Top players glitter on World Baseball Classic rosters

NEW YORK: Boston's American League MVP Dustin Pedroia will form a double-play combo with Derek Jeter of the Yankees, while Ichiro Suzuki and Daisuke Matsuzaka reunite for champions Japan at the second World Baseball Classic.

The final rosters of the 16 teams participating in next month's WBC were announced on Tuesday and they included many of MLB's leading performers, playing for national pride in the international tournament.

"There is not one experience in baseball in the big leagues that is bigger than playing for your country," New York Mets centerfielder Carlos Beltran, who is playing again for Puerto Rico, told major league website mlb.com.