With rosters for the 2017 World Baseball Classic unveiled this week, former and present American Association players will represent nine different countries at this year’s tournament. The Netherlands leads the way with six players, five of whom are on the Lincoln Saltdogs’ 2017 roster.
The fourth WBC begins March 6 with games in Seoul, Tokyo, Miami and Jalisco, Mexico.
Australia
- RHP Justin Erasmus (Fargo-Moorhead ’14)
- RHP Ryan Searle (Grand Prairie ’14)
- LHP Josh Tols (Kansas City ’15-)
Canada
- RHP Scott Richmond (Wichita ’15)
- OF Rene Tosoni (Sioux City ’14-’15)
Chinese Taipei
- RHP Kuo Hua Lo (Lincoln ’16)
Colombia
- RHP Karl Triana (Gary SouthShore ’16)
Israel
- OF Blake Gailen (Wichita ’08, Lincoln ’11)
- RHP Tyler Herron (Fargo-Moorhead ’12, ’15-’16)
Italy
- RHP Alex Maestri (Lincoln 2011)
Mexico
- OF Chris Roberson (Winnipeg 2012)
Netherlands
- INF Yurendell de Caster (Fargo-Moorhead ’09, Winnipeg ’12-’13)
- OF Chris Garia (Lincoln ’17-)
- RHP Shairon Martis (Lincoln ’15-)
- OF Randolph Oduber (Lincoln ’17-)
- C Dashenko Ricardo (Lincoln ’17-)
- 1B Curt Smith (Lincoln ’11, ’13, ’15-)
Venezuela
- RHP Omar Bencomo (Laredo 2015, Wichita 2015)
