Japan vs. Venezuela live updates: World Baseball Classic 2026 start time, how to watch and lineups – The Athletic

Enmanuel De Jesus was just added to the Tigers’ 40-man roster this week. He’d been bouncing around from org to org and then to the KBO before he came back to the MLB ranks.

His fastball and cutter are above-average pitches, but he throws five pitches and competes in every at-bat. He just got six outs against Japan, with three strikeouts, including one of Shohei Ohtani.

Tournaments like the WBC are great because of guys like Emmanuel De Jesus.