The 2023 World Baseball Classic is in full swing. Team USA suffered their first loss of this WBC on Sunday night as Joey Meneses and Mexico defeated the Americans 11-5. The USA are back in action on Monday night and face Canada in a must-win game. Elsewhere, the Dominican Republic rebounded on Monday with their first tournament victory, while Venezuela started with a 2-0 start.
Pool play in the WBC ends on Wednesday, the same day the quarterfinals begin. The half-quarter-final field is set, Japan, Australia, Cuba and Italy buy their tickets for the knockout round.
This version of the WBC was originally scheduled to be played in 2021 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The action started on Wednesday, March 8 (the 2023 WBC Taiwan opener’s technically first pitch was on March 7 at 11:00pm ET) and there will be 47 games in total. The championship game is scheduled for Tuesday, March 21 in Miami.
Many MLB stars are attending the event including Shohei Ohtani, Juan Soto, Julio Rodríguez, Francisco Lindor, Mike Trout and Trea Turner. Full squad rosters can be viewed here, and Here’s an introduction to the event from CBS Sports’ Mike Axisa. Here are Matt Snyder’s power rankings for the tournament.
Below, fans can find the full 2023 World Baseball Classic team roster along with the full schedule and odds.
World Baseball Classic 2023 schedule
All games on Fox, FS1 and FS2 can be streamed on fuboTV (try for free).
(All times Easter)
Monday March 13th
- Korea 22, China 2
- Dominican Republic 6, Nicaragua 1
- Great Britain vs Colombia, 3pm, FS2
- Puerto Rico vs. Israel, 7 p.m. FS1
- United States vs Canada, 10pm, FS1
Tuesday March 14th
- Venezuela vs Nicaragua, 12pm, FS2
- Colombia vs. Canada, 3 p.m., FS2
- Dominican Republic vs. Israel, 7pm, FS2
- Mexico vs. Great Britain, 10 p.m., FS1
Wednesday March 15th
- Cuba vs. Australia (Quarterfinals), 6am, FS2
- Israel vs. Venezuela, 12 p.m., FS2
- Canada vs. Mexico, 3 p.m., FS2
- Dominican Republic vs Puerto Rico, 7pm, FS2
- Colombia vs. United States, 10pm, FS1
Thursday March 16th
- Japan vs. Italy (Quarterfinals), 6am, FS2
Friday March 17th
- TBD vs. TBD (Quarterfinals), 7 p.m., FS1
Saturday March 18th
- TBD vs. TBD (Quarterfinals), 7 p.m., Fox
Sunday March 19th
- TBD vs. TBD (semifinals), 7 p.m., FS1
Monday, March 20th
- TBD vs. TBD (semifinals), 7 p.m., FS1
Tuesday March 21st
- TBD vs. TBD (Championship Match), 7pm, FS1
2023 World Baseball Classic scores
Sunday March 12th
- Japan 7, Australia 1
- Italy 7, Netherlands 1
- Israel 3, Nicaragua 1
- Canada 18, Great Britain 8
- Venezuela 9, Puerto Rico 6
- Mexico 11, United States 5
- Australia 8, Czech Republic 3
Saturday March 11th
- Japan 10, Czech Republic, 2
- Chinese Taipei 9, Netherlands 5
- Puerto Rico 9, Nicaragua 1
- Colombia 5, Mexico 4
- Venezuela 5, Dominican Republic 1
- United States 6, Great Britain 2
- Korea 7, Czech Republic 3
- Cuba 7, Chinese Taipei 1
Friday March 10th
- Japan 13 Korea 4
- Chinese Taipei 11, Italy 7
- Australia 12, China, 2 (F/7)
- Panama 2, Italy 0
Thursday, March 9th
- Japan 8 China 1
- Italy 6, Cuba 3 (F/10)
- Czech Republic 8, China 5
- Cuba 13, Panama 4
Wednesday March 8th
- Panama 12, Chinese Taipei 5
- Australia 8, Korea 7
- Netherlands 3, Panama 1
Tuesday March 7th
2023 World Baseball Classic teams
Pool A (Group Match in Taichung, Taiwan)
- Chinese Taipei
- Cuba
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Panama
Pool B (group match in Tokyo, Japan)
- Australia
- China
- Japan
- Korea
- Czech Republic
Pool C (group game in Phoenix, Arizona)
- Canada
- Colombia
- Great Britain
- Mexico
- United States
Pool D (group game in Miami, Florida)
- Dominican Republic
- Israel
- Nicaragua
- Puerto Rico
- Venezuela
2023 World Baseball Classic Odds
(via Caesars Sportsbook entering the tournament)
- Dominican Republic: +200
- United States: +250
- Japan: +280
- Puerto Rico: +650
- Venezuela: +1000
- Korea: +1200
- Cuba: +1600
- Mexico: +1800
- Canada: +3500
- Netherlands: +4000
- Chinese Taipei: +4000
- Panama: +6000
- Israel: +10000
- Great Britain: +10000
- Australia: +10000
- Colombia: +10000
- Italy: +15000
- Nicaragua: +15000
- China: +25000
- Czech Republic: +30000