Opening Day Rosters Feature 265 Internationally Born Players

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Baseball Opening Day Rosters Feature 265 Internationally Born Players by Latino Sports March 28, 2025 A total of 265 players represented 18 different countries and territories outside of the 50 United States on 2025 Opening Day rosters and inactive lists – Image Credit: Bill Menzel/Emma Sharon – Latino Sports 27.8% of Players Born Outside the U.S., Spanning 18 Countries and Territories; Total of 265 International Players Marks Fourth-Most All-Time A total of 265 players represented 18 different countries and territories outside of the 50 United States on 2025 Opening Day rosters and inactive lists, Major League Baseball announced today. The total of 265 internationally born players slightly eclipsed the 2024 total of 264 for the fourth-most all-time on Opening Day rosters, behind only 2020 (291, with expanded 30-man active rosters); 2022 (275, with expanded 28-man active rosters); and 2023 (270, with 26-man active rosters). The 265 players born outside the U.S. (27.8%) come from a total pool of 954 players (779 active 26-man roster players and 173 Major League players on injured, restricted or suspended lists) on March 27 th rosters. As it has each year since MLB began releasing this annual data in 1995, the Dominican Republic again leads the Major Leagues among countries and territories outside the United States with 100 players. Venezuela ranks second with 63 players, while Cuba places third with a record 26 players, surpassing the previous high of 23 in 2016, 2017 and 2022. Rounding out the totals are Puerto Rico (16); Canada (13, matching 2024 for its highest total since 17 players on 2013 Opening Day rosters); Japan (12, marking its highest total since having 13 players on 2012 Opening Day rosters); Mexico (11); Curaçao (4); Panama (4); South Korea (3); Aruba (2, marking its first time with multiple players on Opening Day rosters); Australia (2); Colombia (2); the Bahamas (1); Germany (1); Honduras (1); Nicaragua (1); and South Africa (1). Adolis García, Jorge Soler, Randy Arozarena, and Luis Robert Jr. share a moment together during 2023 ASG Media Day in Seattle – Image Credit: Emma Sharon/Latino Sports Atlanta Braves catcher Chadwick Tromp made his first Opening Day roster giving Aruba its first duo of Opening Day Major Leaguers for the first time ever as Tromp joined four-time All-Star and two-time World Series Champion Xander Bogaerts of the San Diego Padres. For the fifth consecutive season, the Houston Astros have the most internationally born players with a total of 16 on their roster, and they are joined this season by the Padres atop the leaderboard. The two clubs are followed by the Braves (14), New York Mets (13), Baltimore Orioles (12), Miami Marlins (12), Philadelphia Phillies (11), Seattle Mariners (11), Cleveland Guardians (10), Los Angeles Dodgers (10), New York Yankees (10) and Tampa Bay Rays (10). The Padres have players from eight different countries and territories outside the U.S., marking the most in the Majors among the 30 Clubs. They