WBC: 10 Jays In It

Wednesday, February 08 2017 @ 09:56 PM EST

Contributed by: John Northey

So the World Baseball Classic (WBC) is upon us soon and 10 Jays are going.

Via the Jays website here is the list

Team USA
Marcus Stroman
J.A. Happ

Team Canada
Dalton Pompey
Shane Dawson (minor leaguer)

Team Mexico
Roberto Osuna
Marco Estrada

Team Dominican Republic
Jose Bautista

Team Venezuela
Leonel Campos (minor leaguer)

Team Israel
Jake Fishman (minor leaguer)

Team Italy
Jordan Romano (minor leaguer)

Team Canada is missing some notable players: Russell Martin (insurance reasons), Joey Votto, James Paxton, Brett Lawrie, Michael Saunders and Jameson Taillon.

The full team roster for Team Canada is at the WBC web site. A few surprising names on the list like Eric Gagne and Ryan Dempster - both of whom I thought were long retired. Might just be coaches but listed on the roster for some reason.

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