There have been a few players in the 2026 World Baseball Classic that have had fans wondering why they're playing for certain teams. That's the case with Austin Wells, the New York Yankees catcher who was born in Scottsdale, Arizona.

In Austin Wells’ lone at-bat, he put an end to Korea’s WBC dreams and now the Dominican Republic is moving on.

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Yet the Dominican Republic is on to the World Baseball Classic semifinals anyway, thanks to a dismantling of Korea that was downright surgical. Two big innings keyed by aggressive baserunning, Cristopher Sánchez’s five shutout innings and Austin Wells’ pinch-hit three-run walk-off home run were more than enough for the Dominicans in a 10-0,