CPBL Game Draws 650,000 Viewers At Home & Abroad

The sixth game in Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) was watched by some 650,000 viewers around the world Wednesday, according to Eleven Sports, which broadcast the commentary in English.

Focus Taiwan

Liam Sabino Included On Brazil World Baseball Classic Roster, Brandon Donovan On Germnany's

Cardinals Player Development Twitter

MLB Programs Perform Try Out & Goes In Search Of More Unique Talent

Recently, a total of nine players from different parts of the country, showed their talent through a Try Out performed at the former Dennis Martinez National Stadium with the hope of being part of the Major League Baseball Elite Development Program (MLB), that since last year moved its operations to Sao Paulo, Brazil.  (Translated)

La Prensa

List Of Prospects Available For 2018 International Signing Period

TV Max Deportes

Chris Carpenter Recalls Off-Field Time Spent With Roy Halladay

Two-time Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay was remembered Tuesday as an amazing husband, father, friend and teammate who was one of the best pitchers of his generation but an even better man.

KMOX

Roy Halladay, Chris Carpenter, One Anaconda, & An Amazon Adventure

Turns out the “fishing wasn’t great,” as one member of the party later wrote, and Chris Carpenter’s biggest catch came when he went hunting one night and shot a caiman, a reptile and alligator cousin that swishes through the Amazon Basin. That could have been the most memorable event of their trip until Roy Halladay saw a naked man sitting on a tree.

Bird Land

Blue Jays Tapping Into New Markets For Talent

When people think about baseball talent in the Caribbean and South America, it's usually about the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, and rightfully so. But there are some interesting emerging markets starting to produce some exciting young players.

Toronto Official Site

Curacao Also Added To The latin American Series

It grows. The Latin American Professional Baseball Association will have seven members starting next year, with the union of Argentina, Chile and Curacao to the Latin American Series, an event to be held in the new Denis Martinez National Stadium.  (Translated)

El Nuevo Diario

Corey Baker Surfaces In World Baseball Classic

Cinderella has already been cast out of the tournament, if by Cinderella you mean Team Israel and by the tournament you mean the World Baseball Classic, both of which I do.

Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Eric Pardinho Emerging As Brazil's Face Of The Game

The new face of baseball in Brazil has dimples, poofy boy-band hair and a tiny black bead pierced into his left earlobe.

MLB Official Site

Cardinals Playing In World Baseball Classic 9-23-16: Corey Baker Strikes Out Six Over Five Scoreless Innings For The Win; Ryan Sherriff Retires One batter & Holds Two Inherited Runners On Base For The Hold

Corey Baker (Memphis-Israel) started and pitched five innings.  He allowed one hit, no runs, three walks, threw two wild pitches, and struck six out for the winning decision (1-0).  (p-s:83-52)(g/f:6-2)
Ryan Sherriff (Memphis-Israel) entered in the eighth and pitched to one batter.  He allowed no hits or runs for the hold (2).  (p-s:5-3)(g/f:1-0)(ir-s:2-0)

Israel beat Brazil 1-0
MLB Official Site Post Game

International Prospect League Opens On Thursday With Rafael Furcal As A Featured Speaker

About 40 prospects of the International Prospect League (IPL) show, from today, his talents to several listeners Major League Baseball in the Quisqueya Stadium. The prospects of 15 years come from the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Panama, Costa Rica and Cuba. The novice players will face each other in two games (nine innings) that begin at nine o'clock until Thursday. (Translated)

El Cribe

Edgar Renteria Finally Reaches The World Baseball Classic

Could not classified as a World Classic player, but Edgar Renteria eventually go to that tournament as an executive, after being the architect of the team that gave Colombia its first ticket to the fair.  (Translated)

El Caribe

Will Brazil Be Baseball's Next Frontier?

Yan Gomes knew the idea was to hit the ball and run. That much he’d gotten down pat, although the rest was a mystery. He was like any other Brazilian kid, growing up with soccer written in his genetic coding. But because of a nudge from his father, Gomes was giving a shot to that strange sport from a far-away country. Way up north.

Fox Sports

Andre Rienzo Likely To Start For Jake Peavy

Andre Rienzo’s roller-coaster season could reach a zenith Tuesday night, as he’s expected to be promoted to the Chicago White Sox to start against Cleveland while the team entertains offers for pitcher Jake Peavy with Wednesday's 3 p.m. (CDT) non-waiver trading deadline approaching.

Chicago Tribune

After Pitching In WBC At 16, Brazil's Daniel Missaki Signs With Mariners

The Mariners have signed Daniel Missaki, a 17-year-old Brazilian righthander who pitched for Brazil’s 2013 World Baseball Classic team in March.

Baseball America