Baseball is returning to the Olympics for the first time since 2008 this year at the Tokyo games. This year’s tournament will feature several names familiar to Yankees’ fans on four of the six teams that are competing.
Most notable is the US team, which features David Robertson, Todd Frazier, and Tyler Austin. It’s far from just them. Masahiro Tanaka is taking some time away from his NPB team to play for Japan. Former Yankees Melky Cabrera and Raúl Valdés are taking part for the Dominican Republic. Yankee top prospect of yore Manuel Bañuelos is joining Ramiro Peña on team Mexico.