{"id":543043,"date":"2026-03-17T20:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T20:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/543043\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T20:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T20:29:08","slug":"closer-mason-miller-available-for-team-usa-in-wbc-title-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/543043\/","title":{"rendered":"Closer Mason Miller available for Team USA in WBC title game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mar 17, 2026, 04:15 PM ET<\/p>\n<p>All-Star closer <a data-player-guid=\"a612c014-c389-3057-849d-d820a0d7c361\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4730225\/mason-miller\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mason Miller<\/a> will be available for Team USA in Tuesday night&#8217;s championship game of the World Baseball Classic against Venezuela, manager Mark DeRosa said.<\/p>\n<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"4dec648c-3eb9-055c-aebc-2711f30975a0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/sd\/san-diego-padres\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego Padres<\/a> manager Craig Stammen on Monday said Miller&#8217;s availability for the final <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/48226362\/padres-say-mason-miller-availability-wbc-final-tbd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">would depend on how Miller was feeling<\/a> after he pitched the final two innings of Sunday&#8217;s semifinal victory against the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/48194983\/wbc-2026-final-championship-game-usa-venezuela-live-updates-analysis-takeaways\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/r1629565_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Miller, who has recorded 35 pitches of 100 mph or more during the tournament, has been instrumental to Team USA&#8217;s success in the WBC, securing saves in two of the team&#8217;s victories while recording 10 strikeouts in four innings of work.<\/p>\n<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"d08426cc-bf13-5d7b-5217-6d4662019bc6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/nym\/new-york-mets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Mets<\/a> star <a data-player-guid=\"58194967-03c0-3ef0-a2b9-5203d96ae8d1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4433874\/nolan-mclean\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nolan McLean<\/a> will be the starting pitcher for the United States in Tuesday&#8217;s game at LoanDepot Park in Miami.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mar 17, 2026, 04:15 PM ET All-Star closer Mason Miller will be available for Team USA in Tuesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-543043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}