are followed by the Astros (7), Red Sox (7), Braves (6), Orioles (6), Mariners (6), Rays (6) and Toronto Blue Jays (6). Available in over 203 countries and territories, Major League Baseball games will be broadcast by 162 media outlets in 16 different languages during the 2025 MLB season. Please see below for the complete list of internationally born players on 2025 Opening Day rosters and inactive lists. ARUBA (2) Bogaerts, Xander, SD Tromp, Chadwick, ATL AUSTRALIA (2) Hendriks, Liam, BOS Mead, Curtis, TB BAHAMAS (1) Chisholm Jr., Jazz, NYY CANADA (13) Brash, Matt, SEA Guerrero Jr., Vladimir, TOR Hicks, Liam, MIA Julien, Edouard, MIN Naylor, Bo, CLE Naylor, Josh, CLE O’Neill, Tyler, BAL Pivetta, Nick, SD Quantrill, Cal, MIA Romano, Jordan, PHI Sabrowski, Erik, CLE Smith, Cade, CLE Soroka, Mike, WSH COLOMBIA (2) Solano, Donovan, SEA Urshela, Gio, DET Gio Urshela, one of two Colombians on 2025 MLB team Opening Day Rosters – Image Credit: MLB CUBA (26) Alvarez, Yordan, HOU Arozarena, Randy, SEA Blanco, Dairon, KC Cano, Yennier, BAL Chapman, Aroldis, BOS Cortes, Nestor, MIL Díaz, Yandy, TB García, Adolis, TEX Gurriel Jr., Lourdes, AZ Gurriel, Yuli, SD Hernández, Daysbel, ATL Ibáñez, Andy, DET Iglesias, Jose, SD Iglesias, Raisel, ATL León, Pedro, HOU Moncada, Yoán, LAA Morejon, Adrian, SD Oviedo, Johan, PIT Pages, Andy, LAD Pérez, Cionel, BAL Ramos, Bryan, CWS Ribalta, Orlando, WSH Robert Jr., Luis, CWS Rodríguez, Yariel, TOR Soler, Jorge, LAA Vargas, Miguel, CWS Julio Pabón and Yordan Alvarez during his 2022 American League LatinoMVP Award presentation on Friday night September 22nd. The breathtaking artwork for Alvarez’ 2022 AL LatinoMVP Award was done by nationally-acclaimed artist James Fiorentino, who is one of the exclusive artists for the LatinoMVP Awards – Image Credit: Houston Astros/MLB CURAÇAO (4) Albies, Ozzie, ATL Jansen, Kenley, LAA Profar, Jurickson, ATL Rafaela, Ceddanne, BOS Jurickson Profar signed a three-year deal with the Braves – Image Credit: Emma Sharon/Latino Sports DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (100) Abreu, Bryan, HOU Adames, Willy, SF Alcala, Jorge, MIN Alcantara, Sandy, MIA Andujar, Miguel, ATH Bautista, Félix, BAL Bello, Brayan, BOS Berroa, Prelander, CWS Bido, Osvaldo, ATH Blanco, Ronel, HOU Brazoban, Huascar, NYM Brito, Jhony, SD Bruján, Vidal, CHC Cabrera, Edward, MIA Caminero, Junior, TB Castillo, Luis, SEA Chivilli, Angel, COL Clase, Emmanuel, CLE Cruz, Oneil, PIT De La Cruz, Bryan, ATL De La Cruz, Elly, CIN De Los Santos, Enyel, ATL Devers, Rafael, BOS Diaz, Yainer, HOU Domínguez, Jasson, NYY Domínguez, Seranthony, BAL Doval, Camilo, SF Duran, Ezequiel, TEX Duran, Jhoan, MIN Encarnacion, Jerar, SF Espinal, Santiago, CIN Estévez, Carlos, KC Ferrer, Jose A., WSH Franco, Wander, TB Garabito, Gerson, TEX García, Luis, LAD García, Yimi, TOR Gil, Luis, NYY Henriquez, Ronny, MIA Hernández, Teoscar, LAD Javier, Cristian, HOU Laureano, Ramón, BAL Leclerc, José, ATH Lopez, Otto, MIA López, Reynaldo, ATL Margot, Manuel, DET Marte, Ketel, AZ Marte, Starling, NYM Martinez, Justin, AZ Mateo, Jorge, BAL Mauricio, Ronny, NYM Medina, Luis, ATH