RED SOX IN THE WBC

The World Baseball Classic. A moneymaking endeavor to determine which team can draw the largest television audience. Which country has the best pitchers, for 75 pitches or less at a time. Which country can have the most successful spring training. Which Canadian can hit .500 but still exit early. Which game will South Africa lose due to the slaughter rule.

Here are the Red Sox (and Sox minor leaguers) that are on preliminary rosters for the 2009 WBC:

USA:
2B Dustin Pedroia
1B Kevin Youkilis

Dominican Republic:
DH David Ortiz

Puerto Rico:
3B Mike Lowell
RP Javier Lopez

Japan:
SP Daisuke Matsuzaka
RP Hideki Okajima

Canada:
LF Jason Bay
C George Kotteras

The Netherlands:
P Deniis Neuman

South Africa:
P Justin Erasmus

Chinese Taipei:
IF Chih-Hsien Chiang

Panama:
IF Angel Chavez

Australia:
OF Mitchell Dening
Manager Jon Deeble (He's a scout for the Sox)

Ortiz and Lowell will likely not play. Hopefully nobody gets injured.

Source:
MLB.com