Stacked: The Philadelphia Phillies now have 4 Players in the 2023 World Baseball Classic for Team USA

Team USA’s roster for the World Baseball Classic is loaded with members of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Yesterday, MLB announced that 2022 Silver Slugger winner and Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Kyle Schwarber committed to play in the tournament scheduled to begin Spring 2023. Schwarber joins JT Realmuto, Bryce Harper, and the newest Phillies shortstop Trea Turner on the official roster. 

Of course, it’s almost certain that Bryce Harper will not be participating after having Tommy John surgery two weeks ago, but after yesterday, when his agent Scott Boras stated that Harper has “super healing qualities”, maybe we shouldn’t completely write him off the roster quite yet. 

Here’s the current Team USA roster for the World Baseball Classic

Catcher

• J.T. Realmuto, Phillies
• Will Smith, Dodgers

Infield

• Paul Goldschmidt, 1B, Cardinals
• Pete Alonso, 1B, Mets
• Trevor Story, 2B, Red Sox
• Trea Turner, SS, Phillies
• Tim Anderson, SS, White Sox
• Bobby Witt, SS, Royals
• Nolan Arenado, 3B, Cardinals

Outfielder

• Mike Trout, Angels
• Bryce Harper, Phillies
• Kyle Schwarber, Phillies
• Mookie Betts, Dodgers
• Kyle Tucker, Astros
• Cedric Mullins, Orioles

Starting Pitchers

• Adam Wainwright, Cardinals
• Nestor Cortes, Yankees
• Kyle Freeland, Rockies
• Brady Singer, Royals

Relief Pitchers

• Devin Williams, Brewers
• David Bednar, Pirates
• Dillon Tate, Orioles
• Merrill Kelly, Diamondbacks

The World Baseball Classic will feature 20 teams and begin pool play in March across five cities. 

• Phoenix
• Miami 
• Tokyo 
• Japan 
• Taichung (Taiwan) 

The quarterfinal games will take place in Tokyo and Miami, before the entire tournament heads to Florida for the semifinals and championship game. Team USA is in Pool C in Phoenix with Canada, Colombia, Mexico, and Great Britain.