U.S.-born MLB players on WBC rosters for other countries

[ASFN Admin]

The World Baseball Classic is back. And while baseball might not necessarily be as global of a sport as soccer or basketball, the international competition is growing better by the year. Just take a look at the WBC rosters, and that becomes obvious.

But for as stacked as Team USA is on paper, there are plenty of U.S.-born players representing other countries in this year's tournament.

The WBC takes a more lenient approach to nation eligibility than the Olympics or World Cup. In order to represent a national team, a player needs to have citizenship, permanent residency, been born in the country, parental heritage or been able to demonstrate they'd legally qualify for citizenship (without needing to actually apply).

Here's a look at the U.S.-born players and some other notable dual nationals representing different countries in the WBC.

Canada​

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Logan Allen

Jameson Taillon

Matt Davidson

Chinese Taipei​

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Jonathon Long

Stuart Fairchild

Dominican Republic​

Austin Wells

Manny Machado

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – born in Canada

Great Britain​

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Tristan Beck

Nate Eaton

Jazz Chisholm Jr. – born in the Bahamas

Israel​

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Matt Bowman

Tommy Kahnle

Max Lazar

Harrison Bader

Troy Johnston

Italy​

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Dan Altavilla

Gordon Graceffo

Alek Jacob

Michael Lorenzen

Ron Marinaccio

Kyle Nicolas

Aaron Nola

Adam Ottavino

Greg Weissert

Kyle Teel

Jon Berti

Zach Dezenzo

Vinnie Pasquantino

Thomas Saggese

Jac Caglianone

Dominic Canzone

Jakob Marsee

South Korea​

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Dane Dunning

Riley O'Brien

Shay Whitcomb

Jahmai Jones

Mexico​

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Brennan Bernardino

Taj Bradley

Alex Carrillo

Robert Garcia

Nacho Alvarez Jr.

Nick Gonzales

Joey Ortiz

Rowdy Tellez

Randy Arozarena – born in Cuba

Jarren Duran

Alek Thomas

Nicaragua​

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Mark Vientos

Panama​

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Logan Allen

Puerto Rico​

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Rico Garcia

Seth Lugo

Nolan Arenado

Carlos Cortes

MJ Melendez

This article originally appeared on For The Win: U.S.-born MLB players on WBC rosters for other countries

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