{"id":2325479,"date":"2026-03-12T21:45:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2325479"},"modified":"2026-03-12T21:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:45:30","slug":"all-kc-royals-advance-to-wbc-quarterfinal-how-have-they-fared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/all-kc-royals-advance-to-wbc-quarterfinal-how-have-they-fared\/","title":{"rendered":"All KC Royals advance to WBC quarterfinal: How have they fared?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014 Thanks to a historic three-home run game from Kansas City Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino, all of his teammates competing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/kansas-city-royals-stars-compete-215731636.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:in the World Baseball Classic;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;in the World Baseball Classic&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><strong>in the World Baseball Classic<\/strong><\/a> are advancing to the quarterfinal round.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was unbelievable, huh? You\u2019re welcome, USA. We were thinking of you guys over at your hotel. We were thinking of you guys, so glad you guys can join us in the party,\u201d Pasquantino said after his 9-1 Team Italy win over Mexico Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/vinnie-pasquantino-becomes-first-player-020331777.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Vinnie Pasquantino becomes first player ever to hit 3 home runs in WBC; helps US advance;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Vinnie Pasquantino becomes first player ever to hit 3 home runs in WBC&quot;}\"> Vinnie Pasquantino becomes first player ever to hit 3 home runs in WBC; helps US advance <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The United States needed Team Italy to win, or for Mexico to put up at least five runs to move on to the quarterfinal. Thus, Pasquantino played a huge part in the U.S. advancing.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. was also the last national team featuring Royals players to move on. Team Venezuela, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic had all previously qualified out of the Pool Stage.<\/p>\n<p>On those teams, at least one Royals player is participating. For the U.S. team, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. will continue in the quarterfinal (Royals starting pitcher Michael Wacha reported back to Royals camp after a short stint with the national team earlier in the week).<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Venezuelan captain Salvador Perez, third baseman Maikel Garcia and pitcher Luinder Avila are also moving on as the Pool D runner-up. For Puerto Rico, Seth Lugo remains as a front-end starter for the Pool A runner-up and Carlos Estevez will be pitching in the back end of the Dominican\u2019s loaded, Pool D winning squad.<\/p>\n<p>Pasquantino is also joined on Team Italy by Royals outfielder Jac Caglianone, who\u2019s been playing great alongside his Royals teammate as well. Caglianone had a masterful home run against Team USA, contributing to a shocking 8-6 upset for the Italians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/4-royals-ve-impressed-heading-011314113.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:4 Royals who\u2019ve impressed heading into the 2026 season;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;4 Royals who\u2019ve impressed heading into the 2026 season&quot;}\"> 4 Royals who\u2019ve impressed heading into the 2026 season <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at how each Royals player fared in the WBC Pool Stage:<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading\">Team USA<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"\">SS Bobby Witt Jr. \u2014 .357 AVG\/.471 OBP\/.500 SLG\/0 HR\/0 RBI<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"\">SP Michael Wacha (0-0) \u2014 9.00 ERA\/3 ER\/3.0 IP\/5 K\/0 BB<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"heading\">Team Italy<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"\">1B Vinnie Pasquantino \u2014 .188 AVG\/.350 OBP\/.750 SLG\/3 HR\/3 RBI<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"\">OF Jac Caglianone \u2014 .375 AVG\/.583 OBP\/.875 SLG\/1 HR\/3 RBI<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"heading\">Team Venezuela<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"\">C Salvador Perez \u2014 .214 AVG\/.214 OBP\/.214 SLG\/0 HR\/1 RBI<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"\">3B Maikel Garcia \u2014 .429 AVG\/.467 OBP\/.500 SLG\/0 HR\/3 RBI<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"\">RP Luinder Avila (0-0) \u2014 0.00 ERA\/0 ER\/2.0 IP\/2 K\/3 BB<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"heading\">Team Dominican Republic<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"\">RP Carlos Estevez (0-0) \u2014 0.00 ERA\/0 ER\/1.0 IP\/1 K\/1 BB<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"heading\">Team Puerto Rico<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"\">SP Seth Lugo (1-0) \u2014 0.00 ERA\/0 ER\/4.0 IP\/3 K\/2 BB<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. 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You\u2019re welcome, USA. We were thinking of you guys over at your hotel. We were thinking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2325480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[91466,308583,279830,43627,342882,313842,311237,265640,351220,77699,244474,432538,432530,418660,102808],"class_list":["post-2325479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-bobby-witt-jr","tag-carlos-estevez","tag-jac-caglianone","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-luinder-avila","tag-maikel-garcia","tag-michael-wacha","tag-pasquantino","tag-quarterfinal","tag-salvador-perez","tag-seth-lugo","tag-team-italy","tag-team-usa","tag-team-venezuela","tag-vinnie-pasquantino"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/All-KC-Royals-advance-to-WBC-quarterfinal-How-have-they.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2325479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2325481,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325479\/revisions\/2325481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2325480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2325479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2325479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2325479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}