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The rosters for the 2026 edition of the World Baseball Classic have been revealed and as it turns out, Ronald Acuña Jr. won't be the only Atlanta Braves representative at the WBC. In fact, Acuña won't have to wait too long to see a few of his teammates turn into opponents during Pool D action in Miami, Florida. The Netherlands will have three Braves players on their squad for the WBC.

"Appreciate [Kevin Kiermaier] taking the time to work with [Zach Erhard] this offseason," Michael Dillon, who represented Kiermaier in the majors and currently represents Erhard, wrote via Instagram. "It's the little adjustments on and off the field that separate the good from the great. Z is well on his path to being great."

Maile has never been a huge standing next to the plate, with a career .209/.277/.320 line and 63 wRC+. However, he has received strong reviews for his work crouching behind the plate over the years. FanGraphs and Baseball Prospectus consider him to be an above average framer. Statcast ranks him just a smidge below average at framing but gives him strong marks for his blocking.

Winkler was a 10th-round draftee by the Athletics in 2021. The University of San Francisco product played four seasons in the A's system, peaking in Double-A. Miami grabbed him in the Triple-A phase of last offseason's Rule 5 draft. Winkler got a few looks as the final player on Clayton McCullough's bench over the course of the season. He appeared in 14 games, starting four of them in the middle infield.

The 36-year-old Suter is a throwback in many ways - a soft-tossing, rubber-armed lefty who relies more on command and soft contact while often pitching multiple innings per outing. Last year's 87.3 mph was the second-highest average velocity he's posted on his four-seamer in any of his 10 big league seasons. His 89.1 mph average sinker was a career-high. Obviously, Suter isn't going to blow any hitters away with power stuff.

It was a good day for people interested in prospects, as our prospect team continues to roll out their best-in-industry Braves top 30 prospects list and we got Atlanta's list of non-roster Spring Training invites. I will say that I was a bit disappointed at the absence of Cam Caminiti on the non-roster invites list, as I would love for him to be able to

I think Connor and Mark gave me so many things. Right before the postseason, we made some adjustments with how my hip is lined up. And I think a lot of my issues before that was me trying to find a comfortable feeling with that. And so I think working with them, getting that feeling, locking it in the postseason.

I felt great taking on different roles. And I think for me this year just getting into a more solidified role, whether it's middle relief, whatever it was back of games, but I think just keeping spirits high, keep working, simplify things, and just keep communicating with our coaches about what needs to get done and game planning and everything along those lines,

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Ozuna, who turned 35 in November, turned in a down showing by his standards in 2025 but was still a better-than-average offensive performer overall. He hit .232/.355/.400 with a career-high 15.9% walk rate, a 24.3% strikeout rate, 21 homers and 19 doubles in 592 turns at the plate with Atlanta in the final season of his six-year run there. Ozuna raced out to a scorching start in April and May,

The A's have the thing every team is looking for: pitching depth. Jump, Arnold and Lin are all potential No. 2 to No. 4 starters who throw from the left side. Nett and Morris are either No. 4 starters or eighth-inning relievers depending on how their command develops. Behind them on the team prospect list are upper-level arms including Henry Baez, Mason Barnett, Gunnar Hoglund and Eduarniel Nunez.

Bassitt was his usual reliable self as a starting pitcher last season, recording a 3.96 ERA and 166 strikeouts across 170 ⅓ innings pitched. He made at least 30 starts for the fourth straight year despite landing on the injured list at the end of September. The 36-year-old returned from his injury as a reliever in the ALCS before becoming one of the Blue Jays' most trusted weapons in the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Just take a look at the numbers since Schneider entered the league during the latter parts of 2023. Since making his debut in the majors that season with Toronto, the 27-year-old utilityman ranked first in the entire league between 2023-2025 for the percentage of called strikes on pitches just outside of the strike zone, as depicted in the illustration below, courtesy of Chris Black. Schneider leads at a 29.9%, with Tyler Nevin considerably behind at 26.9%, followed by Ryan Mountcastle (26.2%) and Josh Jung (25.9%).

Giménez's bat has been in steady decline since his All-Star 2022 campaign. After hitting at least .251 each of the last two years, his slash line bottomed out to .210/285/.313 across 369 plate appearances in 2025. He graded 34% below league average by OPS+, with a 70 wRC+ that wasn't much better. His production also fell off on the basepaths, where he stole just 12 bases in 101 games after racking up 30 in each of the previous two seasons.