Can Team USA’s Reinforced Pitching Outsmart the World’s Best Sluggers at the World Baseball Classic?
Another All-Star Lineup
While the pitching differentiates Team USA from its past WBC squads, the Red, White & Blue has long been about flexing muscle in the tournament.
In 2023, the United States had tourney highs of 12 home runs and 30 extra-base hits in seven games. Even with Skubal and Skenes anchoring the pitching this year, three-time AL MVP Aaron Judge is the face of the team, basically filling Trout’s former Captain America role. He led the majors last season with a 185 raw value+, which measures discipline, contact and slug in one metric, with the higher, the better than the 100 league average.



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