How to Watch World Baseball Classic: Stream Netherlands vs. Cuba Live, TV Channel
The Netherlands and Cuba battle on Tuesday in their first pool game of the World Baseball Classic.
The World Baseball Classic kicks off on Tuesday when the Netherlands takes on Cuba in Pool A action. The two teams will meet in Taichung, Taiwan as they look to get a big opening game win. They are joined in Pool A by Chinese Taipei, Italy and Panama. The top two teams will move on to the quarterfinals to take on teams from Pool B in Tokyo, Japan. This is the fifth-ever World Baseball Classic and Cuba is looking to make it back to the championship game for the first time since 2006 when it lost 10-6 to Japan.
How to Watch World Baseball Classic: Netherlands vs. Cuba Today:
Game Date: March 7, 2023
Game Time: 11:00 p.m. ET
TV: FOX Sports 1
Live stream World Baseball Classic: Netherlands vs. Cuba on fuboTV: Start your free trial today!WATCH LIVE: Classic opens with Cuba vs. Netherlands on FS1The opening round of the 2023 World Baseball Classic is under way with Pool A foes Cuba and the Netherlands squaring off at Taichung Stadium in Taiwan.
The Netherlands team is looking to finish the job after coming up short in the semifinals in each of the past two Classics. Cuba has advanced past the first round in all four Classics, but its 2006 championship game appearance was the last time it got out of the second round. This year’s tournament marks the first time in World Baseball Classic history that MLB players are eligible to play for Cuba.How you can watch: The game between Cuba and the Netherlands is live at 11 p.m. ET on FS1. Games are available on FOX, FS1, FS2, Tubi or FOX Deportes, and every game can be streamed online in the FOX Sports App. For international viewing options, click here.
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What’s at stake: The 20 teams have been placed in four pools of five teams each for the first round of the 2023 World Baseball Classic, with each team playing the others in its pool once and the teams with the two best records in each pool at the end of the round advancing to the knockout stage. Cuba and the Netherlands are part of Pool A with Chinese Taipei, Italy and Panama.
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Matchup history: Cuba and the Netherlands have met four times in the World Baseball Classic, with the Netherlands winning three of the games. Cuba’s lone triumph came in the first round of the inaugural World Baseball Classic. Cuba advanced from Pool C along with Puerto Rico that year and went on to reach the championship game, losing to Japan.
In the 2013 Classic, the Netherlands defeated Cuba in the first game of the second round, and the two faced off a second time days later in an elimination game with a spot in the semifinals on the line. The Netherlands prevailed again, coming back from a two-run eighth-inning deficit to win, 7-6. The Netherlands notched a 14-1 win over Cuba when the two matched up in the second round of the 2017 Classic.
Luis Robert Jr. OF, Cuba: With MLB players eligible to play for Cuba in the World Baseball Classic for the first time, Robert and his White Sox teammate Yoán Moncada are among the biggest stars on the Cuban team. The dynamic 25-year-old has been limited by injuries during his three-year MLB career, but he has slashed .289/.334/.474 with 36 homers and 26 steals in 222 games.
Yoenis Céspedes, OF, Cuba: For the first time since 2009, Céspedes will suit up for Cuba in the World Baseball Classic. Now 37, the right-handed slugger was excellent in his lone Classic appearance, hitting .458 with two homers and a 1.480 OPS over six games. He began his MLB career with Oakland three years later and appeared in parts of eight seasons with the A’s, Red Sox, Tigers and Mets. The two-time Home Run Derby champion socked 165 dingers over 834 games as a Major Leaguer.Cuba vs. Netherlands FREE LIVE STREAM (3/7/23): Watch World Baseball Classic 2023 online | Time, TV, channel