The 2026 World Baseball Classic is upon us, and there are plenty of representatives for the Mets in this year's tournament.

New York always has plenty of players participating in each WBC, for better or worse. Shortstop Francisco Lindor has represented his home country of Puerto Rico proudly -- although he won't play this time around -- while former reliever Edwin Diaz did the same, although that resulted in a lost season for the All-Star closer. The Mets hope that doesn't happen this time as they'll have their top prospect, Nolan McLean, participating this year.

In addition, Clay Holmes will join McLean and play for Team USA, but the biggest name to play in the WBC will be Juan Soto.

The Mets slugger will rejoin team Dominican Republic as they look to capture the WBC championship. Soto participated in the 2023 tournament and showed out on the world stage. Through four games, Soto went 6-for-15 with three doubles, two home runs and three RBI. However, DR finished third in Pool D (behind Venezuela and Puerto Rico) and did not make it out of the group stage.

Here is every Mets player participating for the various teams in this iteration of the WBC...

Clay Holmes - USA
Nolan McLean - USA
Juan Soto - Dominican Republic
Huascar Brazoban - Dominican Republic
Mark Vientos - Nicaragua
Robert Stock - Israel
Jordan Geber - Israel
Ben Simon - Israel
Josh Blum - Israel
Alex Carillo - Mexico
Daniel Duarte - Mexico
Nick Morabito - Italy
Jared Young - Canada
Daviel Hurtado - Cuba
Jose Ramos - Panama
Carlos Guzman - Venezuela
Jamdrick Cornelia - Netherlands

The 2026 World Baseball Classic is set to run from March 5-17.

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