World Baseball Classic: Five Upsets to Lookout For
By Jason Reed
Colombia – Bovada Odds: +15,000 (150/1)
The Colombian national team for the World Baseball Classic has perhaps one of the best 1-2 punches in the tournament. This 1-2 punch I am speaking of is the duo of White Sox ace Jose Quintana and Braves ace Julio Teheran. They are joined by former big league closer Ernesto Frieri to close out games, and former Marlin Donovan Solano in the infield. While they may not have as much depth as other teams in this tourney, they do have formidable guys.
A big name to look out for is the Phillies catching prospect Jorge Alfaro. According to MLB.com Alfaro is the third ranked prospect in the Phillies organization, and the 72nd ranked in all of baseball. On top of all that Alfaro is the third ranked catching prospect in all of baseball. With Alfaro seemingly on his way to the big leagues next season, it should be interesting to see him man the back stop for a national team.
Outside of that the Colombian World Baseball Classic roster is pretty thin on MLB talent, but you never know how these Colombian guys will do. Fans have this tendency to only credit MLB players, for all we know these Colombian guys could shock the world and out hustle these MLB players. With some good MLB leadership the Colombian team may have a chance, they just need to get out of their stacked pool.