Many of the game’s top players have skipped the tournament in the past. But this year teams across the world are fielding strong rosters
This year’s US team, however, includes multiple former MVPs and MLB is promoting this team as the “roster in the history of the World Baseball Classic.” . While this year’s team is of an inarguably high calibre, it is probably more accurate to say that the 2023 American team features the most distinguished lineup since the inaugural WBC in 2006.
It is similar to the reason why the very best NBA players often don’t play on the Olympic basketball team– there’s seemingly little to gain. If the US win, they’ve simply done what they’reto do. Should they lose, even to a talented side, they have underachieved. “We were able to [win the WBC in 2017],” added Goldschmidt. “Hopefully, that showing motivated more guys, whether it’s with USA or other teams.
“The fact that he said ‘I’m in’ very early on, my conversations [with other players] started to be easier and easier,”“Reagins did an unbelievable job getting [Trout] and there was a trickle-down effect with … Mookie Betts,”One other, less obvious reason for the increased interest may simply be an accident of timing. Last year’s Fifa World Cup seems to have played a part in encouraging US players to participate .
It is a testament to the strength of baseball’s global talent pool that, despite the US team’s depth, Las Vegas considers baseball superpower the Dominican Republic. The Americans have the second-best odds of winning it all, although the US team are only slightly favoured ahead of Japan, who are led by Trout’s teammate on the Angels and fellow former MVP, Shohei Ohtani.
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