Ohtani, Darvish, Suzuki on Japan World Baseball Classic team

TOKYO (AP) — Japan officials have named 12 members of their World Baseball Classic team who will represent the country later this year. They include three major leaguers, Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels, Yu Darvish of the San Diego Padres and Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs. The WBC will be played in Japan, Taiwan and United States from March 8-21. It features 20 national teams. The powers from Asia will be Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Australia. Latin America will feature the largest contingent with Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Panama, and Nicaragua. The United States and Canada are also entered.