World Baseball Classic USA roster

by jtintle on Jan 17, 2006 5:24 PM EST

Well the USA's preliminary roster was announced today, and 1 Devil Ray was on it. That would be Carl Crawford.
Starting pitchers
Bonderman, Jeremy, RHP -- Detroit Tigers
Clemens, Roger, RHP -- Free agent (formerly Houston Astros)
Halladay, Roy, RHP -- Toronto Blue Jays
Hudson, Tim, RHP -- Atlanta Braves
Leiter, Al, LHP -- New York Yankees
Peavy, Jake, RHP -- San Diego Padres
Pettitte, Andy, LHP -- Houston Astros
Sabathia, C.C., LHP -- Cleveland Indians
Willis, Dontrelle, LHP -- Florida Marlins

Relief pitchers
Cordero, Chad, RHP -- Washington Nationals
Fuentes, Brian, LHP -- Colorado Rockies
Jones, Todd, RHP -- Detroit Tigers
Lidge, Brad, RHP -- Houston Astros
Nathan, Joe, RHP -- Minnesota Twins
Shields, Scot, RHP -- Los Angeles Angels
Street, Huston, RHP -- Oakland Athletics
Timlin, Mike, RHP -- Boston Red Sox
Wagner, Billy, LHP -- New York Mets
Wheeler, Dan, RHP -- Houston Astros

Catchers
Barrett, Michael -- Chicago Cubs
Lo Duca, Paul -- New York Mets
Mauer, Joe -- Minnesota Twins
Moeller, Chad -- Milwaukee Brewers
Schneider, Brian -- Washington Nationals
Varitek, Jason -- Boston Red Sox

Infielders
Counsell, Craig -- Arizona Diamondbacks
Ensberg, Morgan -- Houston Astros
Hall, Bill -- Milwaukee Brewers
Jeter, Derek -- New York Yankees
Jones, Chipper -- Atlanta Braves
Lee, Derrek -- Chicago Cubs
Rollins, Jimmy -- Philadelphia Phillies
Teixeira, Mark -- Texas Rangers
Utley, Chase -- Philadelphia Phillies
Wright, David -- New York Mets
Young, Michael -- Texas Rangers

Outfielders
Berkman, Lance -- Houston Astros
Bonds, Barry -- San Francisco Giants
Crawford, Carl -- Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Damon, Johnny -- New York Yankees
Griffey Jr., Ken -- Cincinnati Reds
Wells, Vernon -- Toronto Blue Jays

is the list of the roster. So it looks like the Rays will be have one rep on the USA team

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seems like a watered down product.

Has Arod changed his min again on the event.

DRAYS BAY

by David Bloom on Jan 17, 2006 6:55 PM EST reply actions

A Rod

don't think so, not yet anyways, but he was put on the dominican's roster..The DR should have a pretty good team based on that roster

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by jtintle on Jan 17, 2006 7:20 PM EST reply actions

Also

Cantu is likely to be on Mexico's roster.

by Not That Chuck on Jan 18, 2006 5:27 PM EST reply actions

Hrm...

Is Gomes eligible for that team as well?

by Jacob Larsen on Jan 18, 2006 6:08 PM EST up reply actions

Rays on other rosters

Dominican Republic - Lugo, Julio
Italy - Miceli, Dan
Mexico - Cantu, Jorge
Netherlands - Isenia, Chairon

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/wbc/rosters.jsp is the link for all the rosters

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by jtintle on Jan 19, 2006 12:39 AM EST reply actions

Next year

Rocco may choose to play for Italia.

Come stai?

by Jacob Larsen on Jan 19, 2006 1:52 AM EST up reply actions

Rocco

The next tournament won't be until 2009, then every four years like soccer or the Olympics.

by RATW on Jan 19, 2006 11:46 PM EST up reply actions

Even still

He'll be 28-29 by then, I'm sure that he'd rep Italy.

by Jacob Larsen on Jan 20, 2006 12:15 AM EST up reply actions

A few ex-Rays thrown in...

scattered around on the world rosters:

DR--Jose Guillen, Jorge Sosa
Australia--Damian Moss (remember him? I try not to)
Canada--Pierre-Luc Laforest
Italy--Tony Fiore, Mike Difelice
Mexico--Vinny Castilla
Netherlands--Randall Simon
Puerto Rico--Roberto Hernandez, Dicky Gonzalez, Eduardo Perez, Jose Cruz
Venezuela--Jeremi Gonzalez, Victor Zambrano, Miguel Cairo

by Not That Chuck on Jan 19, 2006 2:07 PM EST reply actions

Hrm...

Doesn't Wheeler of the Astros have some history with the Rays as well. I know that he's the son-in-law of Dewayne Staats.

by Jacob Larsen on Jan 19, 2006 4:03 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah

I was just looking at the world rosters, not the US.

by Not That Chuck on Jan 20, 2006 2:44 PM EST up reply actions

yeah

Is it just me or has A-Rod really show you why its hard to have interest in this classic. Instead of being excited about playing this event, he has switched his mind 6 times.

Thats true about Wheeler.

DRAYS BAY

by David Bloom on Jan 20, 2006 1:09 PM EST reply actions

Old joke, but true for any professional athlete

It's just A-Rod being A-Rod....

by Jacob Larsen on Jan 20, 2006 1:16 PM EST up reply actions

Excitement about the WBC

I don't think MLB is really aiming to get the American/Canadian fan too excited, we see 162 games a season. I think this is more for the other countries like Japan, DR, cuba and italy. And a way to spread baseball worldwide, especially since there will be no Olympics for Baseball players

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by jtintle on Jan 21, 2006 12:07 AM EST up reply actions

Not going Dutch

This article contains two bits of humorous reportage; (1) a note that one major leaguer has no idea why he's on the Dutch roster, since he's half-Irish and half-Mexican; and (2) further down, a player who might cause the invention of the phrase "Player to be re-named later" (PTBRL?).

by Not That Chuck on Jan 28, 2006 2:09 PM EST reply actions