The World Baseball Classic is facing a major crisis, as swaths of players have been forced to drop out over the past week after being denied insurance coverage to participate.
The Puerto Rican team has been hit particularly hard, as captain Francisco Lindor—who was announced as Puerto Rico’s captain way back in April—has backed out after not getting insured. He joins Carlos Correa, José Berríos, Emilo Pagán, Victor Caratini, Alexis Díaz and Yacksel Ríos, who have all reportedly been declined insurance. Things have gotten so bad that Puerto Rico may have to back out of the tournament.
