{"id":497759,"date":"2026-01-15T17:48:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/alex-bregman-confirms-he-will-play-for-the-united-states-in-the-2026-world-baseball-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:48:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:48:39","slug":"alex-bregman-confirms-he-will-play-for-the-united-states-in-the-2026-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/alex-bregman-confirms-he-will-play-for-the-united-states-in-the-2026-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Bregman confirms he will play for the United States in the 2026 World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CHICAGO.\u2013<\/strong> Star third baseman <strong>Alex Bregman<\/strong> confirmed this Thursday his participation with the <strong>United States<\/strong> team in the <strong>2026 World Baseball Classic<\/strong>, an announcement he made the same day he was officially presented as a new player for the <strong>Chicago Cubs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/ranger-suarez-firma-contrato-record-de-cinco-anos-y-us130-millones-con-los-medias-rojas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ranger Su\u00e1rez signs a record five-year contract for US$130 million with the Red Sox<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nBregman will return to the highest stage of international baseball after having been part of the champion team in the <strong>2017<\/strong> tournament, when at just 23 years old he was the youngest player on that team that defeated Puerto Rico in the final played at Dodger Stadium.\n\nSince that edition, the third baseman has established himself as one of the most dominant figures in Major League Baseball, accumulating <strong>two World Series titles<\/strong>, <strong>three All-Star selections<\/strong>, as well as a <strong>Gold Glove<\/strong> and a <strong>Silver Slugger<\/strong>. In that period, he has a <strong>bWAR of 41.0<\/strong>, the ninth-highest figure among all MLB position players in the last nine seasons.\n\nBregman will join a star-studded American team, which also announced the return of the legendary pitcher <strong>Clayton Kershaw<\/strong>, who, despite having retired after the 2025 Major League season, agreed to represent his country again in the Classic.\n\nThe United States will debut in <strong>Group B<\/strong> of the tournament on <strong>March 6<\/strong>, when they face <strong>Brazil<\/strong> at <strong>Daikin Park in Houston<\/strong>, Bregman&#8217;s former home during his nine campaigns with the Astros. The match is scheduled for <strong>8:00 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>.\n\nThe preliminary US roster includes figures like <strong>Aaron Judge, Bryce Harper, Bobby Witt Jr., Gunnar Henderson, Corbin Carroll, Byron Buxton, Kyle Schwarber, Tarik Skubal, Paul Skenes, and Logan Webb<\/strong>, among others. The final list will be announced in early February.\n\nBregman&#8217;s confirmation reinforces the United States&#8217; aspirations to regain dominance in the World Baseball Classic, with a combination of experience, offensive power, and an elite pitching staff.\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO.\u2013 Star third baseman Alex Bregman confirmed this Thursday his participation with the United States team in the 2026 World Baseball Classic, an announcement he made the same day he was officially presented as a new player for the Chicago Cubs. You may be interested in:Ranger Su\u00e1rez signs a record five-year contract for US$130 million [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,40813,13766,40853],"class_list":["post-497759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-leagues","tag-mlb","tag-thetruthnewspaper"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25un","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}