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Something tells us these WBC medals are not bound for many trophy cases.
For the second straight World Baseball Classic, Team USA finished as runner-up. It’s an outcome the players aren’t too happy with. Team USA was relegated to second place with a 3-2 loss to Venezuela on Tuesday , the finale of a turbulent tournament in which the Americans entered as clear favorites, stumbled in group play and seemed to shake off the questions as they reached the final.
[ Draft your Yahoo Fantasy Baseball team for the 2026 MLB Season ] The U. S. was heavily favored going into Tuesday, but it was Venezuela that ended up raucously celebrating, while the Team USA players remained in the dugout with thousand-yard stares.
Those players stuck around for a somber medal ceremony in which MLB commissioner Rob Manfred greeted each player and presented him with a silver medal. In just one video, you can see Kyle Schwarber, Logan Webb, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Bobby Witt Jr. , Roman Anthony and Gabe Speier all take those medals off before they even return to the dugout.
Team USA receives their 2026 World Baseball Classic silver medals 🇺🇸 pic. twitter. com/zasRMWVCDI — Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) March 18, 2026 Mason Miller, the hardest thrower in MLB, set his own speed record with how quickly the medal was off his neck.