00:00Start with Team USA here.
00:01Obviously, everybody wants to talk about the lineup,
00:04and the lineup is great.
00:06And you've got Harper at first, Gunnar at second,
00:08Bobby Witt at short, Bregman at third,
00:09outfield at Carroll, Buxton, Judge,
00:11Raleigh catching, Schwarber DH-ing,
00:13and the bench being Will Smith, Terang,
00:15Ernie Clement, Paul Goldschmidt, PCA.
00:18But it's the rotation, man.
00:19This is the best rotation the U.S. has ever put out
00:22in this type of tournament.
00:23Tarek Skubel, Paul Skeens, Logan Webb, Joe Ryan,
00:26and Nolan McClain if they need him.
00:28McClain could also throw two innings out of the bullpen.
00:31The bullpen is not too shabby either.
00:33You've got some legacy guys like Kershaw
00:36and Michael Wacca in there,
00:38but you also have Mason Miller and Spire
00:40and Jax and Clay Holmes.
00:42For me, it's the rotation that separates Team USA
00:46going into the World Baseball Classic.
00:48This is the best team that's ever been fielded
00:50in the history of baseball.
00:53Yep, look at it.
00:54On the bench, you have a top four catcher
00:58at the very minimum, and Will Smith with Bryce Terang,
01:02a top five second baseman in the game.
01:04PCA was second in MVP odds in the first half
01:08of last season behind Shohei Otani.
01:11That's your bench.
01:13And then look at the lineup.
01:15Aaron Judge outside of Shohei Otani
01:17is the second best player in the world.
01:20Cal Raleigh is probably a top five player in the world.
01:22Bobby Wood Jr., in my estimation,
01:24is the third best player in the world.
01:26And you have the two best pitchers in the world
01:29in Tarek Skubel and Paul Skeens.
01:31And Logan Webb, what is he,
01:33the seventh best pitcher in the world?
01:35This is the greatest team I've ever seen fielded.
01:38I love that take,
01:40and I would need to go through the archives
01:42to try and figure out if there is a better all-star team
01:45or something like that.
01:46But you know what?
01:48Without being able to fact-check you,
01:49I would probably say yes.
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