The Detroit Tigers will be represented by eight players in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
The official rosters for the fifth-ever international baseball tournament were released Thursday night. The WBC should have taken place in 2021, but it was canceled and rescheduled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This time around, the tournament has been expanded from 16 to 20 teams.
The United States beat Puerto Rico to win first place in the 2017 WBC.
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The eight participants from the Tigers: designated hitter Miguel Cabrera (Venezuela), left-handed starter Eduardo Rodriguez (Venezuela) shortstop Javier Báez (Puerto Rico), second baseman Jonathan Schoop (Netherlands), third baseman Andy Ibáñez (Cuba), infielder John Valente (Italy), right-handed reliever Chavez Fernander (Great Britain) and left-handed reliever Jack O'Loughlin (Australia).