For 17 years, Venezuela, one of the best countries at producing big league ballplayers, had failed to even reach the World Baseball Classic semifinals. That meant Salvador Perez hadn’t either. The ...

MLB fans who tuned into the World Baseball Classic were expecting big-time performances from superstars Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge and Juan Soto.

Royals third baseman Maikel Garcia, who hit .385 with a home run and 7 RBI during the WBC, is sending his helmet to ...

Luinder Avila is toting a WBC gold medal back to the Kansas City Royals’ spring camp. Manager Matt Quatraro is happier that ...

Just about any way you measure it, the 2026 World Baseball Classic was a rousing success. While some of the usual suspects—the United States, Venezuela, Dominican Republic and Japan—had major moments ...

Italy entered the World Baseball Classic ranked No. 14, largely overlooked. Critics called them a laughingstock. They were ...

Kansas City Royals fans were never going to be surprised to see Maikel Garcia show off in front of a global audience.

The Cleveland Guardians will again make things interesting, but the AL Central is the Detroit Tigers' to lose this year, with Skubal, Valdez, and Verlander.

Explore the top storylines for the 2026 Kansas City Royals, from Jac Caglianone’s breakout spring to Carter Jensen’s rise and ...

The Kansas City Royals were all over the 2026 World Baseball Classic — and when it was over, a few of them were celebrating a ...

They brought together All-Stars and MVPs and future Hall of Famers. They built a pitching staff capable of making a hitter’s blood run cold and a lineup that could make a pitcher’s cleats rattle. They ...

Venezuela overcame a dramatic Bryce Harper home run to upset Team USA en route to a maidan first World Baseball Classic crown Tuesday in Miami.