World Baseball Classic 2013: Complete Rosters Revealed
January 17, 2013
The rosters for the 2013 World Baseball Classic, which will be played from March 2-19, have been released. The United States unveiled its preliminary 27-player roster early Thursday morning. Now the rest of the world has joined in on the fun.
The World Baseball Classic began in 2006 as a showcase for the best players and countries around the world to play in a four-group double-elimination format. Japan is the two-time defending champions in the event.
In addition to being a nice welcome back for the sport of baseball during spring training, it also provides players an opportunity to make a name for themselves. In 2006, it was Daisuke Matsuzaka parlaying his performance into a contract with the Boston Red Sox a year later.
Three years after that, Yoenis Cespedes was named to the All-WBC team. He was one of the best rookies in all of baseball during the 2012 season.
Here is a complete look at all of the rosters for the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
Rosters courtesy of WorldBaseballClassic.com.
| UNITED STATES |
|---|
| P R.A. Dickey (Toronto Blue Jays) |
| P Jeremy Affeldt (San Francisco Giants) |
| P Ryan Vogelsong (San Francisco Giants) |
| P Craig Kimbrel (Atlanta Braves) |
| P Luke Gregerson (San Diego Padres) |
| P Chris Perez (Cleveland Indians) |
| P Vinnie Pestano (Cleveland Indians) |
| P Tim Collins (Kansas City Royals) |
| P Derek Holland (Texas Rangers) |
| P Glen Perkins (Minnesota Twins) |
| UT Ben Zobrist (Tampa Bay Rays) |
| C JP Arencibia (Toronto Blue Jays) |
| C/1B Joe Mauer (Minnesota Twins) |
| C Jonathan Lucroy (Milwaukee Brewers) |
| 1B Mark Teixeira (New York Yankees) |
| 2B Brandon Phillips (Cincinnati Reds) |
| SS Jimmy Rollins (Philadelphia Phillies) |
| 3B David Wright (New York Mets) |
| UT Willie Bloomquist (Arizona Diamondbacks) |
| OF Giancarlo Stanton (Miami Marlins) |
| OF Ryan Braun (Milwaukee Brewers) |
| OF Shane Victorino (Boston Red Sox) |
| OF Adam Jones (Baltimore Orioles) |
| P Heath Bell (Arizona Diamondbacks) |
| P Mitchell Boggs (St. Louis Cardinals) |
P Steve Cishek (Miami Marlins) |
P Kris Medlen (Atlanta Braves) |
| JAPAN |
|---|
| P Masahiko Morifuku |
| P Atsushi Nohmi |
| P Kenji Otonari |
| P Toshiya Sugiuchi |
| P Tetsuya Utsumi |
| P Tetsuya Yamaguchi |
| P Takuya Asao |
| P Takeru Imamura |
| P Kenta Maeda |
| P Kazuhisa Makita |
| P Hirokazu Sawamura |
| P Tadashi Settsu |
| P Masahiro Tanaka |
| P Hideaki Wakui |
| P Daisuke Yamai |
| C Shinnosuke Abe |
| C Ryoji Aikawa |
| IF Yuichi Honda |
| IF Hirokazu Ibata |
| IF Atsunori Inaba |
| IF Nobuhiro Matsuda |
| IF Kazuo Matsui |
| IF Shuichi Murata |
