Néstor Cortés and Adam Wainwright reinforce USA Baseball for the World Baseball Classic

The World Baseball Classic will start until March 2023, but USA Baseball It already has defined two of the pitchers who will participate.

Nestor Cortesof the New York Yankees and Adam Wainwrightof the St. Louis Cardinals, join Merrill Kelly in the starting rotation for the US team that will participate in the World Baseball Classic.

Cortés he started 28 games for the Yankees in 2022 and was 12 win-4-loss. His ERA was 2.44 after striking out 163 of the 615 batters he faced in 158.1 innings and allowing 108 hits and 43 runs.

Wainwright40, went 11-12 after 32 starts with the Cardinals and a complete game. The veteran’s ERA in the 2022 major league season was 3.71 after recording 143 strikeouts in 191.2 innings. The pitcher only received 79 runs.

USA Baseball is part of Group C of the World Baseball Classic and will face Mexico, Colombia, Canada and Great Britain in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Roster at the moment

With just under four months to go until the World Baseball Classic, USA Baseball has almost assembled its team. Reliever rotation includes David Bednar, Dillon Tate and Devin Williams.

Los infielders son J.T. RealmuteWill SmithPete AlonsoPaul GoldschmidtTrevor StoryTim AndersonNolan Arenado y Bobby Witt Jr. For its part, the gardens will be protected by Mookie BettsCedric MullinsMike Trout y Kyle Tucker.