Houston Astros infielder Shay Whitcomb, who has Korean heritage through his mother's side of he family, is off to a big start for Team Korea in the World Baseball Classic.

The next superstar of Asian baseball might come from South Korea instead of Japan. Meet the 22-year-old phenom mashing home runs.

The 2026 World Baseball Classic kicked off on Wednesday with two games in Pool C. Australia earned the first win of the tournament by defeating Chinese Taipei at the Tokyo Dome. Here are the updated standings and results after the first day of action.

Pool C kicks off play in Tokyo with Chinese Taipei vs. Australia on March 4 (March 5 local time). Samurai Japan once again enters the tournament looking like juggernauts. But thin

Korea had one goal when entering the Tokyo Dome for the World Baseball Classic this week: Be on the flight to Miami for the quarterfinals when the week is over. It’s why it celebrated every home run by pantomiming airplane wings as it rounds the bases.

The entire 2026 World Baseball Classic TV schedule has been revealed as reigning champions Japan, Team USA and other top countries compete in the March tournament. Shohei Ohtani and the Japanese team are going for an unprecedented fourth World

South Korea looks like a real threat to Japan, and have its best performance at the WBC in well over a decade. They have the likes of World Series champion Hyeseong Kim and Jung H

Get ready to dive into World Baseball Classic pool play. The 2026 tournament, which gets underway this week, features four pools: A, B, C and D. Each of those pools consists of five teams battling it out in a round-robin format.

The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Three years ago, the World Baseball Classic excited baseball fans with a thrilling tournament that resulted in a Japanese victory.