World Baseball Classic 2026 GDT

[Stangstag]

With the WBC officially kicking off tonight at 10pm EST, figured we should have a dedicated thread to discuss the games.

First game up is Chinese Taipei vs Australia!

[Stangstag]

Australia on the board!

2-0 AUS

[Spanky__99]

My boy Bazzana goes yard!

[Stangstag]

Czech falls to Korea 11-4

Czech plays their 2nd game tonight vs Australia at 10pm

 

[Spanky__99]

55 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

Czech falls to Korea 11-4

Czech plays their 2nd game tonight vs Australia at 10pm

 

Did you know that team Czechia is made up of regular guys with jobs, like an electrician firefighter, etc... fascinating. They have no shot but fascinating nonetheless.

[John_Havok]

4 minutes ago, Spanky__99 said:

Did you know that team Czechia is made up of regular guys with jobs, like an electrician firefighter, etc... fascinating. They have no shot but fascinating nonetheless.

They have a few junior college arms, and a Div 1, but yeah... household names like:

• Terrin Vavra (2B) – Former Baltimore Orioles infielder with MLB experience. (160 games, career OPS+ of 83)

• Marek Chlup (OF) – NPB minor leaguer and 2023 WBC breakout star with a .888 OPS.

• Martin Muzik (1B) – Team captain and former DII National Champion; hit a key home run in 2023.

• Martin Schneider (RHP) – Pitcher who threw 5.1 near-perfect innings in 2023 and is a veteran of the Czech Extraliga.

[Stangstag]

1 hour ago, Spanky__99 said:

Did you know that team Czechia is made up of regular guys with jobs, like an electrician firefighter, etc... fascinating. They have no shot but fascinating nonetheless.

Yup hilarious. They are the peoples’ team.

[Stangstag]

Looks like Japan is out for blood here early. RIP Taipei

[jaysblue]

18 hours ago, John_Havok said:

They have a few junior college arms, and a Div 1, but yeah... household names like:

• Terrin Vavra (2B) – Former Baltimore Orioles infielder with MLB experience. (160 games, career OPS+ of 83)

• Marek Chlup (OF) – NPB minor leaguer and 2023 WBC breakout star with a .888 OPS.

• Martin Muzik (1B) – Team captain and former DII National Champion; hit a key home run in 2023.

• Martin Schneider (RHP) – Pitcher who threw 5.1 near-perfect innings in 2023 and is a veteran of the Czech Extraliga.

Some potential 6th round LOD picks next year! 

[jaysblue]

27 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

Looks like Japan is out for blood here early. RIP Taipei

Yeah Taipei to lose against Australia in their first game definitely puts them up against the wall. 

[L54]

Aaron Judge and team USA take on Bichette and team Brazilian

[Stangstag]

Lots of games on the sched today! Looking forward to PR vs Columbia, also the DR.

[John_Havok]

1 hour ago, L54 said:

Aaron Judge and team USA take on Bichette and team Brazilian

that's some garbage AI generated pics. LOL

[Stangstag]

49 minutes ago, John_Havok said:

that's some garbage AI generated pics. LOL

Why do you think its AI? The logos?

[G-Snarls]

Plus that Bichette is Dante Jr, not Bo

[Governator]

7 hours ago, Stangstag said:

Looks like Japan is out for blood here early. RIP Taipei

Some guy named Ohtani went 3/4 with a grand slam and they say he can pitch.  We should try to sign him.

[Stangstag]

8 minutes ago, Governator said:

Some guy named Ohtani went 3/4 with a grand slam and they say he can pitch.  We should try to sign him.

Did you see that other guy on Domican Republic?? He’s got a couple homers and some big hits already in the exhibition games, we should try to sign him!

[BTS]

Really looking forward to the Canada/Colombia game tomorrow morning

[Jonn]

8 hours ago, Stangstag said:

Looks like Japan is out for blood here early. RIP Taipei

And we thought that was China’s job.

[Stangstag]

Was a good game between Mexico and GB. Tight 1-1 game for most of it but the brits fell apart in the last couple innings.

[Stangstag]

Funny enough the Brits managed to score 1 off Munoz

[hanton]

The Aussie catcher that refused to shake hands, he any good?  if not I'd send him on the next flight back to whereever he's from

[hanton]

Insane atmosphere at loanpark in Miami, Nicaragua with an RBI single in the 1st and they're cheering like it was a walk-off.  Gotta love it.

[Stangstag]

The vibes in PR are lit

[Stangstag]

THIS is what i love seeing in the WBC. The passion from these latin teams/fans. Love it.

Need to get all the old fogies out of MLB and bring on the fun attitudes 

[Stangstag]

Vladdy with the patented groundout

[Stangstag]

Christopher Sanchez is cheeks lol

[Stangstag]

This DR/Nicaragua game has taken an hour to play just 2 innings lol

[Jays24]

1 hour ago, Stangstag said:

THIS is what i love seeing in the WBC. The passion from these latin teams/fans. Love it.

Need to get all the old fogies out of MLB and bring on the fun attitudes 

Thats like 75% of this board lol

[glory]

1 hour ago, hanton said:

Insane atmosphere at loanpark in Miami, Nicaragua with an RBI single in the 1st and they're cheering like it was a walk-off.  Gotta love it.

Yeah seriously, the atmosphere has been incredible so far, and it's just the beginning. 

Between this and what appears to be a very realistic scenario now (based on Manfred's comments) of MLB players being allowed to play in the 2028 Olympics, I think baseball has a real chance of growing over the next few years.

Of course, perfect time for a lockout.