{"id":501233,"date":"2026-03-01T15:57:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/dominican-selection-holds-its-first-joint-practice-in-miami-heading-to-the-world-baseball-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T15:57:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:57:36","slug":"dominican-selection-holds-its-first-joint-practice-in-miami-heading-to-the-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/dominican-selection-holds-its-first-joint-practice-in-miami-heading-to-the-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican selection holds its first joint practice in Miami heading to the World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"Miami, Florida.<\/strong> \u2014 The Dominican Republic<\/strong> team that will participate in the 2026 World Baseball Classic<\/strong> held its first official practice together this Sunday in the city of Miami, beginning the final stage of preparation before the important international tournament.\n\n\n

You may be interested in<\/strong>:Nelson Cruz welcomes the players who will participate in the 2026 World Baseball Classic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe training day was led by the president of the Dominican Baseball Federation<\/strong>, Juan N\u00fa\u00f1ez<\/strong>, along with general manager Nelson Cruz<\/strong> and manager Albert Pujols<\/strong>, who supervised the work alongside the coaching staff in an atmosphere marked by concentration, enthusiasm, and group integration.\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\nDuring the session, several of the main Dominican stars of Major League Baseball coincided for the first time on the field wearing the tricolor jersey. Among the position players present were Juan Soto<\/strong>, Fernando Tatis Jr.<\/strong>, Julio Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.<\/strong>, Ketel Marte<\/strong>, Manny Machado<\/strong>, Geraldo Perdomo<\/strong>, Junior Caminero<\/strong>, Austin Wells<\/strong>, Carlos Santana<\/strong>, Jeremy Pe\u00f1a<\/strong>, Oneil Cruz<\/strong>, Amed Rosario<\/strong> and Agust\u00edn Ram\u00edrez<\/strong>, who participated in the batting routines, fielding and defensive exercises programmed by the coaching staff.\n\nSeveral of the pitchers called up also worked on the mound, including Brayan Bello<\/strong>, Luis Severino<\/strong>, Sandy Alc\u00e1ntara<\/strong>, Carlos Est\u00e9vez<\/strong>, Seranthony Dom\u00ednguez<\/strong>, Camilo Doval<\/strong>, Wandy Peralta<\/strong>, Dennis Santana<\/strong>, Gregory Soto<\/strong>, Edwin Uceta<\/strong>, Huascar Brazob\u00e1n<\/strong>, Abner Uribe<\/strong>, Albert Abreu<\/strong> and Cristopher S\u00e1nchez<\/strong>, who make up a pitching staff that combines youth, power and experience in high-level baseball.\n\nThe practice brought together the 30 players called up to integrate the Dominican roster in the tournament, marking a significant moment within the team’s preparation process.\n\nAt the end of the day, figures like Soto, Tatis Jr., Machado, and Wells agreed in highlighting the pride of wearing the Dominican uniform in the World Baseball Classic, emphasizing the commitment and responsibility of representing their country in one of the most important international baseball events.\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\nIn addition to the technical work, the session was characterized by the good atmosphere among the team members. Smiles, exchanges between colleagues and constant mutual support reflected the chemistry that is beginning to consolidate within the group.\n\nDuring training sessions, Cruz and Pujols also spoke with the players, emphasizing the importance of preparation, discipline, and teamwork to achieve the team’s goals in the tournament. For his part, N\u00fa\u00f1ez valued the commitment shown by each member in this first concentration.\n\nWith this first joint practice in Miami, the Dominican selection formally begins its strategic preparation and continues to strengthen the group’s cohesion with the aim of achieving an outstanding performance in the 2026 World Baseball Classic.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Miami, Florida. \u2014 The Dominican Republic team that will participate in the 2026 World Baseball Classic held its first official practice together this Sunday in the city of Miami, beginning the final stage of preparation before the important international tournament. You may be interested in:Nelson Cruz welcomes the players who will participate in the 2026 […]<\/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":[611,40231,40813,40853],"class_list":["post-501233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-leagues","tag-thetruthnewspaper"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-26op","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\/501233","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=501233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}