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- Updated: December 6, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Edgar Gonzalez is only two years removed from playing his last professional game in the Minor Leagues. At 38, he’ll try his hand at managing Team Mexico this spring in the fourth World Baseball Classic.
Team Mexico is scheduled as the home team in Jalisco, Mexico, from March 9-13, joining Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Italy in Pool D at Estadio de Beisbol Charros de Jalisco.
The two clubs that advance will head to San Diego for the next round at Petco Park from March 14-19. The championship round is set for March 20-22 at Dodger Stadium.
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Gonzalez said on Monday at the Winter Meetings that he doesn’t know the full extent of his roster, although earlier in the day Major League Baseball announced the commitments of pitchers Oliver Perez and Roberto Osuna and Adrian Gonzalez, the Dodgers’ first baseman and Edgar’s younger brother. Khris Davis, an A’s outfielder who hit 42 homers in 2016, said he also intends to play for Mexico, and the elder Gonzalez confirmed that on Monday.
The Gonzalez brothers played together on the Padres in 2008-09, Edgar’s only seasons in the Major Leagues, and twice for Team Mexico in the earlier Classics.
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