{"id":204361,"date":"2026-03-17T01:44:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T01:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/team-venezuela-world-baseball-classic-roster-for-semifinal-vs-italy-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T01:44:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T01:44:56","slug":"team-venezuela-world-baseball-classic-roster-for-semifinal-vs-italy-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/team-venezuela-world-baseball-classic-roster-for-semifinal-vs-italy-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Venezuela World Baseball Classic roster for semifinal vs. Italy &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Team Venezuela reached the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic for the first time in 17 years by <a href=\/story\/sports\/mlb\/wbc\/2026\/03\/15\/shohei-ohtani-japan-world-baseball-classic-venezuela\/89166666007\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>beating Japan<\/a> on Saturday, March 14, sending the defending champions home early for the first time in the WBC\u2019s 20-year history.<br \/>And if Venezuela wants a shot at the United States \u2013 <a href=\/story\/sports\/mlb\/columnist\/bob-nightengale\/2026\/03\/16\/usa-baseball-wbc-dominican-republic-aaron-judge\/89177037007\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>2-1 winners against the Dominican Republic<\/a> on Sunday night \u2013 in Tuesday&#8217;s title game, it will have to upend Team Italy, which has won all five games at this tournament and <a href=\/story\/sports\/mlb\/wbc\/2026\/03\/14\/puerto-rico-italy-baseball-score-wbc-live-watch-highlights\/89153154007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>knocked off Puerto Rico<\/a> Saturday to reach the WBC semifinals for the first time.<br \/>This <a href=\/story\/sports\/mlb\/wbc\/2026\/03\/16\/venezuela-italy-baseball-game-time-watch-wbc-channel\/89176596007\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>semifinal matchup<\/a> is set for Monday, March 16, at Miami&#8217;s LoanDepot Park (8 p.m. ET, Fox Sports 1)<br \/>Here&#8217;s the Venezuela&#8217;s roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic:<br \/><strong>Team Manager:<\/strong>\u00a0Omar Lo\u0301pez, Birthplace: Valencia, Venezuela. Follow every MLB game:\u00a0<a href=https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/scores target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Latest MLB scores, stats, schedules and standings.<\/a><br \/><strong>Pitchers<\/strong><br \/><strong>Catchers<\/strong><br \/><strong>Infielders<\/strong><br \/><strong>Outfielders<\/strong><br \/><strong>Coaching Staff:<\/strong>\u00a0Robinson Chirinos (Bench Coach), Victor Marti\u0301nez (Assistant Manager), Carlos Me\u0301ndez (Hitting Coach), Miguel Cabrera (Hitting Coach), Johan Santana (Pitching Coach), Jorge Co\u0301rdova (Bullpen Coach), Rouglas Odor (3B Coach), Gerardo Parra (1B Coach), Javier Bracamonte (Bullpen Catcher), Juan Graterol (Bullpen Catcher), Nestor Corredor (Coach)<br \/><em>All times Eastern and accurate as of Friday, March 6, 2026, at 4:48 p.m. All Venezuela pool games in Miami (loanDepot Park)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxNN1FXcWRPajhTNE5vVG1OTmF6WENfenpqVVAwZ0xJNzFLazhSdXJDLTZOYU5EdzFFT3RlZmhBbWs3Tm9PU0N4YXo4ZXdaaWtOYjZpdWh3endMQjZCT2o3MXU1QzRLWEljNFJXWmV1cW1tMDVPcjVoZkxHS2lwSDYxMGF3NGFNMjZ2LXBVaDBiLU5LVWFkX293Zk4zQU1QQ2s4U2RUWXhFR0ZwcGdKU0E?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Venezuela reached the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic for the first time in 17 years by beating Japan on Saturday, March 14, sending the defending champions home early for the first time in the WBC\u2019s 20-year history.And if Venezuela wants a shot at the United States \u2013 2-1 winners against the Dominican Republic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":204362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-204361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}