The WBC

Sixteen Buccos (well 7 Buccos and 9 minor leaguers from the system) are on the World Baseball Classic 60-man rosters (60 men? this thing is going to be ridiculously huge), including Jose Castillo who's playing for Venezuela now that he's healthy. See, this is why I'm not jumping around with excitement about this WBC thing. If they have use for 16 people from the Pirates system, including Simon Pond, Vince Rooi, Brett Roneberg, and Jonathan Albaladejo (who the hell are they?), then this thing can't be anything except a chance to show off a clash of the titans between the US and the Dominican and prove that all of the stars can pass drug tests.