World Baseball Classic

Pool A

The provisional 60-man rosters have been announced. Everyone on a country's final roster of 25 will come from their provisional list of 60. For more, see Baseball America's roster projections from last May, and my own from July.

China

Lineup
C Wei Wang
1B Qi Chen
2B Fei Feng
3B ?
SS ?
LF Yaging Liu
CF Sun Lingfeng
RF Shuo Yang
DH Hongbo Zhang

Bench
C Yi Feng
C Tao Li
C Zhenwang Zhang
Zhe Chen
Tao Guo
Fenglian Hou
Lei Li
Guangbiao Liu
Wenbin Pan
Jingchao Wang
Guogang Yang
Yufeng Zhang

Rotation
SP Nan Wang
SP Quansheng Zhao

Bullpen
RP Tao Bu
RP Kun Chen
RP Chenhao Li
RP Hongrui Li
RP Shuai Li
RP Jiangang Lu
RP Zheng Xu
RP Minfeng Yin
RP Jun Zhang
RP Li Zhang
RP Bo Zhao

Chinese Taipei

Lineup
C Chun-Chang Ye
1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh
2B Yung Chi Chen
3B Tai-San Chang
SS Ching-lung Hu (Dodgers)
LF Chin-Feng Chen (Dodgers)
CF Chih-Yuan Chen
RF Long-Yu Huang
DH Cheng-Ming Peng

Bench
C Fong-Ming Chen
C Chin-Shou Hsih
C Cheng-Hua Kao
C Chih-Kang Kao
C Yi-Wei Lee
C Chao Kuan Wu
C Kuan-Yi Yang
IF Chia-Hao Chang
IF Chia-Hung Chen
IF Chiang-Ho Chen
IF Chih-Hung Chen
IF Chang-Ming Cheng
IF Kuo-Ching Kao
IF Chih-Shen Lin
IF Yi-Chuan Lin
IF Shi-Yang Teng
IF Shen-Wei Wang
IF Chung-Shou Yang
IF Shen Yang
IF Chung-Han Yu
OF Chih-Yao Chan
OF Chien-Ming Chang
OF Chen-Yu Chong
OF Chun-Yu Kuo
OF Ying-Chieh Liao
OF Wei-Chu Lin
OF Kuo-Hui Lo

Rotation
SP Chien-Ming Wang (Yankees)
SP Chi-Hung Cheng (Blue Jays)


Bullpen
RP Hong-Chih Kuo (Dodgers)
RP Wei-Ying Chen
RP Chien-Ming Chiang
RP Wei-Ming Chu
RP Chu-Chien Hsu
RP Wen-Hsiung Hsu
RP Chia-An Huang
RP Chun-Chung Huang
RP Yi-Che Huang
RP Min-Ching Kao
RP Po-Hsuan Keng
RP En-Yu Lin
RP Ying-Chieh Lin
RP Ching-Lung Lo
RP Wei-Lun Pan
RP Ying-Feng Tsai
RP Sung-Wei Tseng
RP Pao-Hsien Wu
RP Chien-Fu Yang
RP Yao-Hsun Yang

Japan

Lineup
RF Ichiro Suzuki (Mariners)
C Ryoji Aikawa
1B Nobuhiko Matsunaka
2B ?
3B Michihiro Ogasawara
SS ?
LF Kosuke Fukudome
CF Tatsuhiko Kinjoh
DH Hiroyuki Nakajima

Bench
C Tory Hosokawa
C Tetsuya Matoyama
C Tomoya Satozaki
C Motonoby Tanishige
IF Takahiro Arai
IF Atsuhi Fujimoto
IF Kazuya Fukuura
IF Toshiaki Imae
IF Akinori Iwamura
IF Munenori Kawasaki
IF Shinya Miyamoto
IF Shuichi Murata
IF Tomohiro Nioka
IF Toshihisa Nishi
IF Tsuyoshi Nishioka
IF Takashi Toritani
IF Yasuhiko Yabuta
OF Shogo Akada
OF Norichika Aoki
OF Atsunori Inaba
OF Saburo Ohmura
OF Shigenobu Shima
OF Takayuki Simizu
OF Hitoshi Tamura
OF Kazuhiro Wada

Rotation
SP Daisuke Matsuzaka
SP Koji Uehara

Bullpen
RP Akinori Otsuka
RP Yuya Ando
RP Shugo Fujii
RP Kyuji Fujikawa
RP Soichi Fujita
RP Masanori Hayashi
RP Hirotoshi Ishii
RP Hiroyuki Kobayashi
RP Masahide Kobayashi
RP Tomoyuki Kubota
RP Hiroki Kuroda
RP Takahiro Mahara
RP Daisuke Miura
RP Fumiya Nishiguchi
RP Masanobu Okubo
RP Toshiya Sugiuchi
RP Kiyoshi Toyoda
RP Tsuyoshi Wada
RP Shunsuke Watanabe

Oddly enough, of all the Major Leaguers available, only two will play for the Japanese team (Ichiro and Otsuka). On the plus side, Japan will be managed by Sadaharu Oh, the country's legend who holds the record for most home runs (well over 800).

Korea

Lineup
CF Shin-Soo Choo (Mariners)
C Sung Heon Hong
DH Hee-seop Choi (Dodgers)
1B Seung Yeop Lee
2B Kyung Hyun An
3B Dong Joo Kim
SS Seo Owan Hong
LF Jong Beom Lee
RF Soo Keun Jung

Bench
C In Sung Cho
C Kab Yong Jin
C Sang Hoon Kim
C Kyung Oan Park
C Kyung Hyun Shin
IF Dong Chan Cho
IF Kyoung Bae Chung
IF Sung Ho Jang
IF Seong Hoon Jeong
IF Jae Gul Kim
IF Jong Kook Kim
IF Min Jae Kim
IF Tae Kyun Kim
IF Bum Ho Lee
IF Dae Ho Lee
IF Jin Man Park
IF Jong Ho Park
IF Si Hun Son
OF Jae Hyun Kim
OF Jong Hoon Kim
OF Oh Joon Kwon
OF Byung Kyu Lee
OF Jin Young Lee
OF Han Yi Park
OF Yong Taik Park
OF Ji Man Song

Rotation
SP Jae Seo (Dodgers)
SP Chan Ho Park (Padres)
SP Jung Bong (Reds)
RP Byung-yung Kim (Rockies)
SP Myung Hwan Park

Bullpen
RP Sunny Kim (Rockies)
RP Dae-Sung Koo (Mets)
RP Young Soo Bae
RP Won Ho Choi
RP Young Pil Choi
RP Tae Hyun Chong
RP Jae Hun Chung
RP Doo Sung Hwang
RP Moon Seok Jang
RP Byung Doo Jun
RP Jin Woo Kim
RP Won Hyong Kim
RP Hei Chun Lee
RP Seung Ho Lee
RP Dong Hwan Mun
RP Jang Jin Noh
RP Seung Hwan Oh
RP Seung Hyoun Sin
RP Min Han Son
RP Jae Woung Wee

They're not starts, but they're all Major League caliber players. If this pitching staff clicks, it may be just enough to upset the mighty Japanese.