The Puerto Rico National Baseball Team (also known as the "Puerto Rico National Baseball Selection" or "Puerto Rican National Baseball Selection") is a team that is selected by the Puerto Rican Baseball Federation to compete in major international events in representation of Puerto Rico. The team is usually ensembled with thirty players from the Professional Baseball League of Puerto Rico and Major League Baseball. The team has participated in many international competitions, such as the Caribbean World Series, the Central American and Caribbean Games, the Pan American Games and others. They are currently the 10th ranked baseball team in the world. Puerto Rico was an inaugural member of the World Baseball Classic, making its debut in the first edition. The team has advanced to the second round in all of its appearances, in the process becoming the first team to score mercy rule wins over Cuba and the United States. In the 2013 World Baseball Classic, Puerto Rico became the second team from Western Hemisphere to advance to the final, and the first team to defeat two-time world champion Japan in the semifinals.
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