Red Sox's Willson Contreras Channels Aaron Judge In Describing WBC
· Yahoo Sports
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.
Visit asg-reflektory.pl for more information.
"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.
The Red Sox are hoping that Contreras and his fellow countryman Wilyer Abreu will take that winning energy into the MLB season. Similarly, Boston hopes Roman Anthony -- who had a tremendous WBC as a member of Team USA -- can carry his momentum into the regular season and beyond for Boston.
More MLB: Meet the New Red Sox: What's Changed — and Why It Matters in 2026