Puerto Rico national baseball team
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The Puerto Rican National Baseball Team (or Puerto Rican National Baseball Selection) is a team that is selected by the Puerto Rican Baseball Federation to compete in major international events in representation of Puerto Rico. The team is usually ensembled with thirty players from the Professional Baseball League of Puerto Rico and the Major League Baseball.
The team has participated in many international competitions, such as the Caribbean World Series, the Central American and Caribbean Games, the Pan American Games, the World Baseball Classic and others.
[edit] 2006 World Baseball Classic roster
Manager
Pitchers
- Federico Baez - in the Chicago Cubs's organization
- Fernando Cabrera - Cleveland Indians
- Kiko Calero - Oakland Athletics
- Willie Collazo - in the Los Angeles Angels' organization
- Pedro Feliciano - New York Mets
- Dicky Gonzalez - Japanese Tokyo Yakult Swallows
- Josue Matos - in the Toronto Blue Jays' organization
- Juan Padilla - New York Mets
- Joel Pineiro - Seattle Mariners
- Chris Rojas - in the Pittsburgh Pirates' organization
- Orlando Roman - in the New York Mets' organization
- J.C. Romero - Los Angeles Angels
- Jose Santiago - New York Mets
- Johnathan Sanchez- in the San Francisco Giants' organization
- Javier Vazquez - Chicago White Sox
Catchers
- Javy Lopez - Baltimore Orioles
- Yadier Molina - St. Louis Cardinals
- Ivan Rodriguez - Detroit Tigers
- Javier Valentin - Cincinnati Reds
Infielders
- Alex Cintron - Chicago White Sox
- Alex Cora - Boston Red Sox
- Carlos Delgado - New York Mets
- Ruben Gotay - Kansas City Royals
- Eduardo Perez - Cleveland Indians
- Jose Valentin - New York Mets
Outfielders
- Carlos Beltran - New York Mets
- Jose Cruz, Jr. - Los Angeles Dodgers
- Ricky Ledee - Los Angeles Dodgers
- Luis Matos - Baltimore Orioles
- Alexis Rios - Toronto Blue Jays
- Bernie Williams - New York Yankees
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