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Astros' Jose Altuve has broken right thumb, needs surgery
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The Dominican Republic's World Baseball Classic roster for 2023
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Houston Astros
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Framber Valdez drops cryptic World Baseball Classic status update
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Astros to get chunk of stars back after Dominican Republic's WBC loss
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Padres notes: Manny Machado excited to play in WBC again; Hader
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Astros fans react following shocking loss to AL Central bottom
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Canada is in tough with U.S. and Mexico in Pool C, but could
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Netherlands upsets Dominicans twice in 2009
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Dominican Republic World Baseball Classic roster: Juan Soto, Manny