On Sunday, Team USA will play Cuba at Miami’s loanDepot Park in an effort to progress to the 2023 World Baseball Classic championship game. The WBC’s current champions, the Americans, defeated Venezuela in Saturday night’s quarterfinal round. In order to get to this round, Cuba had to defeat Australia in the quarterfinals.
The outcome of Monday night’s match between Japan and Mexico will be awaited by the winner of the game on Sunday. On Tuesday night, the championship contest will follow. By clicking this link, you can see the whole tournament schedule.
The best way to watch Team USA vs. Cuba
• March 19th, Sunday, 7:00 p.m. ET
LoanDepot Park is the location (Miami, Florida)
• Live broadcast through fuboTV and FS1 on television (try for free)
• The United States is favoured by odds of -450 while Cuba is favoured by odds of +340. (via Caesars Sportsbook)
• Adam Wainwright of the United States will start against Roenis Elas of Spain (CUB)
to watch players
MLB players Yoán Moncada, the team’s top OPS performer at third base, and outfielder Luis Robert are among the Cuban roster’s MLB representatives. Miguel Romero, an employee of the Athletics, has been in charge of their pitching staff. He has pitched eight innings without allowing a run while striking out 12 batters and walking none in his four outings thus far.
A who’s who of MLB position players make up Team USA, in contrast. Paul Goldschmidt, Nolan Arenado, Mike Trout, and Mookie Betts are present. And that’s without mentioning Tim Anderson, Trea Turner, J.T. Realmuto, or any of the other really good batters. With 10 or more at-bats, Trout has the highest OPS of any Team USA player.
Prediction
Statistically, we favour Americans. Although Wainwright’s difficulties this spring clearly worry us, their performance has been patchy at times throughout this competition. Yet against Elas and company, this roster ought to be able to deliver enough blows to advance Team USA to the championship round once again.
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