| IF Hayato Sakamoto |
C Ginjiro Sumitani IF Takashi Toritani |
| CHINA |
|---|
| P Bruce Chen |
| P Tao Bu |
| P Kun Chen |
| P Shuai Li |
| P Wenming Li |
| P Xin Li |
| P Yu Liu |
| P Jiangan Lu |
| P Xia Luo |
| P Qingyuan Meng |
| P Song Ran |
| P Haifan Yang |
| P Yangyong Yang |
| P Dawei Zhu |
| C Wei Dong |
| C Weiqiang Meng |
| C Wei Wang |
| IF Xu An |
| IF Ray Chang |
| IF Fujia Chu |
| IF Xiaolei Du |
| IF Delong Jia |
| IF Yubing Jia |
| IF Lei Li |
IF Shu Okamura OF Xiao Cui OF Jingfeng Lai OFZhenhong Lu |
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
|---|
| P Fernando Rodney |
| P Santiago Casilla |
| P Octavio Dotel |
| P Pedro Figueroa |
| P Kelvin Herrera |
| P Alexi Ogando |
| P Joel Peralta |
| P Wandy Rodriguez |
| P Esmil Rogers |
| P Pedro Strop |
| P Edinson Volquez |
| C Miguel Olivo |
| C Carlos Santana |
| IF Robinson Cano |
| IF Edwin Encarnacion |
| IF Miguel Tejada |
| IF Jose Reyes |
| IF Adrian Beltre |
| IF Erick Aybar |
| IF Hanley Ramirez |
| OF Melky Cabrera |
| OF Nelson Cruz |
| OF Carlos Gomez |
| AUSTRALIA |
|---|
| P Ryan Rowland-Smith |
| P Adam Bright |
| P Tim Kennelly |
| P Steven Kent |
| P Peter Moylan |
| P Chris Oxspring |
| P Andrew Russell |
| P Dushan Ruzic |
| P Warwick Saupold |
| P Ryan Searle |
| P Clayton Tanner |
| P Brad Thomas |
| P Matthew Williams |
| P Brendan Wise |
| C Allan de San Miguel |
| C Matt Kennelly |
| IF James Beresford |
| IF Josh Davies |
| IF Brad Harman |
| IF Justin Huber |
| IF Luke Hughes |
| IF Mike Walker |
| IF Stefan Welch |
| OF Corey Adamson |
OF Mitch Dening OF David Kandilas OF Joshua Roberts OF Chris Snelling |
| BRAZIL |
|---|
| P Andre Rienzo |
| P Gabriel Asakura |
| P Noris Chacon |
| P Rafael Fernandes |
| P Luiz Gohara |
| P Murilo Gouvea |
| P Hugo Kanabushi |
| P Kesley Kondo |
| P Rafael Moreno |
| P Oscar Nakaoshi |
| P Thyago Vieira |
| P Carlos Yoshimura |
| C Bruno Hirata |
| IF Felipe Burin |
| IF Alan Fanhoni |
| IF Iago Januario |
| IF Daniel Matsumoto |
| IF Pedro Okuda |
| IF Leonardo Reginatto |
| IF Lucas Rojo |
| IF Marcio Tanaka |
| OF Tiago Magalhaes |
| OF Mike Magario |
| OF JC Muniz |
OF Paulo Orlando OFJean Tome |
| CANADA |
|---|
| P Phillippe Aumont |
| P John Axford |
| P Jesse Crain |
| P Jim Henderson |
| P Shawn Hill |
| P Chris Leroux |
| P Trystan Magnuson |
| P Scott Mathieson |
| P Andrew Albers |
| P Jameson Taillon |
| P Scott Richmond |
| P Dustin Molleken |
| P Mark Hardy |
| C Chris Robinson |
| C Russell Martin |
| IF Jonathan Malo |
| IF Cale Iorg |
| IF Taylor Green |
| IF Brett Lawrie |
| IF Justin Morneau |
| IF Pete Orr |
| IF Jimmy Van Ostrand |
| OF Rene Tosoni |
| OF Tyson Gillies |
