Former Cincinnati Reds fan favorite Todd Frazier is hoping to play for USA Baseball at the upcoming Summer Olympics baseball qualifier that starts May 31 in Florida, according to a report Friday via Twitter from Joel Sherman of MLB Network and the New York Post:
Frazier's teammate in Cincinnati from 2011 to 2015, pitcher Homer Bailey, reportedly is expected to play for USA Baseball in the qualifier.
Another Reds-related tweet from Sherman about the qualifier:
Frazier was designated for assignment by the Pirates earlier this month, just before the start of a three-game series in Pittsburgh against the Reds. Frazier then engaged in a Twitter beef that included name-calling and NSFW language with Pittsburgh sports talk host Mark Madden.
Frazier tweeted last month after making his 2021 debut for the Pirates that he was awaiting a "miserable tweet" from a columnist who had suggested that the team give Phillip Evans a roster spot instead of Frazier.
Frazier had three hits in 35 at-bats (.086 batting average) with an on-base percentage of .200 in 13 games for the Pirates this season.
Frazier has played for the Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, the Mets again and the Pirates since the Reds traded him after the 2015 season to the White Sox in a deal that brought Jose Peraza, Scott Schebler and Brandon Dixon from the Los Angeles Dodgers to Cincinnati.
In March, Frazier opted out of his deal with the Pirates - making him a free agent - but returned to the team days later on a minor-league deal.
Frazier was mic'd up in March during a television broadcast of a Spring Training game between the Pirates and Baltimore Orioles. He was in camp with the Pirates as a non-roster invitee.
Frazier, 35, hit .224 with two homers in 51 plate appearances for the Mets last season after they acquired him from the Texas Rangers. The Mets declined their team option on Frazier after the season.
He's hit .241 with 218 home runs since he debuted for the Reds in 2011.
Frazier tweeted in February that video shared via Twitter of Frazier celebrating a 2013 home run he promised then-honorary batboy Ted Kremer made his night. Frazier and Kremer reunited in 2018 at Great American Ball Park in advance of a Reds-Mets game.
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