TAMPA — As Aaron Judge discussed his first-time participation in the World Baseball Classic last week, the Yankees and Team USA captain said he expects that sharing a clubhouse with other great players will be the best part of the international tournament.

The back-to-back American League MVP has been in similar settings before as a seven-time All-Star, but Judge believes “this room is going to be different” because of the patriotic fervor that motivates not only his team, but all the others in the WBC.

“A lot of people have a lot of pride for their country,” said Judge, who has been trash-talking with some Yankees teammates who are playing for other nations. “It’s great for baseball, great for the fans.”

Judge added that he is excited to pick the brains of other stars on Team USA, which is boasting its most stacked WBC roster yet. When asked if there was anyone in particular that he wanted to learn from, Judge told the Daily News that he has a few players in mind.

He started off with Team USA’s first baseman, Bryce Harper.

“Harper is a guy who’s been in the league for so long and had success with multiple teams, multiple situations,” Judge said of the former National and current Phillie, who also has multiple MVPs on his resumé. “He’s definitely at the top of my list. I think he’s gonna be hitting in front of me, so it’ll be good to kind of pick his brain about what he looks for and what he tries to do.”

Judge couldn’t stop at one player, though, as he also mentioned two center fielders: the Twins’ Byron Buxton and the Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong.

While Judge has mostly been a right fielder — he was the man in the middle of the Yankees’ outfield in 2024 — he already finds defensive pointers from Bombers center fielder Trent Grisham helpful. Perhaps with some added advice from Buxton and PCA, Judge can join the trio in the Gold Glove club this season.

“They’re two of the best center fielders in the game,” said Judge, a talented defender in his own right. “That’s one thing that’s great about having Grisham, another one of the best center fielders in the game. Having him next to me to pick his brain, what he looks for, what he tries to train, what he does [helps], so Bux and those guys all kind of do the same thing.”

Judge will have plenty of others to talk shop with on Team USA, including, but certainly not limited to, Cy Young winners Paul Skenes and Tarik Skubal — the latter said he’ll only make one WBC start on Monday — the recently retired and Hall of Fame-bound Clayton Kershaw, and 2025 AL MVP runner-up Cal Raleigh.

While Judge will also talk about life in the majors, leadership and family with other stars, he said he is most interested to see how they prepare.

“That’s the one thing I always look at any guy we get [with the Yankees],” Judge said. “’How do you prepare to be great?’ All those guys in that room are going to be great, so that’ll be fun.”

Of course, Judge will try to give as much as he takes during the WBC. He just wants to make sure that he saves the best tips for his Yankees peers.

“I’m an open book,” he said. “If you’ve got questions for me, or you want to watch anything, see anything, I’m here to grow the game. I won’t give away all the top secrets. I usually save those for the Yankees, but I’m here to help guys. That’s what this game is about.”

A few of Judge’s Yankees teammates will also briefly ditch the pinstripes for the stars and stripes, as first baseman Paul Goldschmidt and closer David Bednar are also playing for the U.S. Meanwhile, former Yankee and current special advisor Andy Pettitte is going to serve as pitching coach under manager Mark DeRosa.

Other Yankees playing in the WBC include Jazz Chisholm Jr. (Great Britain); José Caballero (Panama); Fernando Cruz and Elmer Rodríguez (Puerto Rico); and Camilo Doval, Austin Wells and Amed Rosario (Dominican Republic).

With the Yankees’ long list of WBC participants expected to leave camp on March 1 — the tournament runs from March 5-17 — Judge can’t wait to don a different uniform for a little while as Team USA looks to avenge its second-place finish to Japan in 2023.

“I never had the opportunity to represent the USA,” Judge said, “and getting a chance to wear that across my chest is going to be pretty powerful.”