PMS 2.0 - 1506 Live From Arizona at The World Baseball Classic, Adam Schefter, Aaron Judge, Bryce Harper, Clayton Kershaw, David Ross, Paul Skenes, Cal Raleigh, Scott Boras

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Sports, Football

4.9 • 19.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 163 minutes

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Matt Brown3:55 PM (2 minutes ago)to meOn today's show, Pat, Darius Butler & the boys are LIVE from Scottsdale, Arizona at the Giants Baseball complex, where Team USA is training ahead of the World Baseball Classic. At the top of the show, ESPN's Senior NFL Insider Adam Schefter to help us recap the NFL Combine and discuss the breaking news that Lions RB David Montgomery has been traded to the Houston Texans, where Daniel Jones' free agency stands, and more. Next, 3x AL MVP, 7x All Star, Captain of the New York Yankees, Aaron Judge joins the show to talk about the team's energy heading into the World Baseball Classic, what it means to wear the USA jersey, how he approaches big moments, his leadership approach, and more. Next, we are joined by 8x All-Star, 2x NL MVP, & NLCS MVP, Phillies' Bryce Harper, who tells us some breaking news about his past free agency interest with the San Francisco Giants, what it means to represent the United States of America, his relationship with Aaron Judge & Kyle Schwarber, and more. In the second hour, we are joined NL Cy Young winner Paul Skenes and the reigning Home Run King, Big Dumper Cal Raleigh and then 11x All Star, 3x World Series Champ, 3x Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw drops by in some epic USA gear. To close the show, MLB's most powerful agent, Founder & CEO of the Boras Corp, Scott Boras stops by to discuss the CBA negotiations and potential lock out, the upcoming free agency of Tarik Skubal, what motivates him to be the best agent in baseball, and more. Make sure to subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN’s Youtube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We appreciate the hell out of all of you. Cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	beautiful people and welcome to gorgeous Scottsdale, Arizona, the home of the San Francisco
0:07.6	Giants baseball training facility. We're live now.
0:13.0	Sports.
0:13.8	We are happening all around us and obviously we are a football outfit, but how could we not
0:19.0	celebrate the next opportunity for the United States of America to dominate the world in sport.
0:24.6	That's right, the World Baseball Classic throws its first pitch for the United States team on Friday,
0:30.2	as Team USA will take on Brazil, then Great Britain, then Mexico, then Italy, and a bunch of games
0:36.7	down in Houston, and that's our pool.
0:38.7	Japan's over in Japan.
0:40.3	There's some in San Juan, and when all the boys gather what we're looking to do, he showcased
0:46.0	that this is still America's pastime.
0:48.7	For those that don't know, the World Baseball Classic came to be in 2006.
0:53.2	MLB kind of pieced it together.
0:55.0	You know, we saw the NHL do the four nations and everybody loved it.
0:58.0	Well, in 2006, MLB said we need some sort of international event because baseball was no longer a
1:04.0	part of the Olympics, was not a part of the Olympics.
1:06.0	What has happened since then?
1:07.0	Well, it's been a nice battle, a joust of different countries and with Japan
1:11.4	becoming this powerhouse that they are in beating us just two years ago, whenever Shohei Otani
1:17.1	struck out Mike Trot in the ninth inning to secure a dub for Japan, Team USA woke up. Team
1:25.1	USA was much better because all of a sudden the actual American baseball
1:29.4	players, the players that are at the top of what we have said, you know what? We're not
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