Dominican Republic leads the Latin presence on the Opening Day 2026 rosters

The players from Quisqueya once again represent the largest number of international players on the rosters of the teams of MLB.

The 2026 season of the Major Leagues begins to leave interesting data in just its first days of action and that is MLB revealed that of the 948 players included in the list among the 26-man rosters for Opening Dayon the injured list or on restricted lists, 247 of these, which represents 26.1 percent of the total players, were born outside the USA.

For the purposes of compiling the official list of international players, MLB does not take into account those born in United States territory, despite having other nationalities or representing other countries in the World Baseball Classic.

Like every year since 1995, when for the first time Major Leagues made public the information about its international players, the Dominican Republicone of nine Latin American countries represented by at least one player at the start of the 2026 campaign, is the foreign nation with the most players on Opening Day rosters with 93.

Only taking into account the Latin American countries, the Dominicans are followed by Venezuela with 60 players, Cuba with 20, Puerto Rico with 14, Mexico with 7, Panama with 4, Colombia with 3 and something Nicaragua as Honduras They have 1 representative.

Which teams have the most international players on their rosters?

Generally speaking, the Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres lead the pack of Major League organizations with 15 foreign-born players each, breaking the streak of five consecutive seasons in which the Houston Astros led the way.

The latter have 14 international players and are followed by the Arizona Diamondbacks and Miami Marlins with 13 each, the Seattle Mariners with 12 and both the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets and San Francisco Giants have 11 international players on their Opening Day rosters.

The Braves are also the team with the greatest variety of countries represented on their roster with eight, followed by the Padres and Astros with seven, while the Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays each have six countries represented.

According to MLBof the 780 players who are on the 26-player active roster to start the year, 145 of them (18.6%) saw action in at least one game during the recently concluded World Baseball Classic.

Who are the Latin American players on the Major League rosters?

Dominican Republic:

Bryan Abreu, Willy Adames, Sandy Alcántara, Elvis Alvarado, Miguel Andújar, Samuel Basallo, Félix Bautista, Brayan Bello, Prelander Berroa, Steward Berroa, Osvaldo Bido, Ronel Blanco, Huáscar Brazobán, Jhony Brito, Edward Cabrera, Junior Caminero, Luis Castillo, Emmanuel Clase, Oneil Cruz, Elly De La Cruz, Enyel De Los Santos, Rafael Devers, Yainer Díaz, Seranthony Domínguez, Camilo Doval, Ezequiel Durán, Jhoan Durán, Jerar Encarnación, Santiago Espinal, Carlos Estévez, José Fermín, José A. Ferrer, Wander Franco, Luis García, Yimi García, Ronny Henríquez, Heriberto Hernández, Teoscar Hernández, Yaramil Hiraldo, Cristian Javier, Ramón Laureano, Otto López, Reynaldo López, Ketel Marte, Noelvi Marte, Starling Marte, Ángel Martinez, Justin Martínez, Jorge Mateo, Luis Medina, Juan Mejía, Cristian Mena, Christopher Morel, Roddery Muñoz, Dedniel Núñez, Luis Ortiz, Marcell Ozuna, Joel Payamps, Joel Peguero, Jeremy Peña, Freddy Peralta, Wandy Peralta, Geraldo Perdomo, Eury Pérez, Jorge Polanco, Agustín Ramírez, José Ramirez, Yohan Ramírez, Victor Robles, Julio RodríguezRandy Rodríguez, Johan Rojas, Amed Rosario, Esteury Ruiz, Cristopher Sánchez, Gary Sánchez, Jesús Sánchez, Carlos Santana, Dennis Santana, Luis Severino, George Soriano, José Soriano, Gregory Soto, Juan Soto, Fernando Tatis Jr., Leody Taveras, José Tena, Edwin Uceta, Walbert Ureña, Abner Uribe, Framber Valdez, Carlos Vargas, Randy Vásquez.

Venezuela:

Wilyer Abreu, Máximo Acosta, Ronald Acuña Jr., Luisangel Acuña, José Altuve, José Alvarado, Francisco Álvarez, Gabriel Arias, Luis Arráez, Moisés Ballesteros, Jorge Barrosa, Eduard Bazardo, José Butto, Andrés Chaparro, Jackson Chourio, William Contreras, Willson Contreras, Enmanuel De Jesús, Freddy Fermín, José Franco, Maikel García, Andrés Giménez, Yoendrys Gómez, Brusdar Graterol, Edgardo Henríquez, Pablo López, Rafael Marchán, Germán Márquez, Andruw Monasterio, Gabriel Moreno, Juan Morillo, Carlos Narvaez, Jedixson Páez, Pedro Pagés, Daniel Palencia, Oswald Peraza, Everson Pereira, Salvador Pérez, Yohel Pozo, Luis Rengifo, Leo Rivas, Brayan Rocchio, Bradgley Rodríguez, Eduardo Rodríguez, Miguel Rojas, Keibert Ruiz, Javier Sanoja, Anthony Santander, Antonio Senzatela, Lenyn Sosa, Eugenio Suárez, José Suárez, Ranger Suárez, Robert Suárez, Luis Torrens, Gleyber Torres, Ezequiel Tovar, Ildemaro Vargas, Jorbit Vivas, Ángel Zerpa.

Puerto Rico:

Javier Báez, José Berríos, Victor Caratini, Willi Castro, Carlos Correa, Fernando Cruz, Edwin Díaz, Darell Hernaiz, Kiké Hernández, Joe Jiménez, Francisco Lindor, Jovani Morán, Heliot Ramos, Christian Vázquez.

Cuba:

Yordan Álvarez, Randy Arozarena, Yennier Cano, Aroldis Chapman, Yandy Díaz, Adolis García, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Daysbel Hernández, Andy Ibáñez, Raisel Iglesias, Yoan Moncada, Luis Morales, Adrián Morejón, Johan Oviedo, Andy Pagés, Cionel Pérez, Edgar Quero, Luis Robert Jr., Jorge Soler, Miguel Vargas.

Jonathan Aranda, Alejandro Kirk, Andrés Muñoz, Isaac Paredes, Manuel Rodríguez, Ramón Urias, José Urquidy.