Gay will not challenge Bolt in the 200, though, because he was hurt during qualifying for that event at the trials.
Still, there are serious questions about the wisdom of fielding a caretaker team of overpriced veterans, whose main goal again seems to be qualifying for that eighth playoff berth until better days arrive.
He's not having a great year, but then neither are the Yanks, who trail the Orioles by seven games in the American League East and are three games short of qualifying for that tacky, tacked-on new second wild-card spot in the post-season.
The 6ft 4in left-hander was a fine player in his day but his powers had waned, he was the world No125, did not make it through qualifying for that year's Australian Open and did not even bother trying for the French Open.
And the priority this season will be qualifying for that World Cup.
"I've run the 10k time on the road so haven't done it yet on the track but we're talking to the athletics team about how we'd go about it and how I'd go about qualifying for that team.
