The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at the 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC).
[3] In the WBC, starting pitchers are allowed to throw 65 pitches in first-round games.
The Canadian team has 12 players who appeared in MLB in 2012, while Japan has none (three prominent Japanese MLB players, Yu Darvish, Ichiro Suzuki and two-time defending WBC MVP Daisuke Matsuzaka, chose not to play).
[4] Three members of MLB.com's Top 100 prospect list are participating in the 2013 WBC: Xander Bogaerts, Eddie Rosario, and Jameson Taillon.
[5] Sichuan, People's Republic of China Note: All player birthplaces are in Australia unless indicated otherwise.