Ive gone to every World Baseball Classic since it started. I've had a blast every time, even when we struggled in the first installment. Well Done Mark DeRose and USA team! GOD bless you family! Keep it up!!!
@@jsnow808 You don’t let someone point a gun at your child, even if you have to kick it out of their hands. Nobody would let a pitcher that dangerous stay in, even if it meant being inconvenienced.
Ever since Dero came to MLB Network I knew he should be a coach for a big league club but maybe just maybe it's too much work Because every coach leaves with Xtra greys in there hair lmfao
@@wilkesmcdermid7906nobody cares about the world championships of ice hockey. The damn thing happens every year and during the Stanley cup playoffs. That’s the worst tournament to gauge national team strength. The olympic are the best tournament for that when they have nhlers go
I don’t know quite how to word this but the passion these fans had is what makes soccer such a world wide sport. Representing the country and wearing the colors will always be different. Baseball finally got to experience it. This was in NO WAY like the past WBC, this one was much BIGGER. There are still many haters saying the tournament is pointless and they can get hurt blah blah, guess what, they get hurt during spring training also. They need to keep this tournament consistent and out of the Olympics where it will loose steam. Again comparing it to the World Cup, all the best players that get paid millions go and represent their country every 4 years, it’s beautiful. This WBC felt like that!!!
DeRo needs to be the staple of this new USA baseball culture he has the passion and fire for it and would be 1000 percent commited to it let him have control with what hes been able to do not only as a player but on television he feels like the right guy to me
Mister Mark, the way you talk about baseball... is like poetry. Especially when you talk about Shohei. I hope MLB Network pays you a bag and keeps you there.
Trout has committed for 2026, right? I imagine he will spend the entire season that year as, at that point, one of the greatest legends in MLB history already with around 500 homers in just his mid 30s and just go around recruiting every single US superstar to this team. The lineup for this tournament was stacked, with at least 4 HOFers. But I expect even more next time in the lineup and especially in the bullpen and rotation. We need at least 2-3 HOF caliber aces to commit to do this next time. No one on the current rotation would even be a 2 on a playoff team (maybe the exception is Lynn but no one else even would be considered close to a 2 on a playoff team right now). I did love Waino's impact on the roster as a legendary veteran in his final season who has done literally everything you could do in the game.
I think Trout will be alright sure maybe a bit past his prime but he probably will be in the corner OF or even possible DH if Shohei goes to a new team.
@@wilkesmcdermid7906 By that point, yes he probably will be off CF. But he will do the typical elite player transition towards more power hitting. I think we will see at least 1-2 50 homer years from Trout in the next 5 seasons. His swing and pop isn't going anywhere. He just has to stay healthy and 2021 was really the only majorly messed up season injury-wise. By 2026, he will definitely be more of a veteran, instead of squarely in his prime still. But I still would expect him to be a top 2-3 player on the team by talent, whether playing corner OF or DH. And his reputation in the game at that point will be just as massive as it is today, if not more so. He should use his pull and his experience with this WBC to get more and more big names to buy in. As is, Bryce Harper wanted to participate this year so I think he'd commit next time pending health and form.
@@wwpjd28 I think Harper will be done by then. Not saying he will suck but his body is breaking down and due to injuries I think he is already past his prime. Not saying he is done as a player but as a guy who is considered an all-star. I know he is 30 but injuries has slowed him down and his injuries are knee injuries and he can barely play OF these days due to the pain he is in. Sadly Harper might be forced to retire before 35. Im not sure about Trout hitting 50 homers since he never had a 50HR season before but he is a top 5 batter in MLB and 2026 he still be likely a top 15 and atleast a top 25.
Yeah the problem with this tournament wasn’t that the best pitchers didn’t want to play. It was that their teams didn’t want to release them or they couldn’t get insurance to cover them. Hopefully that’s not the case in 2026. Gotta start that year off with a tournament win to set the stage for the US at the World Cup later that summer
If baseball was more like international soccer it would be amazing. Having a wbc is like the World Cup but a American Cup and a Asian Cup would be cool every 2 years
I really wanted him to speak some about the Altuve situation and not being able to yank Bard when he obviously was a danger to the batters? Then ask why he didn’t replace him after the Altuve HBP? Not being critical of DRo as I know his hands were tied with the pitching usage by parent clubs. Did he contact Altuve? I’m sure he did but would have been interesting to hear his comments on that.
no shame is losing. Japan won just about all of those bang bang hustle plays literally against our best webgem effort by 1 inch, that's how close it was. i was impressed with the officiating as well. where i have a problem is how meh our fans were in our own dang country. you'd think we'd go bezerk after the Schwarber homer, but no it took a pretty significant effort to get more half hearted Let's go USA stuff. look at how the Latino and other countries fans showed up, it was an epic event and live and die on every pitch. That is what baseball is missing, that is why we think it's boring. It's not the dang pitch clock, it's the energy. we're doing baseball wrong. celebrate , bat flip, glare - they got it figured out.
