2023 World Baseball Classic: Schedule, dates, teams, times, TV channel, live stream, scores, odds

The 2023 World Baseball Classic will get began Tuesday night time in a matchup between Cuba and the Netherlands. Over the following a number of weeks, the United States, Dominican Republic, Japan, Puerto Rico and extra will compete for the identify. Baseball’s model of the World Cup is again for the primary event since 2017, when Team USA received its first WBC championship. This model used to be in the beginning meant to be performed in 2021 however used to be postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Action will get began on Wednesday, March 8 (technically first pitch of the 2023 WBC opener in Taiwan will happen at 11 p.m. ET on March 7), and there might be a complete of 47 video games. 

The championship sport is about for Tuesday, March 21 in Miami. 

Plenty of MLB stars are participating within the tournament, together with Shohei Ohtani, Juan Soto, Julio Rodríguez, Francisco Lindor, Mike Trout and Trea Turner. Full team rosters can be viewed here, and here is a primer at the tournament from CBS Sports’ Mike Axisa. Here are Matt Snyder’s energy ratings for the event.

Below, lovers can in finding the total record of 2023 World Baseball Classic groups, in addition to all of the agenda and odds.

2023 World Baseball Classic groups

Pool A (Group play in Taichung, Taiwan)

• Chinese Taipei
• Cuba
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Panama

Pool B (Group play in Tokyo, Japan)

• Australia
• China
• Japan
• Korea
• Czech Republic

Pool C (Group play in Phoenix, Arizona)

• Canada
• Colombia
• Great Britain
• Mexico
• United States

Pool D (Group play in Miami, Florida)

• Dominican Republic
• Israel
• Nicaragua
• Puerto Rico
• Venezuela

2023 World Baseball Classic agenda

All video games on Fox, FS1 and FS2 may also be streamed on fuboTV (check out totally free).

(All instances Eastern)

Tuesday, March 7

• Netherlands vs. Cuba, 11 p.m., FS1

Wednesday, March 8

• Chinese Taipei vs. Panama, 6 a.m., FS2
• Korea vs. Australia, 10 p.m., FS1
• Netherlands vs. Panama, 11 p.m., FS2

Thursday, March 9

• Japan vs. China, 5 a.m., FS2
• Cuba vs. Italy, 6 a.m., Tubi
• China vs. Czech Republic, 10 p.m., Tubi
• Panama vs. Cuba, 11:30 p.m., FS1

Friday, March 10

• Japan vs. Korea, 5 a.m., FS2
• Chinese Taipei vs. Italy, 6 a.m., Tubi
• Australia vs. China, 10 p.m., FS2
• Italy vs. Panama, 11 p.m., FS1

Saturday, March 11

• Japan vs. Czech Republic, 5 a.m., FS1
• Chinese Taipei vs. Netherlands, 6 a.m., FS2
• Puerto Rico vs. Nicaragua, 12 p.m., FS2
• Mexico vs. Colombia, 2:30 p.m., Fox
• Venezuela vs. Dominican Republic, 7 p.m., FS1
• United States vs. Great Britain, 9 p.m., Fox
• Korea vs. Czech Republic, 10 p.m., FS1
• Cuba vs. Chinese Taipei, 11 p.m., FS2

Sunday, March 12

• Australia vs. Japan, 6 a.m., FS1
• Italy vs. Netherlands, 7 a.m., FS2
• Israel vs. Nicaragua, 12 p.m., FS2
• Canada vs. Great Britain, 3 p.m., FS1
• Puerto Rico vs. Venezuela, 7 p.m., FS1
• United States vs. Mexico, 10 p.m., FS1
• Czech Republic vs. Australia, 11 p.m., FS2

Monday, March 13

• China vs. Korea, 6 a.m., FS2
• Nicaragua vs. Dominican Republic, 12 p.m., FS2
• Great Britain vs. Colombia, 3 p.m., FS2
• Puerto Rico vs. Israel, 7 p.m., FS1
• United States vs. Canada, 10 p.m., FS1

Tuesday, March 14

• Venezuela vs. Nicaragua, 12 p.m., FS2
• Colombia vs. Canada, 3 p.m., FS2
• Dominican Republic vs. Israel, 7 p.m., FS2
• Mexico vs. Great Britain, 10 p.m., FS1

Wednesday, March 15

• TBD vs. TBD (quarterfinals), 6 a.m., FS2
• Israel vs. Venezuela, 12 p.m., FS2
• Canada vs. Mexico, 3 p.m., FS2
• Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico, 7 p.m., FS2
• Colombia vs. United States, 10 p.m., FS1

Thursday, March 16

• TBD vs. TBD (quarterfinals), 6 a.m., FS2

Friday, March 17

• TBD vs. TBD (quarterfinals), 7 p.m., FS1

Saturday, March 18

• TBD vs. TBD (quarterfinals), 7 p.m., Fox

Sunday, March 19

• TBD vs. TBD (semifinals), 7 p.m., FS1

Monday, March 20

• TBD vs. TBD (semifinals), 7 p.m., FS1

Tuesday, March 21

• TBD vs. TBD (championship sport), 7 p.m., FS1

2023 World Baseball Classic odds

(by means of Caesars Sportsbook as of Feb. 23)

• 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