The 2026 World Baseball Classic is less than a year away, and Team USA has already lined up Mark DeRosa to be its manager and Aaron Judge to be its captain. That's a heck of a way to start a team. Who else should Team USA pursue next year?

On the latest episode of "Baseball Bar-B-Cast," Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman officially kicked off their 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC) content. With Aaron Judge recently named captain of Team USA, the duo couldn't resist diving into one of their favorite pastimes: dreaming up the most stacked, no-holds-barred Team USA rosters imaginable.

New York Yankees star Aaron Judge will make his Team USA debut and be the captain of the team in the 2026 World Baseball Classic, he announced in an interview on MLB Network on Monday. He becomes the second Yankees captain to play for Team USA in the WBC. Derek Jeter was on the roster in 2006 and 2009.