After 16 teams, 39 games, six venues, and three weeks, we are finally ready to determine the 2017 World Baseball Classic champion.
Puerto Rico won the first semifinal over the Netherlands on Monday, and the United States defeated Japan Tuesday night to set up the highly anticipated match up of All-Star caliber lineups. Tonight we find out who will prevail.
Puerto Rico is looking to finish what they couldn’t back in 2013, when they lost in the finals to the Dominican Republic at AT&T Park. The United States has never been in the WBC final; their most successful appearance came when they made it to the semifinals in 2009 before losing to eventual champion Japan.