Captain America: Aaron Judge is first player named to Team USA for 2026 World Baseball Classic
New York – For the first time in his career, Harun judge He wore a baseball hat that represents something other than New York Yanxiz.
The judge said while smiling and putting it USA team Cover on his head.
Of course, it was the right size, because Mark lessons was dreaming of the judge who represented the United States from the moment he agreed to become the director of the United States of America team in 2026 World Baseball Classic.
The dream is no longer for him anymore. Judge and Derosa officially announced on Monday afternoon at Yanke Stadium that he will work as captain of the United States of America in the long -awaited world championship next year. This will be the first time that the judge has participated in WBC, the first player to be called in the 2026 TEAM USA list.
The judge said: “Getting an opportunity to represent the country, just thinking about all the brave men and women who fought for this country and put their lives until we get a chance to go there and play a game, it is a very modest experience.” “Happy to represent the United States and I am happy to be your leader.”
For Derosa, the perception of the judge who leads the team to the field while the American flag’s contract was very logical. But first, he had to clarify this with the man who carried the flag before the United States took over the Japan team in the WBC 2023 final. The angels of the football player Traffic Mike He was the leader of the United States of America in 2023, and he was happy to pass this responsibility to power.
“I reached the thickness of the knocked salmon yesterday,” said Dirosa. He told him where we are going. He said: “It is one.”
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The judge said he did not talk to Yanxiz before his decision to play in WBC 2026.
“I think it’s the ideal face to be the captain of the United States of America,” said Aaron Bon, “I know he’s really excited about it. I think it will be a great thing.”
This was the second time that Dirosa was asked to play with the United States of America. The judge was recruited to join the stars inlaid in the winter of 2022, but he was slightly busy moving in his free agency at that time. In addition, he had just finished grinding the 2022 campaign; The hitting of 62 homes with the media and madness of fans who accompanied a historical record can affect anyone.
When the MVP prize winner eventually signed a nine -year deal with Yanxiz and was appointed captain in December of that year, his main priority became a time with his teammates. The judge did not feel that it was the time to give up the Spring Yanxiz training.
But the 33 -year -old judge on April 26 said he always wanted to play with the United States of America. Now the footsteps of the former Yanxiz captain Derek Giter, who represented the United States of America in the classic world of Bibbols in 2006 and 2009.
“I had the opportunity before I got older and Mark is no longer wants me there anymore,” he said.
Derosa was played alongside Jeter as a member of the Team USA in WBC 2009. It appeared in all the eight games, hit 316, led The Red, White and Blue with nine RBI on the way to the first semi -finals in the United States in this event.
“It is different when you have the United States of America across your chest. I can’t talk to it enough,” said Derosa. “Something happens when the United States of America puts on your chest while you are walking in the club and seeing all these men. This means only a little different. You play more than yourself. You are playing for your older grandfather. You play for your grandparents, your parents, and what they represent, and your values, everything.
WBC seems to be popular since the United States defeated Puerto Rico to win the tournament game in 2017. But there was nothing like the 2023 international event, when Derosa tried the list of the most stars in the history of WBC.
The list of the 30 -star Team Usa team included 21 -star and four MVPS, including salmon, Mookie bestPaul Goldsmitt and Clayton Kircho. Although they approached two years ago before Shohei Ohtani and Samurai Japan stood on the way, Japan won in 2017 in 2017.
judge Hungry to restore the title of the United States of America. Although he will leave the responsibility for employing players to his leader, it will be interesting to know if there is a ripples around the baseball game now after one of the largest sports faces announced his game. It can rule the rising in the national league for this year Paul Skinis Be the next? What about shorts, all stars Bobby Witt Junior.
“I think this team will be on a mission,” the judge said. “Many hungry players from the last WBC team who want to be in it. I will leave it to celebrate and allow him to do his work. Get the team he got last time and add other faces.”
“It is more likely to fill in five assortments with men who want to do this,” said Derosa, from the position of the position player. But it is the promotion employees that will be more difficult. The jugs (and their managers) are usually afraid of tampering with their numbers from their discharge abroad if they are injured. Since WBC occurs during spring training, it may be difficult for jugs to agree to jump to this competitive qualifying environment taking into account that they are still building work burdens for the main baseball season in the league.
“This is the most difficult thing for these men,” said Derosa. “They come out directly from 10 days in training in the spring and collide in the mouth with a decisive match. But this is the beauty of that as well, to see the greatest players in our country meet and type-I do not want to say that their arrogance, because this is what makes them successful-but they played as one team.”
“I feel that we are all under one flag, one nation,” said the judge. “I think this is a great concept that you are getting a group of players who compete against each other throughout the year, and now you can bring us all together together and fight on one mission. It will be a special thing. The excitement in getting a chance to represent your country. We play this game for a small period of time, until you get a chance like this, I think the players are really wandering about it.”
The full WBC lists will be completed by next February. TEAM USA will play in the B (blessing B, which will include Brazil, Great Britain, Italy and Mexico. B from 6 to 11 March is scheduled to be gathered in Daikin Park in Houston, Astros home. The semi -finals and the finals will be held in Miami in Landbot Park, the home of Miami Marles, starting from March 15.
Until then, the judge is on a different mission. He focused on returning Yankees to the world series and winning his first championship. Simple enough.
“I hope it will be a long and long season this year,” the judge said. “A very short season. We will keep this directly in WBC.”
Desha Thusar He is a MLB correspondent and column writer at Fox Sports. She previously covered Mets for four years as a victory reporter for New York Note News. Follow it on Twitter on Deeshaathosar.
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