@@jogmesson the pitch clock is REALLY fast. i feel my head spinning just watching how fast everything is going, can't comprehend how the pitcher and catchers do it. i'll reserve judgment. right now i feel like i see more commercials than actual game and that's a bit lame
DeRo rarely made any in game moves yet people think he actually managed lol Japan was well prepared and US made no adjustment. WBC was amazing but most of credit should go to players...
I love how the US looks for all these excuses about pitching. 1. The US teams and WBC (run by MLB) established these rules. 2. They benefit the US because they have a larger pool of talent.
First of all what there saying about pitching is the teams had alot of boundaries for him to follow with there pitchers. Plus alot of the best pitchers in baseball did not want to go or there team did not allow them.
@JNKM 2122 alot of people in the MLB and their fans think the wbc is beneath the MLB. That the other leagues are like triple AAA level. So since the MLB is top tier and the US team are all from MLB then what's the problem? This should be easy cakewalk. Not alot of these international teams have players in the MLB. So quit making excuses. Tired of hearing this disrespect of the international players that they are not worth the US time.
@mike lucas what are you talking about?? I'm telling you exactly what happened goofy.. not to mention this year in the WBC there were more mlb players on international teams then any time before.. you obviously think you know more then you do
Should've bunted when McNeil drew a walk in the 9th - there would've been only 1 out with a guy in scoring position. Or had Whit try to steal 2nd and bunt towards 1st to get him to 3rd. Would've allowed you to win on a sac fly or fielder's choice if it came to that.
Can’t wait for him to explain why he left a dangerously wild pitcher in so he could grievously injure a major league player two months out of his season 🤡
If Japan had to face Scherzer, Kershaw, DeGrom, Burnes, Cole, AND the Team USA lineup, it would have been an easy win. Instead the best players in all of Japan had to face John Smith from Single A in the minor leagues. It’s no wonder they beat USA so easily. They’re not sending out their best.
@@mike-0451 pitching was not a problem lol. it was a low scoring game 3-2 it was gona be a close game either way unless you think USA pitchers would completely shutout japan lol.
@@taka0359 American players literally have jet lag every single day because they have to travel by plane across a country that is twenty-six times bigger than Japan. Jet-lag is not an excuse. The mound and dirt are different in every stadium. Players know this, too. The things you described do not significantly affect performance, while others, such as jet-lag, are not exclusive to Japanese players at all. Here are the facts: Most of USA's starting pitchers were either washed-up nobodies or just simply bad, with the exception of Lance Lynn. Even some of the relievers, such as Daniel Bard, (infamous for having almost ZERO control, which he used to grievously injure Jose Altuve) were players that were out of MLB for years. Some, such as Meryll Kelly, were so bad that they were forced to leave the USA and play in Korea, only to make a comeback later. Japan did not face a single pitcher with an ERA below 4.00. USA did not face a single pitcher with an ERA above 3.00 except for Hiroya Miyagi. There was not one top 20 pitcher on team USA during the entire tournament. You could argue there was not a single Japanese pitcher that was not top 20 in NPB during the tournament. Jet-lag and different dirt are not excuses. Not having good players on your team is a pretty good one. You wouldn't send a child to fight Godzilla, nor would you send Kyle Freeland to face the monster team Japan. That just doesn't make any sense. The fact that USA did not have sustainable pitching was evident throughout the entire tournament from start to finish: the "best" team in baseball should not give up eleven runs to what is essentially a minor-league team, but this is completely possible when your pitching staff is composed of washed up 35 year-olds and pitchers brought up from the minor-leagues. USA had the best offensive lineup. This is not a debate. It was better than Japan. But everyone knows that better pitching always, always beats good hitting. The best player in the world was successful in thirty-percent of his at-bats. The best pitchers are successful almost every time... This defeat is a scandal in the USA. Next time, you will likely see Corbin Burnes, Gerrit Cole, Max Fried, Zach Wheeler, Shane Bieber, Aaron Nola... perhaps you will see the monster Jacob DeGrom. Next time you will actually face the best pitchers in the USA. Americans are furious that we did not send our best.
