation in the WBC
Wrote a full breakdown of the potential Great Britain roster at the 2026 World Baseball Classic for @WorldBaseball_ with a team that will be led by Jazz Chisholm Jr and Harry Ford, Great Britain will look to make some noise in Houston worldbaseball.com/previewing-pot…
No Corbin Carroll is tough but Jonathon Long would be a big boost for Taiwan. He’s hitting .388/.456/.796 with 5 HR in July in AAA. He’s a big time talent and would make the middle of Taiwan’s order very dangerous
2026 WBC News According to the CPBL Commissioner, both Jonathon Long and Stuart Fairchild have shown strong interest in playing for Team Taiwan in the 2026 WBC.