With the World Baseball Classic just over a month away, respective 30-man rosters have already been announced for the tournament, and now information is trickling in on players who are sitting on the reserve rosters for their respective nations.

The way the Designated Pitcher Pools work is that each nation can select six arms that are waiting in the wings that can be used after the initial round robin play. Respective teams can replace four pitchers after this round, and then an additional two pitchers following the quarterfinal, should the nation make it that far.

For the Blue Jays, three players from their organization have been added to the reserves:

Berrios is a veteran on the PR squad, a nation that has been dealt its fair share of blows this tournament due to the insurance issues that are slated to keep some of their biggest stars from taking part (including Berrios).

The Jays starter has represented Puerto Rico three times at the WBC, starting in 2013. He won a silver medal with the 2013 and 2017 squads. At the 2023 tournament, the right-hander made one start, allowing five earned runs and five hits across one inning of work against Venezuela in the eventual loss.

Joining Berrios on the reserves list are reliever Jeff Hoffman and Tyler Rogers, who will both be representing the USA if called upon. Neither player has represented the USA at the World Baseball Classic.

Hoffman is coming off the first season of his three-year deal with the Jays, working as the team’s closer. The right-hander amassed a 4.37 ERA and a 4.90 FIP across 71 outings, including 33 saves and a league-leading 59 games finished. Hoffman battled consistency issues all season long at the back end of the rotation, but was a key figure in the bullpen for the Jays’ World Series run.

Toronto’s closer allowed just two earned runs across 12 1/3 postseason innings last year, although one of those was the unfortunate tying home run in the ninth inning of Game 7 against the Dodgers in the World Series. Despite the ups and downs last season, Hoffman is going to be leaned on again in 2026 and could also spend some time with the National squad before Opening Day rolls around.

Joining Hoffman on the reserve list is Rogers, the Jays’ newest big-name reliever in the bullpen.

The right-hander submariner is a groundball specialist, and is coming off a stellar 2025 season where he pitched to a 1.98 ERA and a 2.88 FIP across a league-leading 81 outings and 77 1/3 innings pitched. He doesn’t blow batters away but produces top-notch groundball rates and soft contact, one of the main reasons the Jays went and acquired a unique arm of his calibre.

Look for the United States to add both of these arms later on in the tournament as additional bullpen weapons should they advance that far.

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