Create your 09 WBC team roster

**dominik** · 12-18-2008, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by SDL

Quite a few Italian-Americans are glad for the chance to play for Italy. Last ST, I was chatting with Val Pascucci. He tells me he was hoping to play for Italy again in the WBC..his dad is from Italy.

That's true: Italian feel like Italians forever. Even if only their grand-grandfather was Italian they will still cheer Italy over the land they live in any time they play the country they live in or even born in.

They are very proud of their country.

**chendd** · 12-19-2008, 08:19 PM

Panama has announced provisional 53-man roster (in Spanish)

**Mischa** · 12-26-2008, 11:00 AM

South Korea released a revised provisional roster today. See http://www.baseball-reference.com/bu...s)#South_Korea for details - I think Baseball-Reference is the first to have the full list in English

I've been trying to keep Baseball-Reference's WBC roster site up to date. We now have bios for every member of Japan's preliminary roster, 51 of 53 Panamanians, 31 of 32 South Koreans and over half the Italians. We also have bios for the full coaching/managerial staffs from Australia, Taiwan and Italy.

**whatlyahave** · 12-28-2008, 11:31 PM

UNITED STATES ROSTER --

PITCHERS B/T HT WT D.O.B. Birthplace

40 Fuentes, Brian L/L 6'4" 230 08/09/75 Merced, CA
32 Halladay, Roy R/R 6'6" 225 05/14/77 Denver, CO
35 Hamels, Cole L/L 6'3" 190 12/27/83 San Diego, CA
15 Haren, Dan R/R 6'5" 215 09/17/80 Montery Park, CA
31 Lee, Cliff L/L 6'3" 190 08/30/78 Benton, AR
54 Lidge, Brad R/R 6'5" 210 12/23/76 Sacramento, CA
55 Lincecum, Tim L/R 5'11" 170 06/15/84 Bellevue, WA
36 Nathan, Joe R/R 6'4" 225 11/22/74 Houston, TX
58 Papelbon, Jonathan R/R 6'4'' 225 11/23/80 Baton Rough, LA
52 Sabathia, C.C. L/L 6'7 250 04/21/80 Vallejo, CA
17 Webb, Brandon R/R 6'2" 230 05/09/79 Ashland, KY

CATCHERS B/T HT WT D.O.B. Birthplace

07 Mauer, Joe L/R 6'5" 230 05/19/83 St. Paul, MN
16 McCann, Brian L/R 6'3" 230 02/20/84 Athens, GA

INFIELDERS B/T HT WT D.O.B. Birthplace

17 Berkman, Lance B/L 6'1" 220 02/10/76 Waco, TX
06 Howard, Ryan L/L 6'4" 255 11/19/79 St. Louis, MO
02 Jeter, Derek R/R 6'3" 195 06/26/74 Pequannock, NJ
15 Pedroia, Dustin R/R 5'9" 180 06/17/83 Woodland, CA
11 Rollins, Jimmy B/R 5'8 175 11/27/78 Oakland, CA
26 Utley, Chase L/R 6'1" 200 12/17/78 Pasadena, CA
05 Wright, David R/R 6'0" 215 12/20/82 Norfolk, VA
20 Youkilis, Kevin R/R 6'1" 220 03/15/79 Cincinnati, OH

OUTFIELDERS B/T HT WT D.O.B. Birthplace

08 Braun, Ryan R/R 6'1" 200 11/17/83 Mission Hills, CA
32 Hamilton, Josh L/L 6'4" 235 05/21/81 Raleigh, NC
21 Markakis, Nick L/L 6'2" 195 11/17/83 Glen Cove, NY
24 Sizemore, Grady L/L 6'2" 200 08/02/82 Seattle, WA

Only question -- Markakis (LH, RF) or Matt Halladay (RH, LF) do we need another righty or should we go with the extra lefty!? I like Markakis, because I don't have a genuine RF on the roster. I am starting Hamilton in RF. Markakis is a LF/RF sub. Berkman is a 1B/LF/RF sub, too!

**chendd** · 01-05-2009, 09:19 PM

Taiwan has announced provisional 48-man roster

**Fukudome = God** · 01-09-2009, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by whatlyahave

UNITED STATES ROSTER --

PITCHERS B/T HT WT D.O.B. Birthplace
31 Lee, Cliff L/L 6'3" 190 08/30/78 Benton, AR

Lee declines an invitation.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3818683

**chendd** · 01-09-2009, 06:16 PM

Team USA roster taking shape

Coaching Staff
Manager: Davey Johnson
Batting Coach: Reggie Smith
Pitching Coach: Marcel Lachemann
Mike Schmidt
Barry Larkin

Pitchers(11): L:3 R:8
SP Roy Oswalt
SP Jake Peavy
SP John Lackey
RP Jonathan Broxton
RP Brian Fuentes
RP Joe Nathan
RP J.J. Putz
RP B.J. Ryan
RP Scot Shields
RP Matt Thornton
RP Matt Lindstrom

Fielders(11): L:3 S:2 R:6
C Brian McCann
1B Kevin Youkilis
2B Dustin Pedroia
2B Mark DeRosa
3B Chipper Jones
3B David Wright
SS Derek Jeter
SS Jimmy Rollins
OF Grady Sizemore
OF Curtis Granderson
OF Ryan Braun

