Who Is On Team Usa Baseball?

Team USA is set to compete in the 2017 World Baseball Classic. Here’s a look at who is on the roster.

Roster

Here is the full roster for Team USA Baseball as of August 12th, 2020.

Catchers

USA Baseball will announce the 34-man provisional roster for the 2017 World Baseball Classic on Wednesday, and it will be filled with big leaguers.

Catchers: J.T. Realmuto, Yasmani Grandal, Brian McCann, Matt Wieters

Infielders: Paul Goldschmidt, Daniel Murphy, Ian Kinsler, Brandon Crawford, Buster Posey, Nolan Arenado

Outfielders: Bryce Harper, Adam Jones, Christian Yelich, Andrew McCutchen

Infielders

· CATCHERS (2): Jonathan Lucroy ( Milwaukee Brewers), Matt Wieters (Baltimore Orioles)
· INFIELDERS (6): Matt Carpenter (St. Louis Cardinals), Eric Hosmer (Kansas City Royals), Ian Kinsler (Detroit Tigers), Daniel Murphy (Washington Nationals), Manny Machado (Baltimore Orioles), Kris Bryant (Chicago Cubs)
· OUTFIELDERS/DH (5): Bryce Harper (Washington Nationals), Dexter Fowler (Chicago Cubs), Ben Zobrist Chicago Cubs), Adam Jones (Baltimore Orioles), Ryan Braun (Milwaukee Brewers)
PITCHERS (13): Madison Bumgarner* (San Francisco Giants), Aroldis Chapman* (New York Yankees), Dellin Betances* (New York Yankees), Johnny Cueto* (San Francisco Giants, Tsuyoshi Wada (Chicago Cubs, Jake Arrieta (Chicago Cubs, Marcus Stroman (Toronto Blue Jays, Clayton Kershaw (Los Angeles Dodgers, Chris Archer (Tampa Bay Rays, Noah Syndergaard (New York Mets, Michael Fulmer (Detroit Tigers, Andrew Miller* New York Yankees) *Denotes All-Star

Outfielders

The outfield is the area of the field beyond the infield. The positions of the outfielders are left field, center field, and right field. Outfielders must be able to judge the trajectory of a ball hit over their head and run to catch up to it, as well as fielding balls hit close to them quickly so as to throw out batters at first base or runners at other bases.

Theleft fielder acts as the last line of defense against home runs hit toward left field; center fielders defend against home runs hit toward center field (generally the deepest part of the outfield); and right fielders defend against home runs hit toward right field.

Pitchers

Team USA’s pitching staff is a strong mix of established veterans and fresh young arms. Headlined by Masahiro Tanaka, the team’s ace, the staff also includes Dallas Keuchel, Marcus Stroman, Chris Archer, Shane Bieber, and Patrick Corbin. All of these pitchers have been All-Stars at some point in their careers, and they give Team USA a deep and talented staff.

Coaching Staff

Jeff Posey is the Head Coach of Team USA Baseball. He has been with the team since 2013. Posey played minor league baseball for the San Francisco Giants organization. He has also coached at the University of Texas.

Manager

Dave Martinez

Pitching Coach

The pitching coach is responsible for coaching and developingpitchers, as well as creating a pitching plan for each game. They also work with the catchers to make sure they are properly framing pitches and calling the correct pitches.

Hitting Coach

The hitting coach is responsible for helping the team’s hitters improve their batting average and on-base percentage. The hitting coach also works with the pitchers to develop a gameplan for each hitter.

Bench Coach

The bench coach in baseball is responsible for many things, most notably assisting the manager in game strategy. They sit on the bench with the other coaches and substitute players and typically make decisions based on what they see happening in the game. In the American League, thebench coach also serves as the designated hitter, meaning they can hit for any player who is not currently batting.

The bench coach is often seen as the second-in-command to the manager and may even be groomed to take over as manager if the current one is relieved of their duties. They are typically experienced veterans of the game who have a wealth of knowledge to share with younger players.

First Base Coach

Greg Colbrunn is in his first season as the Red Sox first base coach after serving as the hitting coach for the World Series Champion Boston Red Sox in 2013. Prior to joining the Major League staff, he served as a hitting instructor in the Red Sox Minor League system.

Colbrunn, 45, played parts of 15 seasons in the Major Leagues with Montreal (1991-92), Atlanta (1993-95), Florida (1996), Seattle (1997), Minnesota (1998), Arizona (1999-2000, 2002-03), Chicago Cubs (2004) and Colorado (2005-06). He appeared in 1,277 career games and finished with a .289 batting average, 128 home runs and 601 RBI. He was a member of five postseason teams, including three World Series participants with Atlanta (1995) and Arizona (2001, 2002).

Third Base Coach

Mike Winters is the third base coach for Team USA Baseball. He has been coaching for over 20 years, and has worked with some of the best players in the game. Winters is a great coach, and has helped Team USA Baseball to numerous successes.

Bullpen Coach

The bullpen coach is responsible for warming up relief pitchers during the game, as well as assisting the pitching coach with game strategy. He also often works with the catcher to develop a game plan for handling the opposing team’s hitters.

Schedule

The United States team will open its exhibition schedule against the Chicago White Sox on Friday, March 2, at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz. Team USA will play a total of seven exhibition games leading up to the World Baseball Classic, which begins on March 6. Here is Team USA’s complete exhibition schedule.

Tournament Format

The Baseball World Cup was an international baseball tournament sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation. The tournament was held every four years from 1938 until 2011. In 2013, the IBAF changed the name of the tournament to World Baseball Classic.

The format of the Baseball World Cup varied over its history. In the early years, there were as many as 16 teams in the tournament. More recently, the tournament has been contested by 24 teams.

The Baseball World Cup was originally created to be an alternative to the Olympic Games, which did not include baseball as a sport until 1992. However, since its inception, the Baseball World Cup has been overshadowed by the much more popular World Baseball Classic.

Pool Play

The United States will play in Pool C of the 2017 World Baseball Classic along with the Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Canada.

Their first game will be played on March 10th against Colombia in Miami, Florida. Their second game will be played on March 11th against the Dominican Republic in Miami, Florida. They will then finish pool play on March 12th against Canada in Toronto, Ontario.

Bracket Play

After the four days of round-robin play, the top two teams in each pool play a semifinal game, with the winners of those games playing for the World Baseball Classic championship.