The star shortstop wrote on Instagram that he has again been named the captain for Team Puerto Rico — reprising his role from 2023 — in next year’s World Baseball Classic.
Statistically, he has picked up where he left off after he emerged as a star closer last year and has been even more valuable than Max Fried through Baseball Reference’s WAR in 2025.
The addition of Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges this year, along with Anunoby being healthy, should only result in Hart, who shot 33.3 percent from deep in the regular season, being left open even more.