Ive gone to every World Baseball Classic since it started. I've had a blast every time, even when we struggled in the first installment. Well Done Mark DeRose and USA team! GOD bless you family! Keep it up!!!
SO PROUD OF YOU, MARK!!!!
DeRo you did an amazing job!
Totally agree...especially being limited with pitchers/ limits
Loved it. Best baseball event I have seen in years or ever
As an American I'm proud of this team even though Team Japan won ❤️
Judging what he did in the WBC I think DeRo could be a pretty damn good manager for a regular ball club
He let Daniel Bard stay in.
@@mike-0451 again, bullpen constraints
@@jsnow808 You don’t let someone point a gun at your child, even if you have to kick it out of their hands. Nobody would let a pitcher that dangerous stay in, even if it meant being inconvenienced.
He broke altuves hand 😡
Ever since Dero came to MLB Network I knew he should be a coach for a big league club but maybe just maybe it's too much work
Because every coach leaves with Xtra greys in there hair lmfao
I miss mlb network being on TH-cam tv 😔
If USA Baseball builds on this and creates a culture within like USA Hockey it could be dominant for years to come.
you can't dominate this sport it's impossible to baseball coz sometimes this is a game of momentum and luck except for team Samurai Japan the goat
@@ramcisvillarey5816 Not to mention Canadians dominate hockey not the USA. I think Finland won the last WC in Hockey though.
USA hockey isn’t even close to dominant. Canada is clearly still the best, followed by maybe Finland
I dint know hockey was such game 😂
@@wilkesmcdermid7906nobody cares about the world championships of ice hockey. The damn thing happens every year and during the Stanley cup playoffs. That’s the worst tournament to gauge national team strength. The olympic are the best tournament for that when they have nhlers go
I don’t know quite how to word this but the passion these fans had is what makes soccer such a world wide sport. Representing the country and wearing the colors will always be different. Baseball finally got to experience it. This was in NO WAY like the past WBC, this one was much BIGGER. There are still many haters saying the tournament is pointless and they can get hurt blah blah, guess what, they get hurt during spring training also. They need to keep this tournament consistent and out of the Olympics where it will loose steam. Again comparing it to the World Cup, all the best players that get paid millions go and represent their country every 4 years, it’s beautiful. This WBC felt like that!!!
PROUD of Team America!!!
Love DeRo!
Congrats D-Rose!! You handled yourself admirably! First time managing that was awesome.
Lauren, you're KILLING me😍😍
DeRo needs to be the staple of this new USA baseball culture he has the passion and fire for it and would be 1000 percent commited to it let him have control with what hes been able to do not only as a player but on television he feels like the right guy to me
Mister Mark, the way you talk about baseball... is like poetry. Especially when you talk about Shohei. I hope MLB Network pays you a bag and keeps you there.
Trout has committed for 2026, right? I imagine he will spend the entire season that year as, at that point, one of the greatest legends in MLB history already with around 500 homers in just his mid 30s and just go around recruiting every single US superstar to this team. The lineup for this tournament was stacked, with at least 4 HOFers. But I expect even more next time in the lineup and especially in the bullpen and rotation. We need at least 2-3 HOF caliber aces to commit to do this next time. No one on the current rotation would even be a 2 on a playoff team (maybe the exception is Lynn but no one else even would be considered close to a 2 on a playoff team right now). I did love Waino's impact on the roster as a legendary veteran in his final season who has done literally everything you could do in the game.
I think Trout will be alright sure maybe a bit past his prime but he probably will be in the corner OF or even possible DH if Shohei goes to a new team.
@@wilkesmcdermid7906 By that point, yes he probably will be off CF. But he will do the typical elite player transition towards more power hitting. I think we will see at least 1-2 50 homer years from Trout in the next 5 seasons. His swing and pop isn't going anywhere. He just has to stay healthy and 2021 was really the only majorly messed up season injury-wise. By 2026, he will definitely be more of a veteran, instead of squarely in his prime still. But I still would expect him to be a top 2-3 player on the team by talent, whether playing corner OF or DH. And his reputation in the game at that point will be just as massive as it is today, if not more so. He should use his pull and his experience with this WBC to get more and more big names to buy in. As is, Bryce Harper wanted to participate this year so I think he'd commit next time pending health and form.
