San Diego State pitcher Stephen Strasburg, whose 23-strikeout performance on April 11 brought him national attention, was the lone college player picked Wednesday for the U.S. baseball team headed to the Beijing Olympics.

Outfielder Matt LaPorta, traded by Milwaukee to Cleveland earlier this month in the CC Sabathia deal, also is on manager Davey Johnson's squad of mostly minor leaguers.

Eight major league organizations landed two players on the Olympic roster: Oakland pitchers Brett Anderson and Trevor Cahill; St. Louis outfielder Colby Rasmus and infielder Brian Barden; Angels infielder Matthew Brown and pitcher Kevin Jepsen; Philadelphia infielder Jason Donald and catcher Louis Marson; Colorado outfielder Dexter Fowler and pitcher Casey Weathers; Detroit infielder Mike Hessman and pitcher Blaine Neal; Dodgers pitcher Mike Koplove and infielder Terry Tiffee; and LaPorta and pitcher Jeff Stevens of the Indians.

The other six players are Baltimore pitcher Jake Arrieta, San Francisco pitcher Geno Espineli, Florida outfielder John Gall, Mets pitcher Brandon Knight, White Sox pitcher Clayton Richard and Texas catcher Taylor Teagarden.

The U.S. team features 14 Triple-A players, seven Double-A players and Arrieta is the lone Class-A representative.

"We knew going in that we wanted a veteran club — a team of guys who have been battle-tested, so to speak," Team USA general manager Bob Watson said. "But we wanted younger prospects as well. Guys with the fire to go out and showcase their talents on the international stage."

Johnson, fresh off managing the U.S. squad that lost 3-0 to a World team in the Futures Game during All-Star festivities at Yankee Stadium, is ready to get to work — finally having a set roster.

Johnson, Watson and USA Baseball officials met for about seven hours after the Futures Game to discuss their roster.

Johnson will get to see his team together for the first time during preliminary workouts and preparation late this month in San Jose, Calif.

The manager likes the flexibility this roster provides. He has a couple of pitchers who could fit into the closer role — Knight and Stevens — and LaPorta can play both in the outfield or at first base and gives the U.S. team power in the middle of the batting order.

While LaPorta realizes this experience will only boost his chances of reaching the big leagues, he's not approaching the Olympics that way.