Major League Baseball tonight announced rosters for the 2017 World Baseball Classic tournament. Eleven players from the Kansas City Royals’ organization will participate in the tournament, which begins on March 6.
The list includes six players who are currently on the Royals’ 40-man roster: Drew Butera (Italy), Danny Duffy (USA), Alcides Escobar (Venezuela), Eric Hosmer (USA), Salvador Perez (Venezuela) and Joakim Soria (Mexico).
This year’s WBC will be the third for Butera, who played with the Netherlands in 2009 and Italy in 2013. Hosmer, Perez, and Soria will make their second WBC appearances, while Escobar and Duffy will be making their WBC debuts.