{"id":498732,"date":"2026-01-28T10:27:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/sandy-alcantara-passes-medical-evaluations-and-is-cleared-for-the-world-baseball-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T10:27:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:27:58","slug":"sandy-alcantara-passes-medical-evaluations-and-is-cleared-for-the-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/sports\/baseball\/sandy-alcantara-passes-medical-evaluations-and-is-cleared-for-the-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandy Alc\u00e1ntara passes medical evaluations and is cleared for the World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<strong>SANTO DOMINGO.<\/strong> \u2014 Right-handed pitcher <strong>Sandy Alc\u00e1ntara<\/strong>, of the <strong>Miami Marlins<\/strong>, satisfactorily completed all the required processes to join the <strong>Dominican Republic team<\/strong> that will compete in the <strong>World Baseball Classic<\/strong>.\n\n\n<p><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=600581&amp;action=edit\">Cristopher S\u00e1nchez will pitch for the Dominican Republic in the 2026 World Baseball Classic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe winner of the <strong>2022 National League Cy Young Award<\/strong> was already part of the Dominican team in the <strong>2023 WBC<\/strong>, a tournament he attended just months after signing one of the most dominant seasons in the recent history of Major League Baseball.\n\nIn that season, Alc\u00e1ntara led MLB in <strong>innings pitched, complete games, and shutouts<\/strong>, solidifying himself as one of baseball's most durable and reliable starters.\n\nDespite recommendations to prioritize rest and protect his professional future, the star right-winger opted to <strong>defend the national colors<\/strong>, reaffirming his commitment to the country.\n\nAlongside Alc\u00e1ntara, <strong>Fernando Tatis Jr., Oneil Cruz, and Cristopher S\u00e1nchez<\/strong> have also been <strong>confirmed<\/strong> for the Dominican roster, significantly strengthening the core of high-impact players who will participate in the tournament.\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\nJust tell me.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTO DOMINGO. \u2014 Right-handed pitcher Sandy Alc\u00e1ntara, of the Miami Marlins, satisfactorily completed all the required processes to join the Dominican Republic team that will compete in the World Baseball Classic. You may be interested in:Cristopher S\u00e1nchez will pitch for the Dominican Republic in the 2026 World Baseball Classic The winner of the 2022 National [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,9098,41186],"class_list":{"0":"post-498732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-baseball","7":"tag-deultimominuto","8":"tag-dominican-republic","9":"tag-lidom","10":"tag-theperiodicodelatruth"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}