https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/page/7/?d=1enhttps://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/national-league-central-preview-pittsburgh-pirates-r6891/The Pirates finished with a 71-91 record in 2025, finishing dead last in the N.L. Central. They finished dead last in runs per game with 3.60, while the pitching staff was fifth in the league, only giving up 3.98 runs per game. The front office knew this, and so the offseason was primarily focus...6891Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:41:36 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/who-to-watch-in-the-wbc-final-nolan-mclean-carries-united-states-hopes-angel-zerpa-shuts-it-down-for-venezuela-r6916/The World Baseball Classic championship game is set. The United States will face Venezuela on Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET at loanDepot Park in Miami. It will be the first championship game appearance for Venezuela, while the Americans lost in the 2023 title game after winning it all in 2017....6916Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:29:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/venezuela-advances-to-world-baseball-classic-final-r6924/For the first time since 2009, Venezuela has advanced to the World Baseball Classic final as they defeated Francisco Cervelli and Italy by a final score of 4-2. Detroit Tigers starter Keider Montero took the mound for Venezuela, but on a restriction of three innings, 50 pitches. After a sco...6924Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:32:05 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/who-to-watch-in-the-wbc-andres-gimenez-defends-for-venezuela-andrew-fischer-energizes-italy-r6881/This is the extremely fun side of the semifinal bracket at the World Baseball Classic. Italy vs. Venezuela. The espresso gang vs. another joyful Latin American team. While having played in all six WBC tournaments, the Italians had advanced out of pool play only twice before without a v...6881Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:14:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/united-states-keeps-dominican-republic-offense-at-bay-advances-to-wbc-final-r6892/No team had been able to keep the high-powered Dominican Republic offense at bay for nine innings. On Sunday night, Mark DeRosa and the United States were able to limit the DR to just one run on eight hits en route to a 2-1 victory, sending the USA back to the World Baseball Classic finals in ba...6892Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:10:00 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/the-world-baseball-classic-is-a-wonderful-celebration-of-baseball-culture%E2%80%94even-the-uss-r6880/The culture of baseball is a vibrant, diverse, global thing, and the World Baseball Classic is a delightful reminder of that. The intensity of the players elevates the game, and the enthusiasm of the fans—playing instruments, singing coordinated songs, painting their faces and draping themselves...6880Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:38:04 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/venezuela-clinches-spot-in-2028-olympics-advances-in-wbc-with-win-over-japan-r6871/Lead-off home runs from Ronald Acuna Jr. and Shohei Ohtani are how Saturday night’s World Baseball Classic quarterfinals game began. After some back and forth, Venezuela would come out on top, defeating the 2023 World Baseball Classic champ Japan by a final score of 8-5, reaching their first-eve...6871Sun, 15 Mar 2026 13:47:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/who-to-watch-in-the-wbc-brice-turang-sparks-us-vladimir-guerrero-powers-dominican-republic-r6869/The U.S. has played with fire throughout the World Baseball Classic. Now, it faces a Dominican Republic team with the hottest offense on the planet. But the Americans have their extinguisher ready in the form of Paul Skenes. The 23-year-old right-hander is arguably the best pitcher in world...6869Sun, 15 Mar 2026 11:16:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/who-to-watch-in-the-wbc-ranger-suarez-steps-up-for-venezuela-seth-lugo-controls-puerto-ricos-fate-r6853/It's no secret that there was going to be one powerhouse quarterfinal matchup in the World Baseball Classic. You could see that as soon as the bracket was released, Pool C was paired with Pool D for the quarterfinals. That meant Japan, the defending champ and three-time WBC winner, was like...6853Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:42:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/usa-edges-canada-5-3-to-secure-semifinal-berth-r6858/For the third time in the past month, the USA and Canada squared off in a major sporting event. Last month it was the Olympics, this the WBC. Team USA took this matchup, 5-3 over Canada. For the USA, Logan Webb was dominant. He pitched 4 2/3 innings, striking out five and not allowing a run...6858Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:30:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/cristopher-sanchezs-dominant-outing-leads-dominican-republic-past-quarterfinal-round-r6855/The Dominican Republic's potent offense continued to be in high gear on Friday night as they run-ruled Korea by a final score of 10-0, defeating them in seven innings. Although the DR offense was still as good as ever, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sanchez turned in a sensational star...6855Sat, 14 Mar 2026 02:33:05 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/who-to-watch-in-the-wbc-roman-anthony-powers-us-fernando-tatis-jr-stars-for-dominican-republic-r6821/After a little more than a week of round-robin play, with some dramatic finishes, Friday marks the beginning of the knockout rounds in the World Baseball Classic. In the first two of four quarterfinal games, the U.S. squares off against Canada, and South Korea takes on the Dominican Republic....6821Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:18:03 +0000