FORMER IOWA CUBS SET FOR THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC

By Iowa Cubs

March 4, 2026

DES MOINES, IA – The Iowa Cubs will be well represented in the World Baseball classic which is set to begin tonight with the start of Pool Play. There are 18 Iowa Cubs scheduled to be a part of the tournament from 13 different countries. The World Baseball Classic is

DES MOINES, IA – The Iowa Cubs will be well represented in the World Baseball classic which is set to begin tonight with the start of Pool Play. There are 18 Iowa Cubs scheduled to be a part of the tournament from 13 different countries.

The World Baseball Classic is slated to be played from March 4-17 in Miami, Houston, San Juan and Tokyo. A list of former I-Cubs in the tournament can be found below:

United States of America: OF Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF Kyle Schwarber

Brazil: RHP Daniel Missaki (not pictured)

Canada: OF Owen Caissie, LHP Rob Zastryzny, OF Jared Young

Columbia: RHP Julio Teheran (not pictured)

Dominican Republic: OF Junior Lake

Great Britain: INF BJ Murray Jr., OF Trayce Thompson

Italy: INF Miles Mastrobuoni

Israel: INF Matt Mervis

Mexico: RHP Javier Assad

Panama: C Christian Bethancourt, C Miguel Amaya

Puerto Rico: INF Luis Vazquez

Venezuela: RHP Daniel Palencia

Chinese Taipei: RHP Chih-Wei Hu (not pictured)