World Baseball Classic: Who Is On Team USA's Roster?
The reigning AL MVP in Aaron Judge. Both reigning Cy Young winners in Tarik Skubal and Paul Skenes. Plenty of All-Stars, big names and even a recently retired legend.
Team USA is looking for redemption when the World Baseball Classic begins next month.
After coming up short in the 2023 edition against superstar Shohei Ohtani and Japan, the USA will try to turn the tables this time around. Here is the USA's roster for the tournament, which begins on March 5 and culminates with the March 17 championship.
Pitchers
- Matthew Boyd — Chicago Cubs — LHP
- Garrett Cleavinger — Tampa Bay Rays — LHP
- Clayton Kershaw – Retired – LHP
- Tarik Skubal – Detroit Tigers – LHP
- Gabe Speier – Seattle Mariners – LHP
- David Bednar – New York Yankees – RHP
- Clay Holmes – New York Mets – RHP
- Griffin Jax — Tampa Bay Rays — RHP
- Nolan McLean – New York Mets – RHP
- Brad Keller – Philadelphia Phillies – RHP
- Mason Miller – San Diego Padres – RHP
- Joe Ryan – Minnesota Twins – RHP
- Paul Skenes — Pittsburgh Pirates — RHP
- Michael Wacha – Kansas City Royals – RHP
- Logan Webb – San Francisco Giants – RHP
- Garrett Whitlock – Boston Red Sox – RHP
(Photo by Nicole Vasquez/MLB Photos via Getty Images)(Photo by Nicole Vasquez/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
The pitching roster includes Clayton Kershaw, the Dodgers great who retired after this season. He was a three-time World Series winner with the Dodgers and won three Cy Young awards while also taking home the 2014 NL MVP award. This will be the first time that Kershaw will participate in the World Baseball Classic.
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Hitters
- Alex Bregman – Chicago Cubs – 3B
- Byron Buxton – Minnesota Twins – CF
- Corbin Carroll — Arizona Diamondbacks — OF
- Ernie Clement – Toronto Blue Jays – Utility
- Pete Crow-Armstrong — Chicago Cubs — OF
- Paul Goldsmidt –unsigned – 1B
- Bryce Harper — Philadelphia Phillies — 1B
- Gunnar Henderson — Baltimore Orioles — SS/3B
- Aaron Judge — New York Yankees — OF
- Cal Raleigh — Seattle Mariners — C
- Kyle Schwarber — Philadelphia Phillies — OF/DH
- Will Smith — Los Angeles Dodgers — C
- Brice Turang — Milwaukee Brewers — 2B
- Bobby Witt Jr. — Kansas City Royals — SS
(Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images) (Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images)
Along with Aaron Judge, the roster includes some big bats in Cal Raleigh and Kyle Schwarber. Raleigh had a historic season with 60 homers for the Mariners, the most ever by a catcher. Schwarber had 56 home runs for the Phillies and now has over 300 homers in his career. Paul Goldschmidt, who last played for the Yankees, is another former MVP who won the award with the Cardinals in 2022.