The WBC has adopted plenty of rule changes from MLB over the last couple of tournaments, but not everything will be the same for American fans.

A few notable MLB names are sitting out of the World Baseball Classic due to insurance issues. Here's what you need to know.

The 2026 World Baseball Classic again features 20 teams, divided into four pools of five. The field includes automatic qualifiers from the 2023 event, along with teams that advanced through the 2025 WBC Qualifiers. The 2026 tournament will use four stadiums for group play:

Baseball fans the world over are preparing for a treat, as the MLB teams release players from spring training to represent their nations in the World Baseball Classic.

The National Financial Partners, who are responsible for insuring all players that will participate in the WBC, are tasked to pay back a player's guaranteed salary to the ball club in case the participant gets injured during the event.

One of the darkhorses of the World Baseball Classic always turns out to be the Netherlands. The Dutch placed fourth in the 2013 and 2017 WBC tournaments and return a strong team that can be a contender again this season.

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The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Netherlands will once again be one of the more intriguing teams at the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Boasting a few notable MLB players,