Mark DeRosa, Michael Hill talk Team USA's pitching in World Baseball Classic

ORLANDO, Fla. – From the moment Mike Trout swung through strike three against then-teammate Shohei Ohtani to hand Japan the crown in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, Team USA manager Mark DeRosa has had his mind on vengeance.

And pitching.

“You see it from every other country,” DeRosa said Tuesday at a World Baseball Classic media event at the Winter Meetings. “Their best arms show up. For whatever reason, in the United States, our best arms don’t show up. That being said, we’re trying to change that narrative.”

Paul Skenes , DeRosa believes, has changed that narrative.

DeRosa and Team USA general manager Michael Hill spoke about the increasingly loaded roster the Americans are assembling for the 2026 World Baseball Classic, which for the U.S. will begin with Pool B play at 8 p.m.