{"id":498596,"date":"2026-01-26T20:30:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T00:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/fernando-tatis-jr-confirmed-to-participate-in-the-world-baseball-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T20:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T00:35:12","slug":"fernando-tatis-jr-confirmed-to-participate-in-the-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/fernando-tatis-jr-confirmed-to-participate-in-the-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Fernando Tatis Jr. Confirmed to Participate in the World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n<strong>SANTO DOMINGO. \u2013<\/strong> The Dominican Baseball Federation (FEDOM) officially confirmed the participation of star outfielder <strong>Fernando Tatis Jr.<\/strong> with the national team that will compete in the <strong>2026 World Baseball Classic<\/strong>, to be held from <strong>March 5 to 17<\/strong> in various international venues.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/fedom-desmiente-rumores-sobre-jose-ramirez-y-confirma-su-presencia-en-el-clasico-mundial\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FEDOM denies rumors about Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez and confirms his presence in the World Classic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe announcement was endorsed by the player himself, who shared a post on his social media from the official account of the Dominican team, thus sealing his commitment to the tricolor team.\n\nIt will be Tatis Jr.&#8217;s <strong>first participation<\/strong> in the main tournament of national baseball teams. The player of the <strong>San Diego Padres<\/strong>, considered one of the most complete talents in Major League Baseball, arrives at the Classic after consolidating a career marked by power, speed and defensive excellence.\n\nIn seven MLB seasons, Tatis Jr. records annual averages close to <strong>37 home runs and 29 stolen bases<\/strong>, numbers that reinforce his status as a five-tool player and project him as one of the main offensive weapons of the Dominican team.\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\nThe native of San Pedro de Macor\u00eds has been <strong>three-time All-Star<\/strong>, winner of <strong>two Silver Bats<\/strong> and <strong>two Platinum Gloves<\/strong>, the latter award accrediting him as the best overall defender in his league. His most outstanding season was in <strong>2021<\/strong>, when he finished third in the voting for the <strong>National League Most Valuable Player<\/strong>.\n\nThe presence of Tatis Jr. also represents a personal vindication, after being left out of the 2023 World Baseball Classic. On repeated occasions, the player has stated that representing the Dominican Republic is one of the greatest dreams of his professional career.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Hierarchy Team<\/h3>\n\n\nThe Dominican selection will be led by <strong>Albert Pujols<\/strong>, who will take on the challenge after a successful experience as a manager in the Dominican League and the Caribbean Series. The general management will be headed by <strong>Nelson Cruz<\/strong>, while the coaching staff will have a special ingredient: <strong>Fernando Tatis Sr.<\/strong>, father of the player, will serve as assistant manager and batting coach.\n\nThe Dominican Republic will compete in <strong>Group D<\/strong>, based in <strong>loanDepot Park in Miami<\/strong>, along with <strong>Venezuela, Netherlands, Israel and Nicaragua<\/strong>, in a group classified as one of the most demanding of the tournament.\n\nWith a team that is shaping up to be one of the most talented in the competition, the goal of the Dominican Republic team is clear: <strong>to return to the top of world baseball and repeat the historic feat of 2013<\/strong>, when they were crowned champions undefeated.\n\nThe 2026 World Baseball Classic will also have venues in <strong>Houston, Tokyo, and San Juan<\/strong>, and the Dominican Republic is already starting as one of the big favorites for the title.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTO DOMINGO. \u2013 The Dominican Baseball Federation (FEDOM) officially confirmed the participation of star outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. with the national team that will compete in the 2026 World Baseball Classic, to be held from March 5 to 17 in various international venues. You may be interestedFEDOM denies rumors about Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez and confirms his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":972,"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":[611,40231,40813,13766,41186,40230],"class_list":["post-498596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-leagues","tag-mlb","tag-theperiodicodelatruth","tag-united-states"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25HS","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yamell Rossi","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-7a176880-76f8-4b0c-9527-4e34feef45e4-96x96.jpg","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498596","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\/972"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}