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The NBA had its Dream Team in the 1990s. New York Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman is trying to create baseball's version of it now.
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to keep Major League Baseball on hiatus, the hurler took to Twitter on Thursday to begin recruiting some of the game's biggest stars to join him in playing for Team USA in the 2021 World Baseball Classic:
Trevor Bauer, Cody Bellinger, Trevor Story and Walker Buehler all responded immediately saying they were in for the tournament. So too did Joey Gallo, Mike Clevinger, Pete Alonso and Blake Snell:
The United States is looking to capture back-to-back WBC titles after capturing its first gold medal in 2017.