{"id":498914,"date":"2026-01-29T20:37:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T00:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/carlos-santana-brayan-bello-yainer-diaz-and-carlos-estevez-confirmed-for-the-world-baseball-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T20:37:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T00:37:05","slug":"carlos-santana-brayan-bello-yainer-diaz-and-carlos-estevez-confirmed-for-the-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/carlos-santana-brayan-bello-yainer-diaz-and-carlos-estevez-confirmed-for-the-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Santana, Brayan Bello, Yainer D\u00edaz, and Carlos Est\u00e9vez confirmed for the World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/h2>\n\n\nSANTO DOMINGO. \u2013<\/strong> The Dominican Baseball Federation (FEDOM) announced this Thursday that players Carlos Santana, Brayan Bello, Yainer D\u00edaz, Seranthony Dom\u00ednguez and pitcher Carlos Estevez<\/strong> have received the corresponding authorization to join the roster of the Dominican team that will compete in the 2026 World Baseball Classic.\n\n\n

You may be interested in:<\/strong>Seranthony Dom\u00ednguez joins the Dominican team for the 2026 World Baseball Classic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nWith the inclusion of Bello, the opening corps continues to take shape alongside already confirmed names like Cristopher S\u00e1nchez and Sandy Alc\u00e1ntara, while Dom\u00ednguez and Est\u00e9vez reinforce a bullpen that will be decisive in a tournament characterized by pitching restrictions.\n\nFor Seranthony Dom\u00ednguez it will be his first experience in the World Baseball Classic, while Carlos Santana will play in the tournament for the third time, consolidating himself as one of the most veteran players on the team. The first baseman was a key piece of the historic undefeated championship achieved by the Dominican Republic in the 2013 edition.\n\nDom\u00ednguez, who recently signed with the Chicago White Sox after stints with the Baltimore Orioles and the Blue Jays, is coming off a solid 2025 season in which he recorded an ERA of 3.16 in 62.2 innings, with 79 strikeouts and two saves, being a reliable arm from the bullpen.\n\nFor his part, Carlos Est\u00e9vez<\/strong>, a reliever with extensive experience in Major Leagues, brings depth and stability to the Dominican bullpen, thanks to his history as a closer and setup man in high-pressure situations, key qualities in short competitions like the Classic.\n\nSantana closed out the 2025 season between the Cleveland Guardians and the Chicago Cubs, standing out defensively by finishing as a finalist for the Gold Glove award. His projected role will be to provide leadership, defense, and depth at first base, backing up Vladimir Guerrero Jr. as needed by manager Albert Pujols.\n\nIn the case of Yainer D\u00edaz, he is called to be the starting catcher for the Dominican team, consolidating himself as the most consistent catcher the country has had in the Major Leagues during the last three seasons.\n\nThese players join others already confirmed such as Fernando Tatis Jr., Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Oneil Cruz, Sandy Alc\u00e1ntara and Cristopher S\u00e1nchez, while the management of the national team continues to structure a competitive roster for the tournament to be held in March.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SANTO DOMINGO. \u2013 The Dominican Baseball Federation (FEDOM) announced this Thursday that players Carlos Santana, Brayan Bello, Yainer D\u00edaz, Seranthony Dom\u00ednguez and pitcher Carlos Estevez have received the corresponding authorization to join the roster of the Dominican team that will compete in the 2026 World Baseball Classic. You may be interested in:Seranthony Dom\u00ednguez joins the […]<\/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":[26621,611,40231,40813,13766,41186],"class_list":["post-498914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-baseball","tag-baseball-classic","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-leagues","tag-mlb","tag-theperiodicodelatruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25N0","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\/498914","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=498914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}