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Alex Rodriguez explains why the Dodgers are good for baseball<\/p>\n

USA TODAY’s Ralphie Aversa chats with MLB legend Alex Rodriguez about the dominant nature of the Dodgers roster.<\/p>\n

Sports Seriously<\/p>\n

Team USA’s roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic<\/a> is coming together, with some of the game’s top players<\/a> set to make their tournament debut in March.<\/p>\n

Pitching was a problem for the U.S. last time out, finishing runner-up in 2023 with a loss to Japan in the championship game<\/a> in Miami. But general manager Michael Hill got commitments from reigning Cy Young winners Tarik Skubal and Paul Skenes<\/a> to join Team USA in 2026.<\/p>\n

Three-time MVP Aaron Judge is set to be Team USA’s captain<\/a> and will be joined by sluggers Cal Raleigh (60 HR in 2025) and Kyle Schwarber (56) in the powerful lineup.<\/p>\n

The tournament begins on March 5, 2026 with pool play at the Tokyo Dome. Puerto Rico’s Hiram Bithorn Stadium, Houston’s Daikin Park and Miami’s LoanDepot Park will also host games.<\/p>\n

Team USA will play all four of its Pool B contests in Houston with the opener set for March 6 vs. Brazil, followed by games against Mexico and Italy. The knockout stage begins on March 13.<\/p>\n

Team USA World Baseball Classic roster for 2026<\/p>\n

The following players have committed to play for Team USA as of Dec. 31:<\/p>\n

Pitchers<\/p>\n

David Bednar (Yankees)Clay Holmes (Mets)Nolan McLean (Mets)Mason Miller (Padres)Joe Ryan (Twins)Paul Skenes (Pirates)Tarik Skubal (Tigers)Logan Webb (Giants)<\/p>\n

Catchers<\/p>\n

Cal Raleigh (Mariners)Will Smith (Dodgers)<\/p>\n

Infielders<\/p>\n

Bryce Harper (Phillies<\/a>)Gunnar Henderson (Orioles)Brice Turang (Brewers)Bobby Witt Jr. (Royals)<\/p>\n

Outfielders<\/p>\n

Corbin Carroll (Diamondbacks<\/a>)Pete Crow-Armstrong (Cubs)Aaron Judge (Yankees)Kyle Schwarber (Phillies)<\/p>\n

Coaching staff<\/p>\n

Manager: Mark DeRosaPitching coach: Andy PettitteHitting coach: Matt HollidayFirst base coach: George LombardThird base coach: Dino EbelBullpen coach: David RossAssistant managers: Fredi Gonzalez, Brian McCann, Michael Young<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Rodriguez explains why the Dodgers are good for baseball USA TODAY’s Ralphie Aversa chats with MLB legend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[10382,13558,290,146,22,143,47,5,2157,1351,136,6073,3800,1718,1207,3927,3297,4996,138,24,937,12503,4531,4995,1538,4292,161,38,39,1974,916,1719,1975,4815,27007,197,936,55,837,81,289,57,101,843,59,4,292,61,62,169,125,300,316,824,877,829,35,6424,144,25,40,301,3928,252,3904,7527,954,185,317,953,382,6074,2158,1645,4820,142,293],"class_list":["post-501272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-andy","tag-andy-pettitte","tag-angeles","tag-arizona","tag-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-baltimore","tag-baltimore-orioles","tag-baseball","tag-bobby","tag-bobby-witt-jr","tag-brewers","tag-brice","tag-brice-turang","tag-bryce","tag-bryce-harper","tag-cal","tag-cal-raleigh","tag-carroll","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-city","tag-classic","tag-competitions","tag-corbin","tag-corbin-carroll","tag-crow-armstrong","tag-cubs","tag-diamondbacks","tag-dodgers","tag-gunnar","tag-gunnar-henderson","tag-harper","tag-henderson","tag-international","tag-international-sports-competitions","tag-jr","tag-kansas","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-kyle","tag-kyle-schwarber","tag-los","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-mets","tag-milwaukee","tag-milwaukee-brewers","tag-mlb","tag-new","tag-new-york-mets","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-news","tag-orioles","tag-overall","tag-overall-positive","tag-paul","tag-paul-skenes","tag-pete","tag-pete-crow-armstrong","tag-pettitte","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-phillies","tag-positive","tag-raleigh","tag-royals","tag-schwarber","tag-skenes","tag-skubal","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-tarik","tag-tarik-skubal","tag-turang","tag-witt","tag-world","tag-world-baseball-classic","tag-yankees","tag-york"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}