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65 Cape League Alumni to Star in World Baseball Classic

02/10/2023 1:20 PM

Article By: CCBL Public Relations Office

The rosters for the 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC) were announced last night, February 9th. In total, 65 former Cape League players made WBC rosters. Of the 20 countries participating in the WBC, 15 teams have at least one former Cape League player on their roster. Team Israel has the most Cape League representation, with a total of 15 alumni on their roster.

The full list of players can be found below. The WBC is set to begin on March 7th.

Australia (1):
IF - Robbie Glendinning (Wareham ‘16)

Canada (5):
P - John Axford (Hyannis ‘02/Cotuit ‘03)
P - Noah Skirrow (Orleans ‘19)
P - R.J. Freure (Chatham ‘17)
IF - Edouard Julien (Falmouth ‘18)
OF - Jacob Robson (Bourne ‘15)

China (N/A)

Chinese Taipei (N/A)

Colombia (2):
P - Rio Gomez (Cotuit ‘16)
IF - Evan Mendoza (Bourne ‘16)

Cuba (N/A)

Czech Republic (1):
IF - William Escala (Y-D ‘19)

Dominican Republic (1):
IF - Jeremy Pena (Chatham ‘17)

Great Britain (8):
P - Andre Scrubb (Chatham ‘15)
P - Donovan Benoit (Orleans ‘19/’21)
P - Ian Gibaut (Hyannis ‘14)
P - Richard Brereton (Cotuit ‘19)
P - Ryan Long (Cotuit ‘19/21)
P - Vance Worley (Chatham ‘06)
OF - Darnell Sweeney (Harwich ‘11)
OF - Matt Koperniak (Harwich ‘19)

Israel (15):
P - Alex Katz (Y-D ‘13/Chatham ‘14)
P - Brandon Gold (Brewster ‘15)
P - Daniel Federman (Chatham ‘19/’21)
P - Jake Bird (Falmouth ‘16)
P - Jake Fishman (Wareham ‘16)
P - Jake Kalish (Brewster ‘12/Wareham ‘14)
P - Robert Stock (Cotuit ‘07/’08)
P - Zack Weiss (Y-D ‘11)
C - Garrett Stubbs (Cotuit ‘13)
C - Jakob Goldfarb (Wareham ‘18/Cotuit ‘18)
IF - Danny Valencia (Orleans ‘06)
IF - Matt Mervis (Cotuit ‘19)
IF - Spencer Horwitz (Bourne ‘18)
IF - Ty Kelly (Brewster ‘08)
OF - Alex Dickerson (Wareham ‘09/’10)

Italy (14):
P - Andre Pallante (Chatham ‘17)
P - Glenn Albanese (Hyannis ‘19)
P - Jeff Passantino (Falmouth ‘16)
P - Joe Biagini (Brewster ‘11)
P - Joe LaSorsa (Harwich ‘18)
P - Matt Harvey (Chatham ‘08/’09)
P - Stephen Woods (Wareham ‘15)
C - Brett Sullivan (Bourne ‘14)
C - Dominic Miroglio (Y-D ‘16/Wareham ‘16)
C - Vito Friscia (Y-D ‘18)
IF - David Fletcher (Orleans ‘14)
IF - Miles Mastrobuoni (Y-D ‘14)
IF - Vinnie Pasquantino (Hyannis ‘18)
OF - Ben DeLuzio (Hyannis ‘14/’15)

Japan (1):
OF - Lars Nootbaar (Orleans ‘17)

Kingdom of the Netherlands (3):
P - Derek West (Wareham ‘18)
IF - Richie Palacios (Bourne ‘17)
IF - Zander Wiel (Bourne ‘14)

Korea (1):
IF - Tommy Edman (Y-D ‘15)

Mexico (1):
OF - Jarren Duran (Wareham ‘17)

Nicaragua (1):
IF - Alex Blandino (Y-D ‘12/’13)

Panama (N/A)

Puerto Rico (2):
P - Marcus Stroman (Orleans ‘10/’11)
IF - Vimael Machin (Bourne ‘14)

USA (9):
P - Adam Ottavino (Harwich ‘05)
P - Brady Singer (Falmouth ‘16)
P - Daniel Bard (Wareham ‘05)
P - Kendall Graveman (Cotuit ‘11/Wareham ‘12)
P - Nick Martinez (Falmouth ‘11)
C - Will Smith (Brewster ‘15)
IF - Pete Alonso (Bourne ‘15)
OF - Jeff McNeil (Brewster ‘12)
OF - Kyle Schwarber (Wareham ‘12/’13)

Venezuela (N/A)