Montas, Frankie, NYM Montero, Rafael, HOU Morel, Christopher, TB Moreta, Dauri, PIT Neris, Héctor, ATL Noel, Jhonkensy, CLE Ortiz, Luis, CLE Otañez, Michel, ATH Ozuna, Marcell, ATL Payamps, Joel, MIL Peguero, Elvis, MIL Peña, Jeremy, HOU Peralta, Freddy, MIL Peralta, Luis, COL Peralta, Wandy, SD Perdomo, Geraldo, AZ Pérez, Eury, MIA Pérez, Wenceel, DET Polanco, Jorge, SEA Ramírez, José, CLE Reyes, Pablo, NYY Robles, Victor, SEA Rodríguez, Elvin, MIL Rodríguez, Endy, PIT Rodríguez, Julio, SEA Rodríguez, Randy, SF Rojas, Johan, PHI Rosario, Amed, WSH Sánchez, Cristopher, PHI Sánchez, Gary, BAL Sánchez, Jesús, MIA Santana, Carlos, CLE Santana, Dennis, PIT Santos, Gregory, SEA Severino, Luis, ATH Siri, Jose, NYM Soriano, George, MIA Soriano, José, LAA Soto, Gregory, BAL Soto, Juan, NYM Tatis Jr., Fernando, SD Taveras, Leody, TEX Tena, José, WSH Uceta, Edwin, TB Uribe, Abner, MIL Valdez, Framber, HOU Vargas, Carlos, SEA Vásquez, Randy, SD Juan Soto receiving the 2021 National League LatinoMVP Award by Latino Sports president and founder Julio Pabón at Petco Park in San Diego – Image Credit: Latino Sports Julio Rodríguez and Luis Castillo receive their respective 2023 LatinoMVP awards at T-Mobile Park from Julio Pabón and Michelle Davila. Julio’s award was crafted by James Fiorentino while Luis’ was done by Maz Adams – Image Credit: Seattle Mariners Emmanuel Clase posing with his LatinoMVP shirt for being on the 35th annual ballot – Image Credit: Latino Sports Elly De La Cruz receives his special 2023 NL LatinoMVP Rookie of the Year award from Latino Sports founder and president Julio Pabón last September – Image Credit: Cincinnati Reds/MLB GERMANY (1) Kepler, Max, PHI HONDURAS (1) Dubón, Mauricio, HOU Mauricio Dubón, the first-ever Honduran born player in MLB history – Image Credit: MLB JAPAN (12) Darvish, Yu, SD Imanaga, Shota, CHC Kikuchi, Yusei, LAA Maeda, Kenta, DET Matsui, Yuki, SD Ohtani, Shohei, LAD Sasaki, Roki, LAD Senga, Kodai, NYM Sugano, Tomoyuki, BAL Suzuki, Seiya, CHC Yamamoto, Yoshinobu, LAD Yoshida, Masataka, BOS MEXICO (11) Aranda, Jonathan, TB Assad, Javier, CHC Bellozo, Valente, MIA Cruz, Omar, SD Kirk, Alejandro, TOR Muñoz, Andrés, SEA Paredes, Isaac, HOU Rodríguez, Manuel, TB Urías, Luis, ATH Urías, Ramón, BAL Urquidy, José, DET Andrés Muñoz was proud to learn that he was on the 2024 ballot of the prestigious LatinoMVP awards – Image Credit: Latino Sports One of 11 Mexican-born players on MLB 2025 Opening Day team rosters – Image Credit: Bill Menzel/Latino Sports NICARAGUA (1) Loáisiga, Jonathan, NYY Maz Adams (artist), Jonathan Loáisiga, and Julio Pabón (founder of Latino Sports) in Jonathan’s LatinoMVP Award presentation at Yankee Stadium in 2022 – Image Credit: Bill Menzel/Latino Sports PANAMA (4) Amaya, Miguel, CHI Caballero, José, TB Herrera, Iván, STL Sosa, Edmundo, PHI Edmundo Sosa is currently in his seventh MLB season, debuting with the Cardinals in 2018. He played with St. Louis from 2018 to mid-2022 before getting traded to the Phillies in July of 2022 – Image Credit: Emma Sharon/Latino Sports PUERTO RICO (16) Báez, Javier, DET Berríos, José, TOR