World Baseball Classic 2026 pool-by-pool preview - MLB. com Get ready to dive into World Baseball Classic pool play The 2026 tournament, which gets underway this week, features four pools: A, B, C and D Each of those pools consists of five teams battling it out in a round-robin format The top two teams from each pool then advance
World Baseball Classic 2026 key players - MLB. com The battle to crown the world's greatest baseball team begins in just two weeks Twenty teams from around the world will begin play on March 4 U S time -- Australia and Chinese Taipei get the honors starting at 10 p m ET -- all hoping to unseat three-time champion Japan and