“Every German’s dream is to play in the Major Leagues, so to have the support of the MLB is tremendous.”
Dominik Buder and Georg Bull hosted MLB’s EDGE camp in Paderborn, Germany🇩🇪
Keep in mind the Dodgers can sign players out of Uganda for the 10k minimum no matter how good they are because the players have no other offer from other MLB teams except for the Pirates every now and then.
French pitcher Mathias LaCombe made his debut for Winston-Salem tonight. He went 2 scoreless innings with 3 strikeouts. He became the first ever player born and raised in France to reach High-A of the minor leagues
Big news for international baseball. This summer, college baseball will debut a new world championship:
The World Collegiate Baseball Championship
The WCBC is a four-team, five-day tournament that showcases the top collegiate talent around the world.
The four national teams that compete each year will be the three founding countries plus one wild card:
🇺🇸USA
🇹🇼Taiwan
🇯🇵Japan
🇰🇷Korea (wild card)
The inaugural 2026 edition will be hosted by Taiwan at Taichung City Intercontinental Baseball Stadium, from July 11-15.
MLB returns to Mexico City this week, continuing its push into a “priority market.” ⚾
With a population of 130M+ and growing youth investment, MLB sees major upside in both scale and talent development.
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2029 @Webb__Baseball RHP Malang Nak looking sharp striking out 7 over 3 innings topping at 90 mph paired with an effective 74-76 mph slider. Unreal projection with his 6’9 frame. Born in South Sudan, fled to Uganda and then made his way to Bell Buckle, Tennessee. Just started pitching last season.
Two of @GB_Baseball rising young stars will be among the 90 top European U19 players at MLB’s 2026 European Development Tournament being held in Barcelona in April.
Charlie Battista (GB U18s and U15s) and Owen Bourgeois (U18s and U23s) have been selected to take part in the six day tournament in front of scouts from MLB clubs and US Colleges.
Good luck to both Charlie and Owen!
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Business travel to Miami International Airport during the World Baseball Classic final rounds more than quadrupled compared to last year ✈️
Bookings surged 2,520% versus the comparable period during the 2023 WBC.
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The power of the World Baseball Classic!!! 🌎
Between all teams in the WBC, over 2,777,500 followers were gained by teams’ social media accounts during the course of the tournament! 🤯
The official WBC accounts gained over a million followers too
#WorldBaseballClassic
From Fox:
World Baseball Classic championship game viewers (in USA): 10.8 million
Comparisons among U.S. viewers:
2025 World Series average: 15.5 million
2025 NBA Finals average: 10.2 million
A legendary game calls for a legendary viewership number as 10,784,000 viewers watched the #WorldBaseballClassic final on FOX and FOX Deportes - the most-watched #WBC telecast ever 🏆
The 2026 WBC averaged 1,294,000 viewers across FOX, FS1 and FS2, making it the most-watched #WBC in its 20-year history across English language networks.