The rosters for all 20 teams playing in the World Baseball Classic were revealed Thursday ahead of the start of the tournament on March 5. Now it’s time to speculate on how managers will navigate those rosters to set starting lineups and pitching staffs. While a difficult task for all, it’s an especially challenging endeavor—in a good way—for Team USA skipper Mark DeRosa, who’s entering his second WBC as the team’s manager after a silver-medal finish in 2023.
DeRosa has an even more star-studded team at his disposal this time around, with a lineup headlined by reigning American League MVP Aaron Judge and slugging catcher Cal Raleigh, and a pitching rotation that features both reigning Cy Young Award winners in Tarik Skubal and Paul Skenes.
