Red Sox's Willson Contreras Channels Aaron Judge In Describing WBC
Judge isn't the only star who alluded to the WBC being a grander stage than the World Series.
Red Sox's Willson Contreras Channels Aaron Judge In Describing WBC originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras, fresh off a World Baseball Classic championship as a member of Team Venezuela, became the latest MLB player to praise the WBC experience in higher regard than the World Series.
"I think it’s the best experience of my life. " Contreras said on Thursday about the WBC , per MassLive's Chris Cotillo. "I played in the World Series in ‘16 and it was big but playing the WBC for your country, for 37 million people, means a lot more to me.
" Willson Contreras on the WBC: "I think it’s the best experience of my life. I played in the World Series in ‘16 and it was big but playing the WBC for your country, for 37 million people, means a lot more to me. " — Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) March 19, 2026 New York Yankees star Aaron Judge said a few days ago that the atmosphere at the WBC is "better" than that of a World Series, prompting some funny criticism from New York sports radio.
It sounds like Contreras (much like everyone else thinking clearly) agrees with Judge. Though Contreras was making a slightly different point about what the WBC meant to him, in particular, the sentiment is similar. Contreras won a World Series with the Chicago Cubs in 2016, but it's obvious that his win with Venezuela this week meant a lot more.