OF Adam Loewen
|
| CHINESE TAIPEI |
|---|
| P Hung-Chih Kuo |
| P Chien-Ming Wang |
| P Hung-Wen Chen |
| P Yi-Hao Lin |
| P Chia-Jen Lo |
| P Ching Lung Lo |
| P Wei-Lun Pan |
| P Jen-Ho Tseng |
| P Ching-Ming Wang |
| P I-Cheng Wang |
| P Yao-Lin Wang |
| P Yao-Hsun Yang |
| C Ta-Hung Cheng |
| C Chih-Kang Kao |
| C Hung-Yu Lin |
| IF Chiang-Ho Chen |
| IF Yung-Chi Chen |
| IF Yen-Wen Kuo |
| IF Chih-Shen Lin |
| IF Han Lin |
| IF Cheng-Ming Ping |
| OF Chien-Ming Chang |
| OF Szu-Chi Chou |
| OF Che-Hsuan Lin |
OF Wu-Hsiung Pan OF Dai-KangYang |
| CUBA |
|---|
| P Freddy Alvarez |
| P Odrisamer Despaigne |
| P Vladimir Garcia |
| P Norberto Gonzalez |
| P Yander Guevara |
| P Raciel Iglesias |
| P Ismel Jimenez |
| P Darien Nunez |
| P Vicyohandrys Odelin |
| P Wilber Perez |
| P Alexander Rodriguez |
| C Yulexis La Rosa |
| C Frank Morejon |
| C Erier Sanchez |
| IF Jose Abreu |
| IF Erisbel Arruebarruena |
| IF Danny Betancourt |
| IF Jose Fernandez |
| IF Yulieski Gonzalez |
| IF Yulieski Gourriel |
| IF Andy Ibanez |
| IF Luis Rivera |
| OF Alexei Bell |
OF Rusney Castillo OF Frederich Cepeda OF Alfredo Despaigne OF Guillermo Heredia OF Yadiel Hernandez |
| ITALY |
|---|
| P Jason Grilli |
| P Chris Cooper |
| P Yovany D'Amico |
| P Tiago Da Silva |
| P Alex Maestri |
| P John Mariotti |
| P Luca Panerati |
| P Nick Pugliese |
| P Dan Serafini |
| P Brian Sweeney |
| P Matt Torra |
| C Drew Butera |
| C Francisco Cervelli |
| C Tyler LaTorre |
| IF Anthony Rizzo |
| IF Alex Liddi |
| IF Jeff Bianchi |
| IF Chris Colabello |
| IF Anthony Granato |
| IF Nick Punto |
| IF Alessandro Vaglio |
| OF Lorenzo Avagnina |
| OF Mario Chiarini |
| OF Chris Denorfia |
| MEXICO |
|---|
| P Alfredo Aceves |
| P Luis Ayala |
| P Marco Estrada |
| P Yovani Gallardo |
| P Miguel Gonzalez |
| P David Hernandez |
| P Rodrigo Lopez |
| P Luis Mendoza |
| P Oliver Perez |
| P Sergio Romo |
| P Fernando Salas |
| C Rod Barajas |
| C Ali Solis |
| IF Alfredo Amezaga |
| IF Jorge Cantu |
| IF Luis Cruz |
| IF Danny Espinosa |
| IF Adrian Gonzalez |
| IF Edgar Gonzalez |
| IF Ramiro Pena |
| OF Karim Garcia |
| NETHERLANDS |
|---|
| P David Bergman |
| P Robbie Cordemans |
| P Bayron Cornelisse |
| P Jonatan Isenia |
| P Jair Jurrjens |
| P Diegomar Markwell |
| P Shairon Martis |
| P Tom Stuifbergen |
| P JC Sulbaran |
| P Berry Van Driel |
| P Loek Van Mil |
| P Orlando Yntema |
| C Spencer Kieboom |
| IF Xander Bogaerts |
| IF Yurendell de Caster |
| IF Jurickson Profar |
| IF Jonathan Schoop |
| IF Andrelton Simmons |
| IF Curt Smith |
| IF Hainley Statia |
| IF Nick Urbanus |
| OF Wladimir Balentien |
| OF Randolph Oduber |
| OF Roger Bernadina |
OF Andruw Jones OF Kalian Sams |
