The quarterfinal bracket is set for the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Reigning champions Japan took care of business. Team USA had to sweat it out until the final day of first-round action.  But those two teams – along with heavyweights Venezuela,

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The 2026 World Baseball Classic again features 20 teams, divided into four pools of five. The field includes automatic qualifiers from the 2023 event, along with teams that advanced through the 2025 WBC Qualifiers. The 2026 tournament will use four stadiums for group play:

Philadelphia Phillies catcher Garrett Stubbs is playing for Team Israel in the 2026 World Baseball Classic because of his Jewish heritage through his mother. Raised in a Jewish household and having had a bar mitzvah,

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If Mexico wins Wednesday and Italy allows four or fewer runs, Mexico and Italy are going to the quarterfinals. And USA is going home. Oh, what a difference 24 hours can make. It w