Caratini, Victor, HOU Castro, Willi, MIN Correa, Carlos, MIN Cruz, Fernando, NYY Díaz, Alexis, CIN Díaz, Edwin, NYM Hernández, Kiké, LAD Jiménez, Joe, ATL Lindor, Francisco, NYM López, Jorge, WSH Maldonado, Martín, SD Miranda, Jose, MIN Ramos, Heliot, SF Vázquez, Christian, MIN Maz Adams, artist and Julio Pabón, Latino Sports president handing Edwin Díaz his 2022 NL LatinoMVP Closer of the Year Award at Citi Field – Image Credit: Christopher Pasatieri Alexis Díaz loved his commemorative t-shirt awarded to players on the 35th annual LatinoMVP ballot – Image Credit: Latino Sports Francisco Lindor, the 2016 AL LatinoMVP and finalist for 2024 NL LatinoMVP award – Image Credit: Latino Sports SOUTH AFRICA (1) Scott, Tayler, HOU SOUTH KOREA (3) Bae, Ji Hwan, PIT Kim, Ha-Seong, TB Refsnyder, Rob, BOS VENEZUELA (63) Abreu, Wilyer, BOS Acuña Jr., Ronald, ATL Acuña, Luisangel, NYM Altuve, Jose, HOU Alvarado, José, PHI Alvarez, Francisco, NYM Arcia, Orlando, ATL Arias, Gabriel, CLE Arraez, Luis, SD Bastardo, Angel, TOR Bazardo, Eduard, SEA Buttó, José, NYM Cabrera, Oswaldo, NYY Carrasco, Carlos, NYY Chaparro, Andrés, WSH Chourio, Jackson, MIL Contreras, Luis, HOU Contreras, William, MIL Contreras, Willson, STL Díaz, Elias, SD Estrada, Thairo, COL Fermin, Freddy, KC Flores, Wilmer, SF Garcia, Luis, HOU Garcia, Maikel, KC Giménez, Andrés, TOR Gómez, Yoendrys, NYY Graterol, Brusdar, LAD Henriquez, Edgardo, LAD Hernández, Carlos, PHI Herrera, Jose, AZ López, Pablo, MIN Marchán, Rafael, PHI Márquez, Germán, COL Matos, Luis, SF Moreno, Gabriel, AZ Narváez, Carlos, BOS Pagés, Pedro, STL Peraza, Oswald, NYY Pereda, Jhonny, ATH Pérez, Martín, CWS Perez, Salvador, KC Rengifo, Luis, LAA Rocchio, Brayan, CLE Rodriguez, Eduardo, AZ Rojas, Miguel, LAD Ruiz, José, PHI Ruiz, Keibert, WSH Salazar, Eduardo, WSH Sanoja, Javier, MIA Santander, Anthony, TOR Senzatela, Antonio, COL Sosa, Lenyn, CWS Suárez, Albert, BAL Suárez, Eugenio, AZ Suarez, José, ATL Suárez, Ranger, PHI Suarez, Robert, SD Tinoco, Jesús, MIA Torrens, Luis, NYM Torres, Gleyber, DET Tovar, Ezequiel, COL Zerpa, Angel, KC Gleyber Torres with his 2019 American League LatinoMVP Award – Image Credit: New York Yankees/MLB Luis Arraez was named a finalist for the National League LatinoMVP award in back-to-back years in 2022 and 2023 – Image Credit: Latino Sports MISCELLANEOUS (2) Lee, Jung Hoo, SF^ Luzardo, Jesús, PHI* ^ South Korean descent (born in Nagoya, Japan) * Venezuelan descent (born in Lima, Peru) Latino Sports’ German DuBois III with Jesús Luzardo during Jesús’ special LatinoMVP award ceremony last September at loanDepot Park – Image Credit: Latino Sports Press Release Courtesy of Major League Baseball Follow us on Social Media for updates and exclusive content Instagram: @latinosportsoficial Facebook: Latino Sports Twitter: @latinosports Related Topics Aruba Australia Bahamas Cuba Curacao Dominican Republic featured International Players Japan Major League Baseball Mexico MLB Opening Day Puerto Rico Venezuela Click to comment Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. 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