'Man, just please come back safe': What it's like for an MLB team when its stars are in the WBC

'Man, just please come back safe': What it's like for an MLB team when its stars are in the WBC

While its top players are out taking on the world, we checked in on life back at home during spring training.

Two Twins Players To Keep An Eye On In the WBC

This past weekend featured the opening of the 2026 World Baseball Classic. And while Team USA and Team Puerto Rico — both undefeated as of this writing — have yet to play their third game, the narrative of their wins underscores the WBC’s place as a global event and a showcase of baseball’s elite. Meanwhile, the contrasting features of two Minnesota Twins players’ first appearances illustrate the variables that make the WBC such a strange and re…