Who is on USA Olympic Baseball Team?

The official roster of the USA Olympic Baseball Team has not been announced yet.

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Qualifications to be on the team

The United States has not fielded an Olympic baseball team since the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. However, they are looking to field a team once again for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. There are many qualified players who are looking to represent their country on the international stage. In order to be eligible for the team, players must meet certain criteria.

Be a U.S. citizen

To play on the USA Olympic Baseball team, you must be a U.S. citizen.

Be a resident of the United States

In order to be eligible to play for the United States national baseball team in the Olympics, a athlete must meet the following three qualifications set by the International Olympic Committee:

1. The athlete must be a resident of the United States.
2. The athlete must be a citizen of the United States.
3. The athlete must have been born in the United States.

Be a member of the United States Olympic Committee

In order to be a member of the United States Olympic Committee, you must first meet a few qualifications. You must be a national of the United States, have competed in an Olympic sport within the past 10 years, and be currently active in that sport.

How the team is selected

The Olympic baseball team is selected by the United States Olympic Committee. The team is usually composed of Major League Baseball players who are currently on the disabled list.

Tryouts

The USA Baseball Collegiate National Team has been selected every summer since 2006. The process for selecting the team generally begins in the fall of the previous year when college coaches are asked to nominate their top players. A committee then narrows down the list of nominees to approximately 50 names, which is then given to the head coach. Once he has a chance to review the list, he whittles it down further to his final 28 man roster. The team is announced in late May or early June, just before they begin their training schedule.

Coaches’ recommendations

The United States Olympic baseball team is selected by a combination of USA Baseball and Major League Baseball. MLB is represented on the USA Baseball Board of Directors, which votes on the 25-man roster. The amateur scouting department from MLB also provides input on the roster. The final team is selected by the General Manager and Coaches of Team USA.

Players must be US citizens or have permanent resident status in order to be eligible for selection.

Team history

The United States has had a baseball team in every Summer Olympic Games since 1984, winning the gold medal in 2000 and bronze in 2004. In 2008, the United States won a silver medal, its best finish since 2000. The team is currently composed of professional players from the Major League Baseball.

First appearance in the Olympics

The United States made its first appearance in the Olympic baseball tournament at the 1992 Games in Barcelona, Spain. The U.S. team won the silver medal, losing to Cuba in the gold medal game. The following is a list of U.S. results by year:

1992 – Barcelona, Spain (Silver Medal)
1996 – Atlanta, Georgia (Did not medal)
2000 – Sydney, Australia (Bronze Medal)
2004 – Athens, Greece (Fourth place)
2008 – Beijing, China (Fifth place)
2012 – London, England (Ninth place)
2016 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Seventh place)

Most recent appearance in the Olympics

The United States last competed in the Olympic baseball tournament in 2008, when it won a bronze medal. The team did not qualify for the 2012 London Olympics, and did not compete in 2016 due to the sport being removed from the Games that year.

Notable players

The United States has won five Olympic gold medals in baseball – more than any other country in the world. They have also won two silver medals and two bronze medals. The United States is the only country to have won medals in all five Olympiads in which baseball was played. The most recent Olympic games were the 2008 Summer Olympics, in which the United States won the bronze medal.

Babe Ruth

George Herman Ruth Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948), nicknamed “The Babe”, “The Bambino”, and “The Sultan of Swat”, was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 to 1935. Ruth established many MLB batting (records that still stand) and pitching (such as most consecutive scoreless innings pitched) records. He was one of the first five inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame when it opened in 1936. Ruth led the Yankees to four World Series championships and seven AL pennants. As part of the Yankees’ Murderers’ Row lineup of 1927 he hit 60 home runs, which extended his MLB single-season record that he had set the previous year with 59.

Ruth’s great popularity was one reason why baseball officials sought to downplay his pursuit of his teammate Lou Gehrig’s consecutive games played streak in 1939; they did not want to see the popularity of one player diminish that of another, especially given that Gehrig himself admired Ruth greatly. In May 1941, Ruth appeared on the first cover of Time magazine with Gehrig on the newsstands as both were featured in an article about Gehrig’s then-imminent retirement due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Despite having been diagnosed with throat cancer in 1946 and losing a substantial amount of weight during his final years, Ruth continued making public appearances until shortly before his death from heart failure caused by pneumonia on August 16, 1948.

Derek Jeter

Derek Jeter is an American former professional baseball shortstop who spent his entire 20-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the New York Yankees. He is the Yankees’ all-time leader in hits (3,465), doubles (544), games played (2,747), stolen bases (358), and at bats (11,195). His accolades include 14 All-Star selections, five Gold Glove Awards, five Silver Slugger Awards, two Hank Aaron Awards, and a Roberto Clemente Award. Jeter was the 28th player to reach 3,000 hits and is one of four players to amass 3,000 hits, 300 home runs, and 300 stolen bases.

Current roster

The following is a list of the 28 current members of the United States Olympic baseball team. These 28 men will represent the USA in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Catchers

###Infielders
Drew Butera – Los Angeles Angels
Robinson Chirinos – Texas Rangers
Sean Murphy – Oakland A’s
Chris Iannetta – Colorado Rockies

###Outfielders
Brett Gardner – New York Yankees
Ian Desmond – Colorado Rockies
J.D. Martinez – Boston Red Sox
Adam Eaton – Washington Nationals

Infielders

The United States has not yet announced its full roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics, but we know that the team will includes several talented infielders. These are some of the athletes who could potentially be representing the United States on the baseball diamond this summer.

catcher: Christian Vázquez
first baseman: Pete Alonso
second baseman: Keston Hiura
third baseman: Justin Turner
shortstop: Trevor Story

Outfielders

The United States has many great outfielders on their Olympic baseball team. Here are some of the best:

-Bryce Harper: Harper is one of the brightest young stars in baseball. He’s a five-tool player who can do it all on the field.

-Mike Trout: Trout is another young star who is already considered one of the best players in baseball. He’s a five-tool player who excels at everything.

-Alex Gordon: Gordon is a Gold Glove winner and a very solid player. He doesn’t have the same offensive numbers as some of the other outfielders, but he more than makes up for it with his defense.

Pitchers

Tyler Beede – Beede was a first round pick of the San Francisco Giants in 2014. He made his MLB debut in 2018.

Tanner Houck – The Boston Red Sox selected Houck with the 24th overall pick in the 2017 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2020.

Brady Singer – The Kansas City Royals selected Singer with the 18th overall pick in the 2018 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2020.

Cole Tucker – The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Tucker with the 24th overall pick in the 2014 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2019.