2025 MLB All-Stars on USA, Japan and Other 2026 World Baseball Classic Teams

Stars, stars everywhere. That’s what the 2026 World Baseball Classic has in store for baseball fans when the 20-team tournament begins on March 4. Team USA, Japan, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and other countries are stacked with MLB talent and all will aim to reach the championship game on March 17 in Miami. – World Baseball Classic: Catch all games on FOX Sports With that in mind, here are the squads with the most 2025 MLB All-Stars on their respective rosters in the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Note: Countries are listed in order of which ones have the most 2025 MLB All-Stars on their roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic, with players within those countries mentioned alphabetically. Team USA – 14 America’s roster is loaded across the board. That said, Team USA came out just short in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, losing to Japan in the championship game. Corbin Carroll would have made it 15 All-Stars on Team USA, but the Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder had to pull out following hand surgery. Dominican Republic – 8 The Dominican Republic boasts a stout roster in this year’s tournament, but it’s also coming off a 2023 World Baseball Classic that saw it fail to advance past pool play. Mexico – 4 Mexico was edged out by Japan in the semifinal round of the 2023 World Baseball Classic but returns a reputable roster for this year’s tournament. Venezuela – 4 Venezuela has a standout roster, including other MLB proven commodities who weren’t All-Stars last season such as Jackson Chourio, William Contreras, Willson Contreras and Luis Arraez, among many others. Japan – 3 Japan is the defending champions, as it beat Team USA in the 2023 World Baseball Classic title game. Puerto Rico – 1 Puerto Rico was eliminated in the quarterfinal round of the 2023 World Baseball Classic. Great Britain – 1 Great Britain went 1-3 in pool play in the 2023 WBC.