It’s a World Baseball Classic year.

Fans of the Tigers, Indians and Pirates will have plenty of choices for teams to root for. Each team had several members on rosters of other countries. Play begins March 2.

Detroit Tigers
Octavio Dotel, P — Dominican Republic
Anibal Sanchez, P — Venezuela
Shawn Hill, P — Canada
Miguel Cabrera, 3B — Venezuela
Warwick Saupold, P — Australia
Cale Iorg, IF — Canada

Pittsburgh Pirates
Ivan De Jesus, IF — Puerto Rico
Jason Grilli, P — Italy
Chris Leroux, P — Canada
Russell Martin, C — Canada
Wandy Rodriguez, P — Dominican Republic
Ali Solis, C — Mexico
Jameson Taillon, P — Canada
Stefan Welch, IF — Australia

Cleveland Indians
Chris Perez, P — United States
Vinnie Pestano, P, United States
Carlos Santana, C — Dominican Republic
Asdrubal Cabrera, IF — Venezuela
Mike Aviles, IF — Puerto Rico
Giovanni Soto, P — Puerto Rico

– Rick Green (follow me on Twitter @ETNrgreen)