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- The Oakland A’s originally had five big leaguers accept invitations to play for five different teams in the World Baseball Classic: Khris Davis (Mexico), Sonny Gray (USA), Liam Hendriks (Australia), John Axford (Canada), and Santiago Casilla (Dominican Republic). Since, each of the five has either withdrawn from the tournament or been disqualified for various reasons. Most recently, Axford opted out in favor of focusing on the season ahead of him (per Jane Lee of MLB.