Major League Baseball saw the beginning season 2023 last Thursday during opening daywhere is everything 269 international playersrepresenting 19 countries and territories outside the USin active and inactive faces 30 ninths.
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Total 269 third place all-time on opening dayright after 2020when 291 appeared, and 2022, with 275 international players. They also represent 28.5% of 945 players in 2023.
Of these 269 players, 89 participated in the recently concluded tournament. Baseball World Classicseven of them, including representatives Mexico, Randy Arozarena And Patrick Sandovalthey appeared in all star team tournament.
Like every year since MLB started releasing this data starting in 1995, Dominican Republic topped the list of countries and territories outside the United States with greater representation in Big Top with 84 players, the second highest for the country since 2020 when they had 110 players.
In second place is Venezuelafrom 62, while Cuba ranks third from 21 and in fourth position Puerto Rico with 19, his second most in the last 12 seasons.
TO Mexico2023 with largest representation in the major leagues since 2005 with 15 players in ninth place National and American Leaguesincluding jug Julio Uriasto the brothers Louis And Ramon Urias (who are not related to Julio), Joey Menezes, sandoval And arozarenaborn in Cuba but naturalized Mexican.
Canada It has 10 players. Japan with eight Colombia with family curacao, Panama And South Korea with four Bahamas And Nicaragua with two and Aruba, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Honduras And Taiwan with one.
For the third consecutive campaign, the reigning World Series champions, Houston Astros are the team with the most international representation, with 16 players. They are followed Twins (fifteen), Parents (fifteen), marlin (13), yankees (13), White socks (eleven), meters (11 and Athletics (eleven).
In the 2023 campaign MLB will 142 international partners to stream your gamesas well as gameplay highlights in 207 countries and a total of 16 languages.
(According to information from MLB.com)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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