Catcher Matt Wieters has been dropped from the U.S. roster for Olympic baseball qualifying that starts Monday.
“He’ll be on our radar if we do get the opportunity to move forward,” U.S. manager Mike Scioscia said Sunday.
Wieters, a four-time All-Star with the Orioles after being the No. 5 overall pick in the 2007 draft, hit .200 (7-for-35) with no homers and four RBIs for the St. Louis Cardinals during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season and became a free agent.
Cutting Wieters, 35, left Tim Federowicz and Mark Kolozsvary as the catchers on the 26-man U.S. roster.