Marlins’ loanDepot park is the front-runner to host the World Baseball Classic title game in 2026
In the midst of the worst start in Marlins franchise history, the organization is potentially set to receive some good news.
Sources confirm to the Miami Herald that loanDepot park is the heavy favorite to host the World Baseball Classic championship game (as well as potential other rounds) in 2026.
Miami saw more than 500,000 fans attend the games in 2023 at loanDepot park and the event itself saw more than 1.3 million fans attend across all rounds of the tournament.
In the 2023 championship game, Japan defeated the United States 3-2 in Miami. Japan’s Shohei Ohtani struck out USA’s Mike Trout to secure the win.
Major League Baseball and the MLBPA have not officially finalized the full 2026 WBC sites or schedule. An announcement is expected sometime this season.
New York Baltimore Boston Toronto Tampa Bay Central
Cleveland Kansas City Detroit Minnesota Chicago West
Seattle Texas Oakland
Los Angeles Houston
East
Atlanta Philadelphia New York Washington Miami Central
Milwaukee
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19 17 16 14 13 W
19 17 16 14 6 W
15 15 12 10 9
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19 19 14 13 6 W
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10 10 13 15 16
L
9 12 12 13 22
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13 14 17 18 19
L
7 10 13 14 23
L
10
Pct
.655 .630 .552 .483 .448
Pct
.679 .586 .571 .519 .214
Pct
.536 .517 .414 .357 .321
Pct
.731 .655 .519 .481 .207
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41⁄2 2 13 101⁄2 GB WCGB
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Los Angeles S.F.
San Diego Arizona Colorado
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18 14 14 13 7
L
12 15 17 16 21
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TUESDAY
AMERICAN LEAGUE
N.Y. Yankees (Cortes Jr. 1-2) at Baltimore (Kremer 1-2), 6:35
Kansas City (Ragans 1-2) at Toronto (Berrios 4-1), 7:07
Minnesota (Woods-Richardson 1-0) at White Sox (Soroka 0-3), 7:40
Cleveland (Carrasco 1-2) at Houston (Brown 0-4), 8:10
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Colorado (Feltner 1-2) at Miami,6:40
Chi. Cubs (Assad 2-0) at N.Y. Mets (Manaea 1-1), 7:10
L.A. Dodgers (Knack 1-1) at Arizona (Montgomery 1-1), 9:40
Cincinnati (Martinez 0-1) at San Diego, 9:40
INTERLEAGUE
St. Louis (Gibson 2-2) at Detroit (Flaherty 0-1), 6:40
S.F. (Webb 3-1) at Boston (Criswell 1-1), 7:10
Tampa Bay at Milwaukee (Peralta 2-0), 7:40
Washington at Texas (Gray 0-1), 8:05 Philadelphia (Turnbull 2-0) at L.A. Angels (Anderson 2-3), 9:38
Chi.
MONDAY
AMERICAN LEAGUE
N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore Kansas City at Toronto Minnesota at Chi. White Sox
NATIONAL LEAGUE Washington at Miami
Chi. Cubs at N.Y. Mets
L.A. Dodgers at Arizona Cincinnati at San Diego
INTERLEAGUE
St. Louis at Detroit
Tampa Bay at Milwaukee Philadelphia at L.A. Angels Pittsburgh at Oakland Atlanta at Seattle
SUNDAY
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Oakland 7, Baltimore 6
Detroit 4, Kansas City 1
Chi. White Sox 4, Tampa Bay 2 Minnesota 11, L.A. Angels 5
NATIONAL LEAGUE Washington 12, Miami 9
N.Y. Mets 4, St. Louis 2 (11) San Francisco 3, Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 8, San Diego 6
INTERLEAGUE
Atlanta 4, Cleveland 3 (10) Toronto 3, L.A. Dodgers 1 Texas 4, Cincinnati 3
N.Y. Yankees 15, Milwaukee 5 Houston 8, Colorado 2
Arizona 3, Seattle 2
Boston 5, Chi. Cubs 4