{"id":498948,"date":"2026-01-30T08:17:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/dominican-team-announces-the-return-of-julio-rodriguez-to-the-2026-world-baseball-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T08:17:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:17:26","slug":"dominican-team-announces-the-return-of-julio-rodriguez-to-the-2026-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/dominican-team-announces-the-return-of-julio-rodriguez-to-the-2026-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican team announces the return of Julio Rodr\u00edguez to the 2026 World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\nSanto Domingo, R.D. \u2014 The Dominican Baseball Federation (FEDOM) officially announced the return of <strong>Julio Rodr\u00edguez (J-Rod)<\/strong> to the national team that will represent the country in the <strong>2026 World Baseball Classic<\/strong>, reaffirming the Dominican selection&#8217;s commitment to form an elite roster with a view to the championship.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/carlos-santana-brayan-bello-yainer-diaz-y-carlos-estevez-confirmados-para-el-clasico-mundial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Carlos Santana, Brayan Bello, Yainer D\u00edaz and Carlos Est\u00e9vez confirmed for the World Baseball Classic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nAfter the Japan Selection conquered its third World Classic title in the 2023 edition, multiple countries are preparing to prevent history from repeating itself in 2026. Among them is the Dominican Republic, which will have one of the deepest and most talented rosters in the tournament.\n\nDuring the Winter Meetings held in Orlando, Florida, the general manager of the Dominican selection, <strong>Nelson Cruz<\/strong>, along with the team&#8217;s manager for the 2026 Classic, <strong>Albert Pujols<\/strong>, confirmed several of the names that will make up the official roster.\n\n&#8220;Do you know how we are going to satisfy our fanbase? By winning the championship,&#8221; Pujols expressed during the meeting. &#8220;Anyone who knows about baseball understands that we must structure the best possible team to represent the country.&#8221;\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the main confirmed figures are the teammates from the San Diego Padres, <strong>Fernando Tatis Jr.<\/strong> and <strong>Manny Machado<\/strong>, who will once again share the field defending the Dominican colors. They are joined by <strong>Juan Soto<\/strong> and <strong>Julio Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>, who together hit <strong>75 home runs and drove in 198 runs during the 2025 MLB season<\/strong>, projecting themselves as fundamental pillars of the team&#8217;s outfield.<\/p>\n\n\nAlso, FEDOM reported that the players <strong>Carlos Santana, Brayan Bello, Yainer D\u00edaz, Seranthony Dom\u00ednguez, Carlos Est\u00e9vez and Amed Rosario<\/strong> have received the corresponding authorization to join the roster of the 2026 World Baseball Classic.\n\nThese names join other already confirmed stars such as <strong>Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Oneil Cruz, Sandy Alc\u00e1ntara and Cristopher S\u00e1nchez<\/strong>, further strengthening a selection that firmly aims for the title.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo, R.D. \u2014 The Dominican Baseball Federation (FEDOM) officially announced the return of Julio Rodr\u00edguez (J-Rod) to the national team that will represent the country in the 2026 World Baseball Classic, reaffirming the Dominican selection&#8217;s commitment to form an elite roster with a view to the championship. You may be interested in: Carlos Santana, [&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":[611,40231,13766,40853,40638],"class_list":["post-498948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-mlb","tag-thetruthnewspaper","tag-world-baseball-classic-2026"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25Ny","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\/498948","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=498948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}