The World Baseball Classic is more than just a tournament of nations. It’s also a showcase for the best unsigned players in the world to introduce themselves to an international audience and display their talent against top MLB players.
Yu Darvish, Aroldis Chapman, Yoenis Cespedes, Masahiro Tanaka, Yuli Gurriel and Hyun-Jin Ryu all starred in the WBC before going on to become MLB standouts. Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hisashi Iwakuma, Kenta Maeda, Kosuke Fukudome, Alexei Ramirez, Raisel Iglesias, Seung-Hwan Oh and dozens of others signed after the WBC and went onto successful MLB careers.
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