Japan announced all but one member of their roster for the 2017 World Baseball Classic, and it predictably did not include Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Kenta Maeda. He competed for the Japanese national team during the 2013 WBC and the 2014 Japan All-Star Series.
Maeda was named to the 2013 WBC All-Tournament Team. While speaking from the Winter Meetings last December, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said the club would support Maeda if he elected to pitch for Japan.
However, recent indications were Maeda, along with his Dodgers teammates Clayton Kershaw and Kenley Jansen, would skip the WBC.