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Mark DeRosa discusses his role as Team USA manager and the recruitment of top players for the World Baseball Classic.

On a new episode of "The Show," Joel Sherman is joined by Team USA manager Mark DeRosa. Mark shares how he recruited Aaron Judge and which Yankees legend helped, if he feels any pressure going into this World Baseball Classic with such a loaded roster and if he has any interest becoming a MLB manager. Plus, Joel talks with Mark, who played every position besides P, C, CF, about the several Mets playing new positions this season and if he liked being on team's that did a lot in the offseason or ran it back more. 0:00 Intro 2:05 Several Mets Switching Positions 7:20 Does Having A Captain Matter? 10:43 Playing On Team's That Stood Pat In Offseason vs. Made Moves 18:42 Recruiting Aaron Judge 21:50 Recruiting Paul Skenes 23:35 Momentum Of World Baseball Classic 27:08 Feeling Any Pressure? 30:00 Who Starts The Final: Skenes Or Skubal? 30:51 Parent Clubs Influence 34:35 MLB Manager Dreams? 38:05 Hit Or Error Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Joel Sherman

Guest: Mark DeRosa

Topics covered

• World Baseball Classic
• Team USA
• Player recruitment
• MLB management
• Position changes
• Baseball strategy

Keywords

• World Baseball Classic
• Mark DeRosa
• Aaron Judge
• MLB manager
• player recruitment
• Mets
• Yankees
• position changes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Team USA, MLB, Mets, Yankees, New York Post

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