Fans roasted Mark DeRosa after he said he wanted to return as Team USA coach

For a second straight World Baseball Classic, Team USA found itself watching from the dugout as their opponent celebrated a world title. And for this edition of Team USA in particular, manager Mark DeRosa justifiably faced plenty of criticism.

DeRosa — who primarily works as an analyst on MLB Network — caused a stir at several points throughout the tournament. He went into the final group stage game against Italy unaware of the tiebreaker rules and sent on a lineup that reflected that lapse. While denying that mistake, he misstated his own team’s record.

The entire run was marred by questionable choices and odd comments from an unqualified manager. And despite all that, DeRosa told reporters that he wanted to return as manager following Tuesday’s 3-2 loss to Venezuela in the final.

Mark DeRosa wants to return as Team USA’s manager pic.twitter.com/KpppYNqZ8W

— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) March 18, 2026

To be fair, I couldn’t imagine DeRosa saying no to that question. But if there’s one manager who doesn’t deserve to be retained, it’s DeRosa.

Fans certainly echoed that sentiment.

He has a better chance of managing a McDonald’s than EVER managing Team USA again https://t.co/e6RX3qDSOf

— proud ranger fan (@RangerApologist) March 18, 2026

Well I 100 percent have bad news for you https://t.co/47eNZZwjMW

— Tampa Bay Tay (@TayVictoria8) March 18, 2026

We good https://t.co/vsGkeSStOLpic.twitter.com/Su4RtrdBOq

— Tyler (@stevenkwanshat) March 18, 2026

we good bro pic.twitter.com/UYPJv5yqmhhttps://t.co/4SjC2c3hoi

— mike 🇮🇹 (@itsthatboymike) March 18, 2026

I want to have 10 trillion dollars so I guess we both won’t get what we want https://t.co/IKNwTvkCRb

— ramado 🇲🇽🇨🇴 (@TAT1SSZN) March 18, 2026

I too want to manage Team USA in 2029 https://t.co/RYOld0mahS

— Andrew Wang (@andrew_wang7) March 18, 2026

“Now say you want to return as Team USA’s manager” pic.twitter.com/3PT13smqnD

— Monstah Lynch (@MonstahLynch) March 18, 2026

It will be interesting to see what direction USA Baseball goes beyond this tournament, but it absolutely cannot be Mark DeRosa. That much is clear.

This article originally appeared on For The Win: Fans roasted Mark DeRosa for saying he wanted to return as USA coach