| PUERTO RICO |
|---|
| P Giancarlo Alvarado |
| P Jose Berrios |
| P Hiram Burgos |
| P Fernando Cabrera |
| P Xavier Cedeno |
| P Jose De La Torre |
| P Nelson Figueroa |
| P Dicky Gonzalez |
| P Javier Lopez |
| P JC Romero |
| P Hector Santiago |
| P Giovanni Soto |
| P Javier Vazquez |
| C Yadier Molina |
| C Martin Maldonado |
| C Jose Molina |
| IF Mike Aviles |
| IF Ivan De Jesus |
| IF Irving Falu |
| IF Luis Figueroa |
| IF Andy Gonzalez |
| IF Carlos Rivera |
| IF Pedro Valdes |
| OF Jesus Feliciano |
OF Carlos Beltran OF Angel Pagan OF Alex Rios OF Eddie Rosario |
| SPAIN |
|---|
| P Ricardo Andres |
| P Jose Cruz |
| P Sammy De Los Santos |
| P Eric Gonzalez |
| P Ivan Granados |
| P Ricardo Hernandez |
| P Remigio Leaf |
| P Eddie Morlan |
| P Leslie Nacar |
| P Antonio Noguera |
| P Manuel Olivera |
| P Richard Salazar |
| P Nick Schumacher |
| C Leo Hernandez |
| C Adrian Nieto |
| C Blake Ochoa |
| IF Barbaro Canizares |
| IF Paco Figueroa |
| IF Jesus Golindano |
| IF Nestor Perez |
| IF Juan Salazar |
| IF Yunesky Sanchez |
| OF Engel Beltre |
| OF Daniel Figueroa |
OF Yasser Gomez OF Daniel Martinez OF Gabe Suarez DH Rafael Alvarez |
| VENEZUELA |
|---|
| P Henderson Alvarez |
| P Ronald Belisario |
| P Enrique Gonzalez |
| P Felix Hernandez |
| P Cesar Jimenez |
| P Jose Mijares |
| P Francisco Rodriguez |
| P Anibal Sanchez |
| P Carlos Zambrano |
| C Ramon Hernandez |
| C Miguel Montero |
| C Salvador Perez |
| IF Elvis Andrus |
| IF Asdrubal Cabrera |
| IF Miguel Cabrera |
| IF Pablo Sandoval |
| IF Marco Scutaro |
| OF Carlos Gonzalez |
| OF Gerardo Parra |
| OF Martin Prado |
| South Korea |
|---|
| P Woo-chan Cha |
| P Woo Jun Chang |
| P Tae-Hyon Chong |
| P Won-Sam Jang |
| P Yong-Chan Lee |
| P Kyung Eun Noh |
| P Seung Hwan Oh |
| P Jae Seo |
| P Seung-Lak Son |
| P Wonsang Yoo |
| P Hi-Sang Yoon |
| P Suk-Min Yoon |
| C Kab-Yong Jin |
| C Min-Ho Kang |
| IF Jeong Choi |
| IF Keun-Woo Jeong |
| IF Jung-Ho Kang |
| IF Sangsu Kim |
| IF Tae-Kyun Kim |
| IF Dae-Ho Lee |
| IF Seung-Yeop Lee |
| IF Si-Hyun Son |
| OF Jun-woo Jeon |
| OF Hyun-Soo Kim |
| OF Jin-Young Lee |
| OF Yong-Kyu Lee |
| OF Ahseop Son |
Best Team
Venezuela
On paper, Venezuela looks like the best team in this tournament and it's not particularly close.
With Felix Hernandez and Anibal Sanchez at the top of the rotation, the defense up the middle with Salvador Perez, Gerardo Parra, Elvis Andrus and Marco Scutaro, then Asdrubal Cabrera, Miguel Cabrera, Carlos Gonzalez and Pablo Sandoval in the middle of the lineup, this team is scary.
Rosters will change and expand as we get closer to the event, but Venezuela looks very good right now.
