World Baseball Classic-Team USA

The Team USA Tentative roster is Kevin Youkilis at first base. Mark Derosa and Dustin Pedroia at second base, Derek Jeter and Jimmy Rollins at short,Chipper Jones and David Wright at third and Brian McCann behind the plate. The outfield so far has Ryan Braun,Grady Sizemore and Curtis Granderson. The starting pitchers are Jake Peavy,Roy Oswalt,John Lackey. The Bullpen so far has Brian Fuentes,Joe Nathan,Scott Shields,Jonathan Broxton,BJ Ryan,JJ Putz,Matt Thornton and Matt Lindstrom. Davey Johnson is the manager and Jeter and the rest of the squad will report on March 2 to Clearwater,FL home of the World Series Champion Phillies. The first game for the Americans will be March 7 against Canada. They will be in Pool C also with Italy and Venezuala. Provisional 45 man rosters will be announced on Jan 19th with final 28 man rosters announced on Feb 24th. The rosters have to have a mandatory 13 pitchers. The New Major League Baseball Network will televise the tournament. I was dissappointed with Team USA the first time around but now that Arod has gone off to play for the Dominican maybe they can win, who knows.