@@wwpjd28 I think Harper will be done by then. Not saying he will suck but his body is breaking down and due to injuries I think he is already past his prime. Not saying he is done as a player but as a guy who is considered an all-star. I know he is 30 but injuries has slowed him down and his injuries are knee injuries and he can barely play OF these days due to the pain he is in.
Sadly Harper might be forced to retire before 35.
Im not sure about Trout hitting 50 homers since he never had a 50HR season before but he is a top 5 batter in MLB and 2026 he still be likely a top 15 and atleast a top 25.
@@wilkesmcdermid7906horrible take
Yeah the problem with this tournament wasn’t that the best pitchers didn’t want to play. It was that their teams didn’t want to release them or they couldn’t get insurance to cover them. Hopefully that’s not the case in 2026. Gotta start that year off with a tournament win to set the stage for the US at the World Cup later that summer
I enjoyed it more than World Series. It was amazing
Lauren Shehadi in Green 💚 Woooo
I love baseball and wbc is my favorite
But im only watching this for lauren😍.
Simp
The best thing about opening day is mlb central is back which means Lauren Shehotti and her legs are back!!!
As a Pirate fan this was probably the closest I’ll get to rooting for a team in the World Series and I can’t wait for the next one
ATTA BOY DERO!!!
welcome back
I hope D-roew is the coach in the next one too. ALSO. THIS IS THE LEGITIMATE WORLD SERIES !!!
If baseball was more like international soccer it would be amazing. Having a wbc is like the World Cup but a American Cup and a Asian Cup would be cool every 2 years
I really wanted him to speak some about the Altuve situation and not being able to yank Bard when he obviously was a danger to the batters?
Then ask why he didn’t replace him after the Altuve HBP? Not being critical of DRo as I know his hands were tied with the pitching usage by parent clubs.
Did he contact Altuve? I’m sure he did but would have been interesting to hear his comments on that.
Sucks when TH-camTV gets rid of MLB NETWORK 🤬
no shame is losing. Japan won just about all of those bang bang hustle plays literally against our best webgem effort by 1 inch, that's how close it was. i was impressed with the officiating as well. where i have a problem is how meh our fans were in our own dang country. you'd think we'd go bezerk after the Schwarber homer, but no it took a pretty significant effort to get more half hearted Let's go USA stuff. look at how the Latino and other countries fans showed up, it was an epic event and live and die on every pitch. That is what baseball is missing, that is why we think it's boring. It's not the dang pitch clock, it's the energy. we're doing baseball wrong. celebrate , bat flip, glare - they got it figured out.
Youre not wrong. But games lasting like 3-4 hours a game is not sustainable.
What's your thoughts after opening day? I for one thought this opening day is one of the best opening days in a long while.
@@jogmesson the pitch clock is REALLY fast. i feel my head spinning just watching how fast everything is going, can't comprehend how the pitcher and catchers do it. i'll reserve judgment. right now i feel like i see more commercials than actual game and that's a bit lame
DeRo rarely made any in game moves yet people think he actually managed lol Japan was well prepared and US made no adjustment. WBC was amazing but most of credit should go to players...
Mookie could've bunted. DeRo didn't manage squat.
I love how the US looks for all these excuses about pitching.
1. The US teams and WBC (run by MLB) established these rules.
2. They benefit the US because they have a larger pool of talent.
First of all what there saying about pitching is the teams had alot of boundaries for him to follow with there pitchers. Plus alot of the best pitchers in baseball did not want to go or there team did not allow them.
Their pitching was atrocious and you know it…
@@mike-0451 that's what I'm saying due to restrictions and teams not wanting there guys to go
@JNKM 2122 alot of people in the MLB and their fans think the wbc is beneath the MLB. That the other leagues are like triple AAA level. So since the MLB is top tier and the US team are all from MLB then what's the problem? This should be easy cakewalk. Not alot of these international teams have players in the MLB. So quit making excuses. Tired of hearing this disrespect of the international players that they are not worth the US time.
@mike lucas what are you talking about?? I'm telling you exactly what happened goofy.. not to mention this year in the WBC there were more mlb players on international teams then any time before.. you obviously think you know more then you do
I'm just here for Lauren.................
