Logan Webb strongly rejects criticism that Team USA lacked emotion or care in the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
Webb argues Team USA cared deeply but expressed it differently compared to teams like Venezuela and the Dominican Republic.
Team USA finished as runner-up in the tournament, losing to Venezuela in the championship game for their second consecutive finals loss.
Webb performed excellently for Team USA with a 1.04 ERA over two starts, and is coming off a strong 2025 MLB season with the Giants.
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Team USA received criticism throughout the 2026 World Baseball Classic, including some opining that they didn't show enough emotion for their country (e.g., Venezuela's profound reaction to winning the tournament and the Dominican Republic's infectious enthusiasm from pool play through their eventual semifinal-round loss to the United States). All that said, consider San Francisco Giants star right-hander Logan Webb "not a fan" of the negative notion surrounding Team USA. "I feel like there's a narrative that we didn't care. That's complete b---s---," Webb said about Team USA's detractors on Thursday, according to The Mercury News. "I think we probably cared the most out of every team, to be honest with you. We do things in different ways than some of the other teams, but we care a lot." Webb made two starts for Team USA during the 2026 World Baseball Classic, recording a combined 1.04 ERA, 0.69 WHIP and 11 strikeouts over 8 ⅔ innings pitched. As for how Team USA collectively fared, it went 3-1 in Pool B play, finishing as the runner-up in its respective pool, and advanced to the Championship game before losing to Venezuela in said title game on Tuesday night. It marked the second consecutive World Baseball Classic that Team USA lost in the Championship Game, with them losing to Japan in the 2023 World Baseball Classic final. As for Webb, the two-time All-Star (2024 and 2025) is coming off a 2025 campaign that saw him post a 3.22 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, a National League-high 224 strikeouts, a 124 ERA+ and 3.8 wins above replacement across 207.0 innings pitched (34 starts). He led the NL in innings pitched for a third consecutive season. Webb's Giants open the 2026 MLB regular season at home against Team USA captain Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees on Mar. 25.
The World Baseball Classic (WBC), also referred to as the Classic, is an international baseball tournament sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), the sport's global governing body, and organized by World Baseball Classic Inc., a partnership of the WBSC with Major League Base...
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Logan Tyler Webb (born November 18, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was selected by the Giants in the fourth round of the 2014 MLB draft, and made his MLB debut in 2019. Webb was named an All-Star in 2024 and 2025.
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and various islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It comprises an area of 912,050 km2 (352,140 sq mi), with a population estimated at 31.8 million ...
Team USA received criticism throughout the 2026 World Baseball Classic, including some opining that they didn't show enough emotion for their country (e.g., Venezuela's profound reaction to winning the tournament and the Dominican Republic's infectious enthusiasm from pool play through their eventual semifinal-round loss to the United States). All that said, consider San Francisco Giants star right-hander Logan Webb "not a fan" of the negative notion surrounding Team USA. "I feel like there's a narrative that we didn't care. That's complete b---s---," Webb said about Team USA's detractors on Thursday, according to The Mercury News. "I think we probably cared the most out of every team, to be honest with you. We do things in different ways than some of the other teams, but we care a lot." Webb made two starts for Team USA during the 2026 World Baseball Classic, recording a combined 1.04 ERA, 0.69 WHIP and 11 strikeouts over 8 ⅔ innings pitched. As for how Team USA collectively fared, it went 3-1 in Pool B play, finishing as the runner-up in its respective pool, and advanced to the Championship game before losing to Venezuela in said title game on Tuesday night. It marked the second consecutive World Baseball Classic that Team USA lost in the Championship Game, with them losing to Japan in the 2023 World Baseball Classic final. As for Webb, the two-time All-Star (2024 and 2025) is coming off a 2025 campaign that saw him post a 3.22 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, a National League-high 224 strikeouts, a 124 ERA+ and 3.8 wins above replacement across 207.0 innings pitched (34 starts). He led the NL in innings pitched for a third consecutive season. Webb's Giants open the 2026 MLB regular season at home against Team USA captain Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees on Mar. 25.
