The provisional rosters for the countries participating in the 2009 World Baseball Classic were announced yesterday and 15 members of the Boston Red Sox organization have made the list plus one coach.
Name | Team | Pos |
Jon Deeble | Australia | Manager |
Mitch Dening | Australia | OF |
Jason Bay | Canada | OF |
George Kottaras | Canada | C |
Chih-Hsien Chiang | Chinese Taipei | IF |
Che-Hsuan Lin | Chinese Taipei | OF |
David Ortiz | Dominican Republic | DH |
Ramon Ramirez | Dominican Republic | P |
Daisuke Matsuzaka | Japan | P |
Hideki Okajima | Japan | P |
Dennis Neuman | Netherlands | P |
Angel Chavez | Panama | IF |
Javier Lopez | Puerto Rico | P |
Mike Lowell | Puerto Rico | IF |
Dustin Pedroia | United States | IF |
Kevin Youkilis | United States | IF |
The final rosters of 28 players (13 pitchers mandatory) have to be set by February 24th.
MLB.com has the full list of players for each country and each organization.