Workforce USA is placing collectively a star-spangled roster for the 2026 World Baseball Traditional.
Kyle Schwarber, Gunnar Henderson, Will Smith and Brice Turang are the newest additions to a workforce already headlined by the Yankees’ Aaron Decide, who will function the captain.
Schwarber, who on Tuesday agreed to a five-year, $150 million contract to stick with the Philadelphia Phillies, slugged a career-high 56 dwelling runs and was the runner-up in Nationwide League MVP voting in 2025.
Henderson, the 24-year-old shortstop of the Baltimore Orioles, already boasts an American League Rookie of the Yr trophy, an All-Star choice and a Silver Slugger Award in his four-year profession.
Smith, a three-time All-Star catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, is a bit over a month faraway from hitting the game-winning dwelling run in Recreation 7 of the World Sequence.
And Turang, a slick-fielding center infielder for the Milwaukee Brewers, is contemporary off of a breakout season wherein he hit 18 dwelling runs with 81 RBI and 24 stolen bases.
Tuesday’s quartet additional bolsters a roster that additionally consists of Paul Skenes, Cal Raleigh, Bobby Witt Jr., Pete Crow-Armstrong and Corbin Carroll. Mark DeRosa is Workforce USA’s supervisor.
Workforce USA, which gained its first WBC championship in 2017, is retooling after ending in second place to Workforce Japan in 2023.
Shohei Ohtani, who was the MVP of the 2023 WBC, is ready to return for Japan.
Los Angeles Dodgers teammates Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki haven’t formally dedicated to becoming a member of Ohtani for Japan’s title protection, however each pitchers are candidates to compete within the international baseball match once more.
Mets star Francisco Lindor, in the meantime, is returning because the captain of Workforce Puerto Rico, whom he helped result in the quarterfinal spherical in 2023.
Houston, Tokyo, San Juan and Miami are set to host video games at subsequent 12 months’s WBC, which is scheduled for March 5-17. The championship recreation is scheduled for March 17 at loanDepot Park in Miami.
