World Baseball Classic 2026 GDT

[jaysblue]

1 hour ago, John_Havok said:

At their best they'd be able to snag Vlad and Freeman, but that's liekly a pipe dream since Vlad will likely always pay for the DR and Freeman, after this year's decline to play to be closer to family in ST probably won't play again next time around. 

Yeah Vladdy will always play for the DR, never Canada. As for Freeman, he would have been a nice bat to have again but oh well. 

[jaysblue]

USA/Mexico should be a great game tonight! 

[Spanky__99]

20 minutes ago, jaysblue said:

Yeah Vladdy will always play for the DR, never Canada. As for Freeman, he would have been a nice bat to have again but oh well. 

Vlad has said he'll play for Canada, bro. Just not this time around.

 

[Stangstag]

5 minutes ago, Spanky__99 said:

Vlad has said he'll play for Canada, bro. Just not this time around.

 

He’ll play when he’s washed and DR has better options, book it

[Orgfiller]

1 hour ago, John_Havok said:

THe problem is the players have to agree to attend and go. Pitchers like Pivetta, Brash, Cade Smith, Sabrowski... that's 4 arms that would make the staff immediately better, but pitching is always going to be Canada's weakness.

At their best they'd be able to snag Vlad and Freeman, but that's liekly a pipe dream since Vlad will likely always pay for the DR and Freeman, after this year's decline to play to be closer to family in ST probably won't play again next time around. 

On the position player side... the rosters is about as good as it gets for Canada right now. The best guys are there. Maybe the 3rd Naylor is ready to contribute next time around, and Cassie takes a step forward? Who else is waiting in the wings as a top tier bat for Canada?

 

Yeah of course, it's definitely on the players. I was moreso alluding to other top nations being able to recruit their top arms this time around, yet most of ours decline and we're forced to go with guys with half a decade of retirement. The offense is fine, could be better but it has some talent. Owen Caissie should be hitting no lower than 5th, Julien should arguably not be starting at all, but it's not as big of an issue as the pitching having little depth and us not leveraging a guy like Tugboat Wilkinson more than a 2 years retired James Paxton.

[Spanky__99]

27 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

He’ll play when he’s washed and DR has better options, book it

Okay.

[Stangstag]

12 minutes ago, Spanky__99 said:

Okay.

Its nothing against him, im not really upset about the fact he wants to play for DR. It makes more sense.

[Omar]

 

 

[Laika]

Canada doesn't deserve it but having to simply beat Cuba or PR to advance seems fine by me 

[Stangstag]

1 minute ago, Laika said:

Canada doesn't deserve it but having to simply beat Cuba or PR to advance seems fine by me 

Its baseball, and anything can happen. Just keep it close and you never know.

Just look at the Taiwan/Korea game or even the Aus/Japan game.

[hanton]

Multiview getting a workout today - with 3 good games currently in progress

[hanton]

 

[Jays24]

Mexico has a horseshoe up their asses right now.  Lets see how long that lasts lol

[Stangstag]

Mexico walking a tightrope so far, only a matter of time before US puts up a crooked number 

[hanton]

lol trying to go 1st to 3rd on a bloop single

[Jays24]

Judge continues to be unfair man.  f*** this guy lol

[Jays24]

7 minutes ago, hanton said:

lol trying to go 1st to 3rd on a bloop single

With 2 outs no less lol

[Stangstag]

Ya knew it was coming 

[Stangstag]

Just realizing now how easy the path to the finals is for US.

The only threat on this side of the bracket is pretty much Mexico.

Other side has Japan, DR and Venezuela lol.

So its likely gonna be a USA vs DR/Japan final

[Jays24]

When analytics goes wrong.  Shove that pitching change up your asses Mexico lol

[Stangstag]

This isn’t exactly the game i was expecting. Come on Mexico, make it close at least 

[Stangstag]

That’s a disgusting play by Witt, jesus

[Stangstag]

Bobby Witt chill bro

[Jonn]

Feels like the US and Dominicans are on a collision course for the finals. And if Skenes pitches that game US Wins.

[Jays24]

Just now, Jonn said:

Feels like the US and Dominicans are on a collision course for the finals. And if Skenes pitches that game US Wins.

Japan is on their level.  Maybe not from a player to player standpoint but as a team.  

[Jays24]

1 hour ago, Stangstag said:

This isn’t exactly the game i was expecting. Come on Mexico, make it close at least 

[Jonn]

32 minutes ago, Jays24 said:

Japan is on their level.  Maybe not from a player to player standpoint but as a team.  

I'm not saying they are not. But they have to beat the Dominicans and the US to win the classic. And its hard to imagine that Dominican team losing right now. Offense is just firing on all cylinders and its relentless. It would take a great pitcher to shut that lineup down.

[Jays24]

So fun to have meaningful baseball when its usually pointless right now. 

[Stangstag]

1 hour ago, Jonn said:

Feels like the US and Dominicans are on a collision course for the finals. And if Skenes pitches that game US Wins.

Skenes is confirmed to be pitching the Semi-final. US doesn’t really have a starter for the final game yet, maybe Joe Ryan?

[Stangstag]

36 minutes ago, Jonn said:

I'm not saying they are not. But they have to beat the Dominicans and the US to win the classic. And its hard to imagine that Dominican team losing right now. Offense is just firing on all cylinders and its relentless. It would take a great pitcher to shut that lineup down.

Someone like… Yoshinobu Yamamoto?