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CBS News
13-05-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Pirates' Paul Skenes to represent Team USA at 2026 World Baseball Classic
Pittsburgh Pirates superstar pitcher Paul Skenes will represent Team USA at the 2026 World Baseball Classic, it was announced on Tuesday. "When I was coming through high school, the thing that I thought I was going to be doing was flying jets, rather than playing in Major League Baseball stadiums against the best of the best," Skenes said in an appearance on MLB Network's "MLB Central." Paul Skenes will take the mound for Team USA in the 2026 #WorldBaseballClassic 🔥 — MLB (@MLB) May 13, 2025 "I've gotten the chance to wear USA across my chest a couple of times, [and] this is one thing, as a fan of the game, watching the previous World Baseball Classics, I was like, 'If I ever get the chance to do this, I'm never saying no.'" Skenes, the 2024 National League Rookie of the Year, previously pitched for Team USA as part of the 12U National Team in 2014 and the Collegiate National Team in 2021 and 2022. Skenes began his collegiate baseball career at the Air Force Academy and is now working with the Gary Sinise Foundation to help veterans and their families. Team USA will be part of Pool B in the 2026 tournament, and its first round of games will be played from March 6-11 in Houston, Texas.
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Former Player Compares Yankees' Aaron Judge to MLB Legend Amid Historic Stretch
It's widely agreed that New York Yankees' Aaron Judge is one of the best – if not the best – players in all of baseball. While his defense is solid, it's his performance at the plate that continues to amaze fans across the league. Advertisement The Yankees' outfielder, known as the leader of one of baseball's most pivotal organizations, is having one of the best starts to a season in MLB history. He has entered the month of May as the league-leader in batting average (.427), home runs (10), RBIs (32), OPS (1.282) and has shown no signs of slowing down. New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge© Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images At 6-foot-7, 282 pounds, Judge has come into the 2025 season with a chip on his shoulder. After a disappointing World Series loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2024, it seems as if Judge came into the season with a controlled rage that looks like one of the greatest offensive starts in MLB history. Analyst compares Aaron Judge to Barry Bonds When looking at Aaron Judge's stats over his career, it's hard to deny the complete dominance he has displayed since stepping foot in 2016. Advertisement MLB Central co-host and ex-MLB player Mark DeRosa explained what he's been seeing from Judge so far this season. "He handles himself the way he does with all the pressure on him and consistently puts at-bat after at-bat together... Judge's numbers are right there. We are watching peak Bonds in Aaron Judge every night – I just don't think we realize at time," DeRosa said on MLB Central on Thursday morning. Now it's difficult to compare anything to Barry Bonds' 2001 season because many believed that baseball wouldn't see it happen again. Sports fans are amazed by records being broken every year in any sport and Bonds' 73 home runs in 2001 is a number that is hard to see be broken. Advertisement With all this being said, is it safe to believe that Judge is this generation's Bonds? Related: Cincinnati Reds Make Decision on Long-Time Closing Pitcher After Recent Struggles Related: Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. Hits Impressive Season Milestone During Rays Game
