Positional Strength Overview By Teams

	03/06/2026
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World Baseball Classic Positional Strength Overview By Teams

Team Australia (INT) 03/06/2026
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Logan Filby	3rd		Tied for 2nd	4th
First Basemen		12th		Tied for 1st	12th
Second Basemen	Marcus Jacobs	9th		Tied for 1st	9th
Third Basemen	Lou Dalley	4th		Tied for 1st	4th
Shortstops	Jamie Brusnahan	11th	Jamie Brusnahan	Tied for 1st	11th
Left Fielders	Tye Archdeacon	2nd		Tied for 1st	2nd
Center Fielders	Rod Cadenhead	11th		Tied for 1st	11th
Right Fielders	Rhett Tanner	12th	Alastair Irwin	Tied for 1st	12th
Starting Pitchers	Randy Jeffes	9th	Jarrod Osborne	Tied for 1st	9th
Relievers	Luke Paterson	12th	Jarrod Osborne	Tied for 4th	12th
Closers	Isaac Vance	12th	Jarrod Osborne	Tied for 5th	12th

Team Canada (INT) 03/06/2026
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Harry Harrigan	7th		Tied for 2nd	8th
First Basemen	Kevin Blackmore	2nd		Tied for 1st	2nd
Second Basemen	William Lamoureux	4th		Tied for 1st	4th
Third Basemen	Camden McPherson	8th		Tied for 1st	8th
Shortstops	Jean-Philippe Bérubé	7th		Tied for 1st	7th
Left Fielders	Benoît Couture	11th		Tied for 1st	11th
Center Fielders	Bruce Batstone	10th		Tied for 1st	10th
Right Fielders	Johnny Stady	7th		Tied for 1st	7th
Starting Pitchers	Greg Muldoon	2nd	Luke Bychyk	Tied for 1st	2nd
Relievers	Philippe Duchesne	4th	Philippe Duchesne	1st	1st
Closers	Reed Sentner	5th	Philippe Duchesne	2nd	1st

Team Cuba (INT) 03/06/2026
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Bernardo Cruz	6th		Tied for 2nd	7th
First Basemen	José Zumaya	9th		Tied for 1st	9th
Second Basemen	Reynaldo Méndez	5th		Tied for 1st	5th
Third Basemen	Jorge Martínez	2nd		Tied for 1st	2nd
Shortstops	Juan Robles	2nd		Tied for 1st	2nd
Left Fielders	António Torres	4th		Tied for 1st	4th
Center Fielders	Dani Valadez	5th		Tied for 1st	5th
Right Fielders	José Hernández	2nd		Tied for 1st	2nd
Starting Pitchers	Pedro Salas	6th		Tied for 1st	6th
Relievers	Pedro Benítez	3rd		Tied for 4th	6th
Closers	Guillermo Morales	3rd		Tied for 5th	7th

Team Dominican Republic (INT) 03/06/2026
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Tony Reyes	5th		Tied for 2nd	6th
First Basemen	Alberto Díaz	10th		Tied for 1st	10th
Second Basemen	José Rivera	7th		Tied for 1st	7th
Third Basemen	Fernando Martínez	10th	Andrés Vázquez	Tied for 1st	10th
Shortstops	Fernando Ortíz	9th		Tied for 1st	9th
Left Fielders	Bartolo López	12th		Tied for 1st	12th
Center Fielders	Octávio Jiménez	12th	Octávio Jiménez	Tied for 1st	12th
Right Fielders	Alvin Quezada	11th	Enrique Roldán	Tied for 1st	11th
Starting Pitchers	David Olvera	8th	Roberto González	Tied for 1st	8th
Relievers	Cornelio Leyva	6th	Roberto González	3rd	2nd
Closers	José Escobar	7th	José Escobar	1st	2nd

Team Europe (INT) 03/06/2026
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Harold Witty	10th	José Colón	Tied for 2nd	11th
First Basemen	Hubert Ernst	5th		Tied for 1st	5th
Second Basemen	Ronald Vipont	12th		Tied for 1st	12th
Third Basemen	Cedric Boon	6th		Tied for 1st	6th
Shortstops	Luis Chávez	12th	Gabriel Maez	Tied for 1st	12th
Left Fielders	Adrián Zúñiga	5th		Tied for 1st	5th
Center Fielders	Zosimo Antimisiaris	3rd		Tied for 1st	3rd
Right Fielders	Dermot Ewart	5th	Bert Tyley	Tied for 1st	5th
Starting Pitchers	Kyle MacFetridge	10th	Jorge De La Cruz	Tied for 1st	10th
Relievers	Júlio Hernández	9th	Brad Chown	2nd	3rd
Closers	Howard Garne	9th	Brad Chown	3rd	3rd

Team Italy (INT) 03/06/2026
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Arnaldo Geccerelli	8th		Tied for 2nd	9th
First Basemen	Renato Segala	11th		Tied for 1st	11th
Second Basemen	António Estrada Jr.	11th		Tied for 1st	11th
Third Basemen	Furio Dallaglio	1st		Tied for 1st	1st
Shortstops	Georgs Navegero	4th		Tied for 1st	4th
Left Fielders	Gauthier Gruppi	7th		Tied for 1st	7th
Center Fielders	Joseph Papi	8th		Tied for 1st	8th
Right Fielders	Simon Rainaducci	3rd		Tied for 1st	3rd
Starting Pitchers	Gianni Galli	5th	Aurelien Aiello	Tied for 1st	5th
Relievers	Joël Dolfini	7th	Aurelien Aiello	Tied for 4th	8th
Closers	Basilio Bessi	2nd	Aurelien Aiello	Tied for 5th	6th

