https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/page/7/?d=1enhttps://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/who-to-watch-in-the-wbc-mason-miller-locks-it-down-for-united-states-alejandro-kirk-challenges-for-mexico-r6706/Sitting at 2-0 after relatively comfortable wins over Brazil and Great Britain, the U.S. faces its first real test in the World Baseball Classic as the Americans take on Mexico on Monday in Pool B. It should be a raucous atmosphere with Mexico, also 2-0, having a good deal of support playing at...6706Mon, 09 Mar 2026 10:11:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/schwarbers-blast-sparks-usa-to-a-win-over-great-britain-r6691/Team USA won their second game of pool play by a score of 9-1 against Team Great Britain. They did it with an offensive burst and an excellent outing by AL Cy Young Winner Tarik Skubal, and great relief pitching. Skubal, in limited action, pitched like the reigning Cy Young winner that he i...6691Sun, 08 Mar 2026 13:16:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/who-to-watch-in-the-wbc-ceddanne-rafaela-fuels-netherlands-owen-caissie-adds-pop-for-canada-r6685/Sunday is a day of rest for the U.S. in the World Baseball Classic. After improving to 2-0 by beating Great Britain on Saturday, the Americans will resume pool play Monday vs. Mexico in what promises to be a rowdy atmosphere in Houston. The two games that do take place in Pool B are of inte...6685Sun, 08 Mar 2026 11:20:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/canada-beats-colombia-wbc-2026/Neither Canada nor Colombia has ever advanced past the first round of the World Baseball Classic. Heading into play today in San Juan, both teams knew that whoever won this contest would significantly improve their chances of finally escaping pool play.  In 2017, Canada and Colombia were in...6687Sat, 07 Mar 2026 20:25:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/all-rise-in-houston-judges-early-blast-webbs-dominance-power-team-usa-past-brazil-r6672/Team USA won their first game of pool play by a score of 15-5 against Team Brazil. They did it with a great offense and an excellent outing by Logan Webb. Webb, in limited action, looked really good in his first start for Team USA. He pitched four innings, striking out six and giving up jus...6672Sat, 07 Mar 2026 14:41:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/junior-camineros-two-run-blast-pushes-the-dominican-republic-past-nicaragua-r6671/Game two of the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool D play was an unexpected offensive shootout, which went in favor of the Dominican Republic, by a final score of 12-3, thanks to home runs from Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Junior Caminero and Seattle Mariners outfielder Julio Rodriguez. Camin...6671Sat, 07 Mar 2026 14:12:00 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/who-to-watch-in-the-wbc-bregman-at-the-hot-corner-bogaerts-leads-the-netherlands-r6658/The U.S. faces Great Britain in its second World Baseball Classic game Saturday in Houston, but there are a couple of key clashes on tap, at least if these teams want to advance out of pool play. The Netherlands, a dark horse candidate to get out of the top-heavy Pool D in Miami, lost its o...6658Sat, 07 Mar 2026 12:18:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/javier-sanojas-go-ahead-homer-leads-venezuela-to-victory-over-the-netherlands-r6663/Venezuela wasted no time putting runs on the board in their first pool play game of the 2026 World Baseball Classic, where they defeated the Netherlands by a final score of 6-2. It was Javier Sanoja's second-inning home run that gave Venezuela a lead that they wouldn't look back on. Sanoja...6663Fri, 06 Mar 2026 22:17:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/who-to-watch-in-the-wbc-bobby-witt-jr-gets-us-started-jackson-chourio-launches-venezuela-r6609/Friday marks the first full day of competition in the sixth World Baseball Classic, with the three groups playing in the U.S. joining in on the action already underway in Tokyo. Defending champion Japan opens its title defense against Chinese Taipei, while the U.S., which lost to Japan in the 20...6609Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:11:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/who-to-watch-in-the-wbc-travis-bazzana-leads-australia-into-opener-hyeseong-kim-anchors-south-korea-r6576/The World Baseball Classic begins March 4 with Pool C in Tokyo. This pool has a dramatic time difference, which is why some teams will play what seems like two games on the same day (see the schedule below), when in fact they are on different days. Tokyo is 14 hours ahead of Eastern time (soon t...6576Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:13:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/the-fastball-arms-race-might-be-slowing-down-r6521/There was a time when a mid-90s fastball turned heads. Now it barely gets a second look. In today’s version of Major League Baseball, velocity is no longer a separator. It is a baseline expectation. Over the last twenty years, the sport has undergone a dramatic transformation in how pitcher...6521Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:11:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/examining-early-returns-on-mlbs-new-abs-automated-ball-strike-challenge-system-r6515/The major leagues’ newest product-improvement innovation is in full spring training flower. Baseball purists may not like it, critics of the current state of umpiring might not think it goes far enough, and it doesn’t appear likely to offend Commissioner Rob Manfred’s game pace sensibilities....6515Sun, 01 Mar 2026 22:15:02 +0000