Add another Dodgers player to the lengthy list of World Baseball Classic participants. This time, it’s outfielder Trayce Thompson, who will be representing Team Great Britain in the 2023 WBC.
Thompson is eligible for the British team because his father, former Lakers forward Mychal Thompson, is from the Bahamas. The Commonwealth of the Bahamas has been governmentally independent since 1973, but it still recognized England’s King Charles III as its monarch and retains its ties to Great Britain.
Trayce will be competing for a starting job with Los Angeles in spring training, but he’ll be away from the team for some stretches for WBC action.