Entering Monday night's games, Japan and Korea have already qualified out of Pool C. The Dominican Republic and Venezuela have clinched the quarterfinal spots out of Pool D. That leaves four more teams (two from Pool A and B, respectively) to bunch their knockout round tickets.

The World Baseball Classic reaches a critical day with seven games that will go a long way in determining the teams that advance to the quarterfinals.

Team Panama's World Baseball Classic game against Team Colombia had a dramatic ending on Monday night. During the ninth inning of the game, veteran Panama hitter Jonathan Arauz got into a heated argument with Panama manager José Mayorga.

Our Panama vs. Canada predictions and World Baseball Classic best bets have the Canadians winning convincingly. Team Canada brought its bats to the WBC. The Great North scored 12 runs on 18 hits in splitting two exhibition games against the Blue Jays and Phillies. Then Canada got eight runs on eight hits in its WBC opener against Colombia.

Americas High School graduate Darell Hernaiz delivered a dramatic finish in a pool play game of the World Baseball Classic on Saturday, hitting a walk-off home run to lift Puerto Rico to a 4‑3 victory over Panama at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan,

The World Baseball Classic has been a stage for players across the world to show off their talents, and plenty of prospects have thrived in the spotlight. Players ranked on organizational Top 30 Prospects lists have shown out,

Two walk-off home runs took over the World Baseball Classic spotlight on Saturday. Ozzie Albies of the Netherlands and Darell Hernaiz of Puerto Rico both won their respective games with the final swings of the bat.