Team Canada will be looking for a much better finish at the World Baseball Classic after finishing 14th in 2023.

Colombia vs Canada. The Gateway to South America vs The Great White North. One might say hockey is Canada’s No. 1 sport (although pitcher Tyler O’Neil would beg to differ). One might say soccer is Colombia’s (although the first Latino player to ever play in MLB was from the nation).

The World Baseball Classic is taking place in four cities. Here's where they are.

Pool A features several familiar faces on Team Puerto Rico and Team Canada. Illustration: Demetrius Robinson / The Athletic Pool A kicks off play in San Juan, Puerto Rico with Cuba vs. Panama and Puerto Rico vs.

Baseball's premier international tournament is back. Twenty teams from all over the globe are set to vie for supremacy at the 2026 World Baseball Classic, starting Wednesday night ET. In the end, only one will stand tall.

Three Texas Rangers players, Cal Quantrell, Robert Garcia, and Alejandro Osuna, are representing their countries in the World Baseball Classic, with the tournament taking place during MLB spring training.

Aaron Judge #99 of Team USA looks on during the national anthem prior to the 2026 World Baseball Classic exhibition game presented by Capital One betwee

Riley Tirotta hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated Canada's national baseball team 10-7 in an exhibition game Tuesday afternoon at their spring training site in Dunedin,