**chendd** · 01-09-2009, 08:04 PM

Cuba has announced provisional 45-man roster

**Fukudome = God** · 01-09-2009, 10:36 PM

Originally Posted by chendd

Team USA roster taking shape

Coaching Staff
Manager: Davey Johnson
Batting Coach: Reggie Smith
Pitching Coach: Marcel Lachemann
Mike Schmidt
Barry Larkin

Pitchers(11): L:3 R:8
SP Roy Oswalt
SP Jake Peavy
SP John Lackey
RP Jonathan Broxton
RP Brian Fuentes
RP Joe Nathan
RP J.J. Putz
RP B.J. Ryan
RP Scot Shields
RP Matt Thornton
RP Matt Lindstrom

Fielders(11): L:3 S:2 R:6
C Brian McCann
1B Kevin Youkilis
2B Dustin Pedroia
2B Mark DeRosa
3B Chipper Jones
3B David Wright
SS Derek Jeter
SS Jimmy Rollins
OF Grady Sizemore
OF Curtis Granderson
OF Ryan Braun

ADD:

C Chris Iannetta (Colorado)

per Yahoo! Sports.

http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slu...v=ap&type=lgns

**Fukudome = God** · 01-10-2009, 12:09 AM

^^ And btw, according to the Chicago Tribune, Derrick Lee is expected to accept the invite for the United States.

**NewEnglandAmazins** · 01-15-2009, 07:21 AM

MLB Network will air World Baseball Classic Tonight Roster Special on Monday, January 19 at 18:00.

**chendd** · 02-18-2009, 10:38 PM

Cuban Team Announced

**Mischa** · 02-19-2009, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by chendd

Cuban Team Announced

The two biggest surprises perhaps are:

1) The absence of Alexei Bell, last season's MVP and a star in the Beijing Olympics. On the other hand, Bell has been an absolute bust in 2008-2009, hitting only .232 with 3 HR. He was injured early in the year and 2007-2008 was far better than anything he had done before. A one-year wonder perhaps? This doesn't seem so crazy when you look at this season.

2) The presence of Danny Betancourt. He starred in the 2005 Baseball World Cup but barely pitched in the three seasons from 2005-2008. In 2008-2009, he has rebounded somewhat but 6-3, 3.95 really isn't that impressive. I don't get it. There are much better Cuban pitchers available.

**chendd** · 02-21-2009, 09:35 AM

Taiwanese Team Announced
(from: Taiwanese official site in Traditional Chinese)

**chendd** · 02-22-2009, 12:38 AM

Samurai Japan finalized 28-man roster (in Japanese)

Pitchers(13):
Yu Darvish
Takahiro Mahara
Masahiro Tanaka
Hideaki Wakui
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Minoru Iwata
Hisashi Iwakuma
Kyuji Fujikawa
Tetsuya Utsumi
Satoshi Komatsu
Shunsuke Watanabe
Tetsuya Yamaguchi
Toshiya Sugiuchi

Catchers(3):
Kenji Johjima
Shinnosuke Abe
Yoshiyuki Ishihara

Infielders(6):
Hiroyuki Nakajima
Yasuyuki Kataoka
Akinori Iwamura
Michihiro Ogasawara
Shuichi Murata
Munenori Kawasaki

Outfielders(6):
Kosuke Fukudome
Norichika Aoki
Seiichi Uchikawa
Yoshiyuki Kamei
Atsunori Inaba
Ichiro Suzuki

**chendd** · 02-22-2009, 07:10 PM

Korean Team Announced (in Korean)

Pitchers(13):
Jae-woo Lee
Min-han Son
Hyun-wook Jung
Seung-hwan Oh
Suk-min Yoon
Doo-sung Hwang
Kwang-hyun Kim
Seung-ho Lee
Hyun-jin Ryu
Won-sam Jang
Jung Bong
Tae-hyon Chong
Chang-yong Lim

Catchers(2):
Kyung-wan Park
Min-ho Kang

Infielders(7):
Keun-woo Jeong
Jung Choi
Young-min Ko
Dae-ho Lee
Ki-hyuk Park
Bum-ho Lee
Tae-kyun Kim

Outfielders(6):
Hyun-soo Kim
Jong-wook Lee
Yong-kyu Lee
Taek-keun Lee
Jin-young Lee
Shin-soo Choo

**Big_Mac** · 02-23-2009, 08:47 PM

I haven't seen Canada's official roster but I heard today that former big leaguer Corey Koskie will be on the club (source: Minneapolis News Station).

It's true about Italians as well, my grandfather's family was born in Italy and his close family still live in Italy and I am very proud to be part-Italian, even if it is only a quarter. I will be cheering for Italy every game other than when they play Canada of course

**chendd** · 02-23-2009, 11:06 PM

Venezuela releases 2009 Classic Roster

Pitchers(13):
Ivan Blanco
Francisco Butto
Armando Galarraga
Victor Garate
Enrique Gonzalez
Felix Hernandez
Jose Mijares
Orber Moreno
Victor Moreno
Francisco Rodriguez
Carlos Silva
Carlos Zambrano
Victor Zambrano

Catchers(3):
Henry Blanco
Ramon Hernandez
Maximiliano Ramirez

Infielders(6):
Miguel Cabrera
Cesar Izturis
Jose Lopez
Luis Maza
Melvin Mora
Marco Scutaro

Outfielders(6):
Bobby Abreu
Gregor Blanco
Endy Chavez
Carlos Guillen
Magglio Ordonez
Gerardo Parra

**Mischa** · 02-24-2009, 05:26 PM

All have been announced:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bu..._%28Rosters%29

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