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. 

PitchersMatthew Boyd — Chicago Cubs — LHPGarrett Cleavinger — Tampa Bay Rays — LHPClayton Kershaw – Retired – LHPTarik Skubal – Detroit Tigers – LHPGabe Speier – Seattle Mariners – LHPDavid Bednar – New York Yankees – RHPClay Holmes – New York Mets – RHPGriffin Jax — Tampa Bay Rays — RHPNolan McLean – New York Mets – RHPBrad Keller – Philadelphia Phillies – RHPMason Miller – San Diego Padres – RHPJoe Ryan – Minnesota Twins – RHPPaul Skenes — Pittsburgh Pirates — RHPMichael Wacha – Kansas City Royals – RHPLogan Webb – San Francisco Giants – RHPGarrett Whitlock – Boston Red Sox – RHP

(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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HittersAlex Bregman – Chicago Cubs – 3BByron Buxton – Minnesota Twins – CFCorbin Carroll — Arizona Diamondbacks — OFErnie Clement – Toronto Blue Jays – UtilityPete Crow-Armstrong — Chicago Cubs — OFPaul Goldsmidt –unsigned – 1BBryce Harper — Philadelphia Phillies — 1BGunnar Henderson — Baltimore Orioles — SS/3BAaron Judge — New York Yankees — OFCal Raleigh — Seattle Mariners — CKyle Schwarber — Philadelphia Phillies — OF/DHWill Smith — Los Angeles Dodgers — CBrice Turang — Milwaukee Brewers — 2BBobby Witt Jr. — Kansas City Royals — SS

 (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. 

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