Clayton Kershaw will pitch for Team USA in the upcoming World Baseball Classic, Major League Baseball announced Monday, making him the latest in a long line of high-profile stars to represent the United States.
The World Baseball Classic, which pits 20 countries against one another in a bracket-style tournament, runs March 8-21, culminating in the championship game from LoanDepot Park in Miami. Team USA is slotted in Pool C alongside Mexico, Colombia, Canada and Great Britain, with first-round games taking place March 11-15 in Phoenix.
Kershaw is a nine-time All-Star, three-time Cy Young Award winner, MVP and World Series champion, but he had never participated in the WBC. The 34-year-old left-hander expressed a willingness to do so upon re-signing with the Dodgers on a one-year, $20 million contract in early December, noting that he finished the 2022 season healthy and would thus navigate a normal offseason.
Kershaw, who turns 35 in March, has been on the injured list at least once in each of his past seven seasons but has remained one of the major leagues' most effective pitchers. His 2.56 ERA from 2016 to 2022 trails only that of among those who compiled at least 900 innings during that stretch; his 0.95 WHIP and 6.51 strikeout-to-walk ratio are also near the top.
Team USA claimed the championship in the fourth installment of the WBC in 2017. This year's event looks primed to be arguably the most decorated of them all, with the likes of
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