A four-time Olympic gold medalist, Kevin Durant knows a thing or two about bringing home a title for Team USA. Monday night, the NBA superstar liked what he saw on the diamond as the Americans continued their title push at the World Baseball Classic. Durant rocked an autographed Aaron Judge

PEORIA, Ariz. -- If there was any drama brewing between Cal Raleigh and Randy Arozarena at the World Baseball Classic, last year's AL MVP runner-up took steps to defuse it on Tuesday afternoon. The talk of Tuesday morning at the Mariners’ Spring Training facility was the exchange between the two

HOUSTON -- Team USA is one win away from sweeping through Pool B of the World Baseball Classic and punching its ticket to the quarterfinals. After a huge win against rival Mexico on Monday night at Daikin Park, the U.S. is undefeated with one game to go. But that game

HOUSTON -- Paul Skenes has dominated on the mound in an Air Force uniform. In an LSU uniform. In a Bradenton Marauders and Altoona Curve and Indianapolis Indians uniform. And of course in a Pittsburgh Pirates uniform. But the one he's wearing right now is different.

HOUSTON -- The Captain came to play in Team USA's biggest game of the World Baseball Classic. Aaron Judge had a highlight-reel outfield assist and crushed a home run to open the scoring all within the same inning of the USA-Mexico showdown on Monday night at Daikin Park. "It's playoff

HOUSTON -- Bobby Witt Jr. Dawg. The Team USA shortstop had a Gold Glove performance on defense in the World Baseball Classic on Monday, with a pair of show-stopping plays in the 5-3 win over rival Mexico. "They just kind of happen," Witt told FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal on the

HOUSTON -- The "U-S-A!" chants were booming. The Mexico fans were deafening. And in the end, the U.S. was the better team in the most hyped game of the 2026 World Baseball Classic. In an electric atmosphere at Daikin Park on Monday night, Team USA defeated Mexico, 5-3, in a

Roman Anthony and Jarren Duran will share plenty of time in the Red Sox outfield this season. For now, they’re competing against each other for World Baseball Classic glory. In a key moment early in the United States-Mexico game on Monday, Mexico’s Duran committed a little Sox-on-Sox crime against the

HOUSTON -- Tarik Skubal will not make any more starts for Team USA at the 2026 World Baseball Classic after all. The ace left-hander will return to Tigers Spring Training in Lakeland, Fla., after the United States' game against Mexico on Monday night at Daikin Park. U.S. manager Mark DeRosa,

HOUSTON -- Tarik Skubal is leaving the door open to pitching another game for Team USA at the World Baseball Classic. That wasn't the plan. The plan was supposed to be set in stone: Skubal would make one start against Great Britain in pool play, and then return to the

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Hours after Tarik Skubal left open the possibility of making another start for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said they’ll sleep on it before making a decision. “I don't think anything's been determined,” Hinch said Sunday morning before the Tigers faced

HOUSTON -- If Aaron Judge is the new Captain America, Kyle Schwarber might as well be the Mighty Thor. With lightning flashing in the sky outside Daikin Park on Saturday night, Schwarber hammered a thunderous tiebreaking home run against Great Britain in the World Baseball Classic -- the biggest swing

HOUSTON – An All-Star lineup of Major League sluggers and a deep, sturdy pitching rotation gave Team USA sky-high expectations entering the World Baseball Classic. They delivered in their first game, though the process wasn’t as easy as some might have expected. Team USA beat Team Brazil, 15-5, in a

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Following the Americans’ first win in the World Baseball Classic in 2017, there was increased interest among big league stars to represent the States on this stage in '23. And after a close defeat at the hands of Japan in the '23 final, the enthusiasm to participate ramped up all

HOUSTON – Even on a team loaded with star power, there’s always one player who will inevitably wear the “rookie” label and go through the necessary initiation process before he’s truly invited to sit at the big kids’ table. In the case of Team USA, that player is 21-year-old Roman

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- While his team was playing an exhibition against Team Israel at Clover Park on Wednesday, Nolan McLean took the mound in a Minor League scrimmage on a back field at the Mets’ complex. The numbers -- one run allowed over four innings -- were irrelevant.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Rockies No. 1 prospect Ethan Holliday hadn’t played in a game since September and was last on the field under game conditions in instructional ball last October. But on Wednesday, less than a year after graduation from Stillwater High School in Oklahoma, Holliday, 19, was on the

Clayton Kershaw may have retired from MLB, but he's still pitching against Major League teams. The decorated left-hander, who won three Cy Young Awards, an MVP Award, 11 All-Star selections and three World Series rings over 18 Major League seasons, called it a career following the Dodgers' 2025 World Series

Team USA manager Mark DeRosa has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to crafting his batting order for the World Baseball Classic, and with this roster, it's hard to go wrong. The skipper rolled out a slightly different lineup for today's exhibition game against the Rockies (watch FREE on

Get ready to dive into World Baseball Classic pool play. The 2026 tournament, which gets underway this week, features four pools: A, B, C and D. Each of those pools consists of five teams battling it out in a round-robin format. The top two teams from each pool then advance

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- In the run-up to the World Baseball Classic, Team USA is taking cues from the most decorated athlete in Olympic history: 23-time gold medalist Michael Phelps. The legendary swimmer was invited to attend Team USA’s group dinner on Monday night and shared an inspiring speech that resonated

We've known for a while that Team USA is positively bursting at the seams with superstar names, but it hit a little differently to see them in a real batting order. With the squad facing the Giants in an exhibition game at Scottsdale Stadium Tuesday on ESPN, we got a

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Nolan McLean’s World Baseball Classic experience was delayed by a few days after the Mets pitcher experienced what his manager called “some vertigo-like symptoms” last week. McLean was dealing with dizziness and a loss of appetite early last week, though the pitcher said he began

PHOENIX -- Team USA has set its star-studded rotation for the World Baseball Classic. Manager Mark DeRosa said Monday that Logan Webb, Tarik Skubal, Paul Skenes and Nolan McLean are lined up to start the first four games of pool play, in that order.