Teixeira was hurt March 5 while with the U.S. team at the World Baseball Classic.
Either way, the situation illustrates the primary difference between spring training and the World Baseball Classic.
Now managing Team USA in the World Baseball Classic, Torre said Rivera's accomplishments won't be matched.
The injury will prevent Perez from playing for the United States in the World Baseball Classic.
Volquez, making his third consecutive opening day start, helped the Dominican Republic win the World Baseball Classic last month.
But he played a pivotal role for the Dominican Republic team that won the World Baseball Classic this spring.
Then Ramirez hurt his right thumb in the World Baseball Classic and was expected to be sidelined for eight weeks.
But the World Baseball Classic is not about helping the sport compete with the NBA for European cap and T-shirt dollars.
The World Baseball Classic is the sport's only elite, major international competition now that baseball is no longer in the Olympics.
Teixeira went 1 for 3 in his final game before leaving to join the United States' team in the World Baseball Classic.
MLB's Archey said that while a foreign franchise is always a future possibility, it's not the immediate goal of the World Baseball Classic.
Fast forward to this spring, when the 2010 NL MVP felt so good that he played for Canada in the World Baseball Classic.
Braves closer Craig Kimbrel returned to the team Saturday after the United States was eliminated from the World Baseball Classic on Friday night.
Starter Henderson Alvarez, who pitched for Venezuela at the World Baseball Classic, gave up one run and three hits in 3 2-3 innings.
Increasingly, as the recent World Baseball Classic showed, geographic walls in sports are falling, and with that the commercial potential grows and grows.
Cano rejoined the Yankees from the World Baseball Classic and got New York's only hit Thursday night in a 6-1 loss to Minnesota Twins.
According to a story on the World Baseball Classic's official website, a Canadian player provocatively raised his arms at the largely pro-Mexican crowd.
Wright, playing in his final game before joining the U.S. for the World Baseball Classic, was 1 for 3 with a go-ahead RBI grounder.
Back from helping the Dominican Republic win the World Baseball Classic, Reyes is eager to help his new team contend in a tough AL East.
Fellow All-Star Mark Teixeira also is sidelined until May after straining his right wrist swinging a weighted bat during warmups for the World Baseball Classic.
The wireless system will be tested first at the World Baseball Classic in Arizona in March before getting its call up to the big leagues.
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The Dominican Republic has its World Baseball Classic crown, at last.
New York general manager Brian Cashman gave the news Wednesday after the Yankees' were beat 8-2 by the Dominican Republic World Baseball Classic team on Wednesday.
Teixeira had a partially torn tendon sheath in his right wrist, sustained while taking batting practice with the U.S. at the World Baseball Classic on March 5.
Leyland said he expects Miguel Cabrera, Omar Infante and Anibal Sanchez, who all played for Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic, to show up at camp Tuesday.
After having the distinct honor and privilege of witnessing the World Baseball Classic firsthand in Phoenix, you could see how powerful the tournament is from an international perspective.
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Today he is the only jockey from the Dominican Republic to win the Kentucky Derby -- doing so just weeks after his nation also won the World Baseball Classic.
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In March, Major League Baseball will unveil the inaugural World Baseball Classic, a 16-nation tournament pitting top professionals playing for their native countries in a prelude to the 2006 season.
While the World Baseball Classic was a consistent topic of conversation and nightly form of entertainment for several of the conference attendees, one of the panels offered valid suggestions for improvement.
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He strained the wrist while swinging a weighted bat left-handed off a tee Mar. 5 in an indoor cage during pregame warm-ups with the U.S. team for the World Baseball Classic.
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