Can Team USA’s Reinforced Pitching Outsmart the World’s Best Sluggers at the World Baseball Classic?
Team USA had what it wanted in the home run power of the once-generational player Trout; Team Japan had what it wanted in the shutdown pitching from Ohtani’s two-way tool belt.
Fast forward three years to the 2026 WBC, which begins for 20 national teams this week and concludes with the championship game on March 17 in Miami, and returning U.S. manager Mark DeRosa has another lineup stacked with MLB sluggers. The difference in the sixth edition of the tournament is the Americans also have a pitching staff that’s not only decidedly stronger than in 2023 but is their best ever on paper.



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