Tonight -- March 7th-2023 -- the 20-nation, star-studded World Baseball Classic starts with Cuba taking on the Netherlands in a sold-out stadium in faraway Taiwan. The game starts at 11:00 PM tonight Eastern Time and it will be televised live by the Fox Sports Network. The Top 7 Ranked Teams {according to the legal gambling odds}, including Cuba, have high-priced Major League players in their line-ups. For example, the USA team has stars such as Mike Trout, who has a $430 million contract with the LA Angels; Japan has the next $500+ million player in Pitcher-Slugger Shohei Otani {when all the rich teams can bid for him when he becomess a Free Agent in 2024}, etc., etc. And the Dominican Republic also has a line-up crammed with a plethora of superstar players making in excess of $300 million. But this time, even Cuba is allowed to have Major League Stars in the 2023 World Baseball Classic starting tonight!!
In tonight's opening game in the World Baseball Classic in Taiwan, Team Cuba will have a competitive team and is a favorite over the Netherlands that also has Major League superstars such as shortstop Xander Bogaerts. Cuba, as shown above, has young players from the Cuban premier league but also has stars from the U. S., Japanese, and Mexican pro leagues. Two Chicago White Sox stars -- switch-hitting Third Baseman Yoan Moncada and brilliant Center Fielder Luis Robert -- will headline the Cuban Batting Order tonight. Both Moncada and Robert are high-priced Stars for the Chicago White Sox and are in their prime; both of them had hand/finger injuries last season but are now healthy. Robert, for example, is 25-years-old and was born in Ciego de Avila; this year the White Sox are paying Luis Robert exactly $15,333,333.00 but when he reaches Free Agency he, uh, can expect a BIG contract. The World Baseball Classic runs from March 8th-21st and look for Moncada and Robert to be among the Top Hitters!!
This is Yoan Moncada, the powerful swtich-hitting Third Baseman for the Chicago White Sox. You can watch Yoan and Team Cuba play the Netherlands to start the 20-nation, star-studded World Baseball Classic tonight in Taiwan. The game starts at 11:00 PM Eastern Time on the Fox Sports Television Network.
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