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Can Team USA’s Reinforced Pitching Outsmart the World’s Best Sluggers at the World Baseball Classic?

Can Team USA's Reinforced Pitching Outsmart the World's Best Sluggers at the World Baseball Classic?

That staff, which posted a 4.20 ERA and 1.32 WHIP in the tournament, included just two left-handers among 14 pitchers and had an average fastball velocity of 92.4 (per MLB.com) that ranked just ninth out of the 20 teams. The four right-handers who made all the starts had an average age of 38: Adam Wainwright, then 41, Nick Martinez, 32, Lance Lynn, 35, and Merrill Kelly, 34.

This time around, DeRosa doesn’t just have more pitchers in their prime, he’s anchored the staff with the two reigning Cy Young Award winners – Detroit Tigers southpaw Tarik Skubal, who’s claimed the AL award in the last two seasons, and Pittsburgh Pirates righty Paul Skenes, who took top NL honors one year after being its rookie of the year. Skenes is committed to pitching twice in the WBC, but Skubal just once.

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