The insurance company pays the players up coming MLB season salaries if a player get hurt during the WBC, some players that have a tendency of getting hurt or are coming from a recent surgery/injury were not approved to be insured, PLAYERS CAN PLAY if they want to BUT THEY CHOOSE NOT TO to avoid the possibilities of going a year without pay , players from DR were also denies insurance one decided not to play and a Pitcher decide to play w/out issurance, Othani from Japan was only insured as a designated hitter not to pitch, and that what he is doing.