Jesús Luzardo Snubbed Team USA WBC Invite, Pledges Loyalty to Venezuela

There was only one team Jesús Luzardo was interested in pitching for at the 2026 World Baseball Classic, and it wasn’t the United States.

According to MLB writer Daniel Álvarez-Montes, Luzardo received an invitation from the United States to pitch in the WBC. He declined it, saying, “I would only pitch for Venezuela.”