{"id":521217,"date":"2026-03-05T22:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T22:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/521217\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T22:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T22:51:14","slug":"every-top-100-player-in-the-2026-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/521217\/","title":{"rendered":"Every top 100 player in the 2026 World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"

In just a few weeks, we’ll be watching some of baseball’s biggest stars take the field for the start of the 2026 MLB season. But why wait until then?<\/p>\n

Thursday marks the start of the 2026 World Baseball Classic<\/a>, a global tournament that takes place every three years and pits some of the best players in the sport against each other on the international stage.<\/p>\n

Twenty teams that each represent a country or an independent sporting nations are participating, and while some, like Czechia, field everyday people, there are a number of star-studded rosters featuring MLB players representing their home countries and teaming up with guys they don’t normally get to play with.<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at every player in MLB Rank — our ranking of the top 100 players in baseball in 2026<\/a> — who will be playing in this year’s WBC, broken down by country.<\/p>\n

\"\"United States<\/p>\n

Top 100 players: 17<\/p>\n

Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n

2 Related<\/p>\n

Aaron Judge<\/a>, OF (MLB Rank: No. 2)
Bobby Witt Jr<\/a>., SS (3)
Tarik Skubal<\/a>, SP (4)
Paul Skenes<\/a>, SP (6)
Cal Raleigh<\/a>, C (7)
Gunnar Henderson<\/a>, SS (13)
Kyle Schwarber<\/a>, DH (21)
Pete Crow-Armstrong<\/a>, OF (22)
Logan Webb<\/a>, SP (27)
Roman Anthony<\/a>, OF (33)
Will Smith<\/a>, C (34)
Bryce Harper<\/a>, 1B (42)
Mason Miller<\/a>, RP (60)
Alex Bregman<\/a>, 3B (61)
Byron Buxton<\/a>, OF (63)
Brice Turang<\/a>, 2B (74)
Nolan McLean<\/a>, SP (100)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Dominican Republic<\/p>\n

Top 100 players: 10<\/p>\n

Juan Soto<\/a>, OF (5)
Julio Rodriguez<\/a>, OF (9)
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.<\/a>, 1B (11)
Fernando Tatis Jr.<\/a>, OF (14)
Cristopher Sanchez<\/a>, SP (19)
Ketel Marte<\/a>, 2B (20)
Junior Caminero<\/a>, 3B (23)
Geraldo Perdomo<\/a>, SS (32)
Manny Machado<\/a>, 3B (47)
Jeremy Pe\u00f1a<\/a>, SS (48)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Venezuela<\/p>\n

Top 100 players: 6<\/p>\n

Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr.<\/a>, OF (10)
William Contreras<\/a>, C (28)
Jackson Chourio<\/a>, OF (45)
Maikel Garcia<\/a>, 3B (71)
Ranger Suarez<\/a>, SP (85)
Eugenio Suarez<\/a>, 3B (96)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Japan<\/p>\n

Top 100 players: 3<\/p>\n

Shohei Ohtani<\/a>, DH (1)
Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/a>, SP (17)
Seiya Suzuki<\/a>, OF (92)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Mexico<\/p>\n

Top 100 players: 2<\/p>\n

Alejandro Kirk<\/a>, C (54)
Jarren Duran<\/a>, OF (67)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Puerto Rico<\/p>\n

Top 100 players: 1<\/p>\n

Edwin Diaz<\/a>, RP (73)<\/p>\n

\"\"Great Britain<\/p>\n

Top 100 players: 1<\/p>\n

Jazz Chisholm Jr.<\/a>, 2B (78)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Netherlands<\/p>\n

Top 100 players: 1<\/p>\n

Ceddanne Rafaela<\/a>, OF (88)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Canada<\/p>\n

Top 100 players: 1<\/p>\n

Josh Naylor<\/a>, 1B (97)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In just a few weeks, we’ll be watching some of baseball’s biggest stars take the field for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-521217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}