Legs
We see who gets told no at the bar alot
@@champfamo And we see who spends a lot of time, bent over at the gay bars.........
@@bobbyjordan21 undercover dl neega..don't make me expose u on here
@@champfamois he not allowed to be attracted to women or do you just play for the other team?
Should've bunted when McNeil drew a walk in the 9th - there would've been only 1 out with a guy in scoring position. Or had Whit try to steal 2nd and bunt towards 1st to get him to 3rd. Would've allowed you to win on a sac fly or fielder's choice if it came to that.
The players made him look good
What size is that screen???
what's the point of all the rules for the pitching? it seems kind of dumb restricting all the pitchers
i feel like Dominican republic should win every time. i wanted DeRosa to break down the japn game 😂😂
For the DeRo
She got legs!
Can’t wait for him to explain why he left a dangerously wild pitcher in so he could grievously injure a major league player two months out of his season 🤡
I hope this whole year isn't world baseball classic memory lane. But it probably will be
I have no idea why u think it will be
It will be forgotten before the all star votes are in.
アメリカは攻撃についてはベストメンバーだったし、世界一強い日本野球に対してよく勇敢にチャレンジしたよ。
Team USA was a good loser.
If Japan had to face Scherzer, Kershaw, DeGrom, Burnes, Cole, AND the Team USA lineup, it would have been an easy win. Instead the best players in all of Japan had to face John Smith from Single A in the minor leagues. It’s no wonder they beat USA so easily. They’re not sending out their best.
@@mike-0451 pitching was not a problem lol. it was a low scoring game 3-2 it was gona be a close game either way unless you think USA pitchers would completely shutout japan lol.
@@joneandi37 If you don’t think Max Scherzer is going to pitch the game of his life in the game of his life, you haven’t been watching baseball.
@@mike-0451
毎回負けると同じこと言うよね。
まだ調整中、ベストメンバーじゃない、ピッチャーが足りない等々 前回、優勝したときは言わなかったのに。
準決勝、決勝と日本がどれだけのハンデ背負ってプレーしていたか理解できる？
・時差ボケ
・普段使ってないボール
・初めての固いマウンド
・初めての固い土、芝のグラウンド
野球やったことあるならそれがとんでもないハンディキャップだと理解できなきゃいけない。
@@taka0359 American players literally have jet lag every single day because they have to travel by plane across a country that is twenty-six times bigger than Japan. Jet-lag is not an excuse. The mound and dirt are different in every stadium. Players know this, too.
The things you described do not significantly affect performance, while others, such as jet-lag, are not exclusive to Japanese players at all.
Here are the facts:
Most of USA's starting pitchers were either washed-up nobodies or just simply bad, with the exception of Lance Lynn. Even some of the relievers, such as Daniel Bard, (infamous for having almost ZERO control, which he used to grievously injure Jose Altuve) were players that were out of MLB for years. Some, such as Meryll Kelly, were so bad that they were forced to leave the USA and play in Korea, only to make a comeback later.
Japan did not face a single pitcher with an ERA below 4.00. USA did not face a single pitcher with an ERA above 3.00 except for Hiroya Miyagi. There was not one top 20 pitcher on team USA during the entire tournament. You could argue there was not a single Japanese pitcher that was not top 20 in NPB during the tournament.
Jet-lag and different dirt are not excuses. Not having good players on your team is a pretty good one. You wouldn't send a child to fight Godzilla, nor would you send Kyle Freeland to face the monster team Japan. That just doesn't make any sense.
The fact that USA did not have sustainable pitching was evident throughout the entire tournament from start to finish: the "best" team in baseball should not give up eleven runs to what is essentially a minor-league team, but this is completely possible when your pitching staff is composed of washed up 35 year-olds and pitchers brought up from the minor-leagues.
USA had the best offensive lineup. This is not a debate. It was better than Japan. But everyone knows that better pitching always, always beats good hitting. The best player in the world was successful in thirty-percent of his at-bats. The best pitchers are successful almost every time...
This defeat is a scandal in the USA. Next time, you will likely see Corbin Burnes, Gerrit Cole, Max Fried, Zach Wheeler, Shane Bieber, Aaron Nola... perhaps you will see the monster Jacob DeGrom. Next time you will actually face the best pitchers in the USA. Americans are furious that we did not send our best.
He was a bad manager tbh