Team Japan (INT) 03/06/2026
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Kichisaburo Taniguchi	4th		Tied for 2nd	5th
First Basemen	Munoto Suzuki	7th	Isei Hayashi	Tied for 1st	7th
Second Basemen	Tomomi Imamura	3rd		Tied for 1st	3rd
Third Basemen	Taroemon Yamada	7th		Tied for 1st	7th
Shortstops	Seika Saito	6th		Tied for 1st	6th
Left Fielders	Noriyori Endo	3rd		Tied for 1st	3rd
Center Fielders	Terumoto Nii	2nd		Tied for 1st	2nd
Right Fielders	Teruo Ono	4th		Tied for 1st	4th
Starting Pitchers	Masato Kato	3rd	Kenji Matsumoto	Tied for 1st	3rd
Relievers	Kazuma Nakao	5th	Yoriyuki Maekawa	Tied for 4th	7th
Closers	Shirai Ito	6th	Yoriyuki Maekawa	Tied for 5th	8th

Team Mexico (INT) 03/06/2026
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Pedro Martínez	11th		Tied for 2nd	12th
First Basemen	Miguel Santana	8th		Tied for 1st	8th
Second Basemen	Francisco Esparza	8th	Ernesto Baca	Tied for 1st	8th
Third Basemen	Manuel Reyes	9th		Tied for 1st	9th
Shortstops	Enrique Delajara	5th		Tied for 1st	5th
Left Fielders	José Guzmán	8th		Tied for 1st	8th
Center Fielders	Héctor Zúñiga	4th	Juan Ocampo	Tied for 1st	4th
Right Fielders	Martín Garmendia	8th	Octávio Zarate	Tied for 1st	8th
Starting Pitchers	José Vázquez	7th	Juan Martínez	Tied for 1st	7th
Relievers	Juan Martínez	2nd	Juan Martínez	Tied for 4th	5th
Closers	Juan Canseco	10th	Juan Martínez	Tied for 5th	10th

Team Netherlands (INT) 03/06/2026
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Gerrit van Berkel	12th	Gerrit van Berkel	1st	1st
First Basemen	Klaus Schop	1st		Tied for 1st	1st
Second Basemen	Arjan Goor	10th	Arjan Goor	Tied for 1st	10th
Third Basemen	Lambert Bolt	12th		Tied for 1st	12th
Shortstops	Henning Neef	8th		Tied for 1st	8th
Left Fielders	Barnes Westerbos	10th		Tied for 1st	10th
Center Fielders	Franky Nijenboer	6th		Tied for 1st	6th
Right Fielders	Klaus Francken	6th	Brent Verberk	Tied for 1st	6th
Starting Pitchers	Kennet Kranendonk	12th	Marnix Schellevis	Tied for 1st	12th
Relievers	Kelvin van Esch	10th	Nicolas Est	Tied for 4th	10th
Closers	Waldo Woestenberg	4th	Nicolas Est	4th	4th

Team Puerto Rico (INT) 03/06/2026
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Armando Rodríguez	2nd		Tied for 2nd	3rd
First Basemen	Pedro Lara	4th		Tied for 1st	4th
Second Basemen	Israel Nájera	1st	Alberto Hernández	Tied for 1st	1st
Third Basemen	Adrián Salazar	5th	Adrián Salazar	Tied for 1st	5th
Shortstops	Diego Salgado	1st		Tied for 1st	1st
Left Fielders	León Lazáro	9th		Tied for 1st	9th
Center Fielders	Héctor Vega	9th	Danny Blue	Tied for 1st	9th
Right Fielders	Jesús Trevino	10th		Tied for 1st	10th
Starting Pitchers	Roberto Montoya	11th	Manny Peña	Tied for 1st	11th
Relievers	Luis González	11th	Manny Peña	Tied for 4th	11th
Closers	Cisco Salcido	8th	Manny Peña	Tied for 5th	9th

Team South America (INT) 03/06/2026
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Leonardo Rangel	9th	José Marroquín	2nd	10th
First Basemen	Luis Fonseca	6th	André Fareles	1st	6th
Second Basemen	Orlando Sandoval	6th		1st	6th
Third Basemen	Jorge Benavidez	11th	Jorge Benavidez	1st	11th
Shortstops	Domingo Pimentel	10th		1st	10th
Left Fielders	Alejandro Elisary	6th	Alejandro Elisary	1st	6th
Center Fielders	Héctor Martínez	7th		1st	7th
Right Fielders	Juan Martínez	9th		1st	9th
Starting Pitchers	Ángel Mesa	4th	Dario Paparelli	1st	4th
Relievers	Dario Paparelli	8th	Dario Paparelli	4th	9th
Closers	Ismael Salazar	11th	Dario Paparelli	5th	11th

Team USA (INT) 03/06/2026
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Seth Bullard	1st		Tied for 2nd	2nd
First Basemen	Julián Manuel	3rd		Tied for 1st	3rd
Second Basemen	Sammy Smith	2nd		Tied for 1st	2nd
Third Basemen	Matt Goff	3rd		Tied for 1st	3rd
Shortstops	J.J. Hayes	3rd		Tied for 1st	3rd
Left Fielders	Graham LeClair	1st		Tied for 1st	1st
Center Fielders	José Terraboa	1st		Tied for 1st	1st
Right Fielders	Alfonso Cremades	1st		Tied for 1st	1st
Starting Pitchers	John Vance	1st		Tied for 1st	1st
Relievers	Larry Franklin	1st		Tied for 4th	4th
Closers	Alberto García	1st		Tied for 5th	5th