Tonight and tomorrow are the final two games of the 2023 World Baseball Classic. Japan takes on Mexico tonight for the right to face Team USA in the finals tomorrow. A lot of the WBC news is handled in WBC Tonight, but there is some of it here.
- Another WBC injury happened on Saturday night when Jose Altuve was hit in the thumb with a pitch from Daniel Bard. Altuve will undergo surgery soon and the Astros will have a timetable on his return then.
- Bard says he feels terrible about the whole thing and had trouble sleeping after the game.