Various Transactions in Dutch hoofdklasse
After the end of the transaction period, it was a big circus of coming and going players, once again. Here is an overview of the transactions of the remaining Dutch hoofdklasse clubs.
HCAW
The Dutch champion of 2022 saw more players go than it saw players come to the club.
Above all, shortly after the season, manager Danny Rombley announced that he would not return to manage the club due to private reasons.
The players that joined HCAW are:
RHP Jasper Popken (Quick Amersfoort)
SS/2B Denzel Brooks (RCH-Pinguïns)
SS/2B Daan Verpaalen (HCAW farm team)
3B/2B Kevin Wiegers (HCAW farm team)
OF Koen Werkman (RCH-Pinguïns)
The players that left the club are:
RHP Ruben Dekker (UVV)
LHP Jasper Elfrink (DSS/Kinheim)
RHP Arjen Nijkamp (Hoofddorp Pioniers)
1B/C Quintin de Cuba (unknown)
OF Kevin Dirksen (Neptunus)
Next to the above mentioned players that left, there were a lot of players from the farm team that left for greaner pastures.
RCH-Pinguïns
The club from Heemstede (close to Haarlem) saw eleven players join and twelve leave the club.
The players that joined RCH-Pinguïns are:
RHP Dylan van den Berg (Cornerstone Univ., USA)
RHP Jelle Bing(DSS/Kinheim)
LHP Rik Jalvingh (HCAW farm team)
RHP Joel Martis (Quick Amersfoort)
RHP Pascal Moll (Storks)
LHP Dieudonné van Zoelen (HCAW farm team)
C Dion FRANK (HCAW farm team)
C/IF Tieme Nahuis (Amsterdam Pirates farm team)
2B/SS Malcom Marlin (UVV)
OF Nathan Berkel (HCAW farm team)
UT Edvin Irausquin (Quick Amersfoort)
The twelve players that left RCH-Pinguïns are:
LHP Calvin Andringa (Onze Gezellen)
RHP Nick Anadringa (Onze Gezellen)
RHP Mike van den Berg (UVV)
RHP Juan Carlos Sulbaran (to Italy)
RHP Johannes Verroen Garcia (unknown)
RHP Jeremy Young (back to Australia)
C Jaison Gijsbertha (unknown)
C Geoffrey Verhoef (UVV)
2B/SS Jesse Aussems (Neptunus)
SS/2B Denzel Brooks (HCAW)
IF Daan Groenewoud (Thamen)
1B Thomas KWAKERNAAK (DSS/Kinheim)
OF Koen Werkman (HCAW)
UT Luis Gonzalez Garay (unknown)
DSS/Kinheim
The coop-team of DSS and Kinheim saw a lot more players leave than it saw players join the team. A total of six players decided to join the ranks of DSS/Kinheim, but eleven players hung up their spikes or moved to other clubs.
The players that joined DSS/Kinheim are:
LHP Jasper Elfrink (HCAW)
RHP Mike Groen (Neptunus)
C Ilyas van den Bos (Amsterdam Pirates farm team)
2B Jamie Beerman (Amsterdam Pirates farm team)
1B Thomas Kwakernaak (RCH -Pinguïns)
1B/OF/DH Ibrahin Redan (Quick Amersfoort)
The players that left the club are:
RHP Jelle Bing (RCH-Pinguïns)
RHP Nick Boxelaar (Onze Gezellen)
RHP Dorian Lippens (unknown)
RHP Ben Neijndorff (retired)
RHP Martijn Schoonderwoerd (Amsterdam Pirates)
C/3B Mees Robberse (unknown)
2B/SS Thomas Bos (retired)
1B/OF/C Koen Halderman (retired)
OF Urving Kemp (Amsterdam Pirates)
OF Jochem Koedijk (retired)
OF/IF Jesse Velders (UVV)
Hoofddorp Pioniers
The very young squad of Hoofddorp Pioniers stayed together as it didn’t see any players leave. The team did add some new players as reinforcement though.
There are four new players added to the roster:
LHP Maxwell Cornelissen (HCAW farm team)
RHP Ryan Hoogendoorn (Neptunus Tridents, farm team of Neptunus)
RHP Arjen Nijkamp (HCAW)
2B/SS Jayden van Atten (HCAW farm team)
Former minor league and Dutch hoofdklasse pitcher Swen Huijer, who pitched in the farm team of Pioniers last year, will be the pitching coach of this flagship team.
UVV
After returning to the Hoofdklasse in 2023, UVV had a subpar season with a 3-19-2 record.
With Quick Amersfoort in financial problems, UVV took advantage by hauling in several players from that club. Likely the new players were triggered to come to Utrecht because of the acquisition of their new manager, former Major Leaguer Scott Radinsky.
In total, eighteen new players joined the club from Utrecht:
RHP Mike van den Berg (RCH-Pinguïns)
RHP Ruben Dekker (HCAW)
RHP Riley Gonesh (Quick Amersfoort)
LHP Brian van Laar (Quick Amersfoort)
LHP Colin van Laar (Quick Amersfoort, niet gespeeld)
RHP Deef van Leersum (Quick Amersfoort)
RHP Jeffrey Levenstone (Twins Oosterhout)
C/1B Jorrit Patist (HCAW farm team)
C/OF Geoffrey Verhoef (RCH-Pinguïns)
C Lars Visser (Quick Amersfoort)
2B/SS Jurian Hansen (Quick Amersfoort)
1B/3B Marvin Jakobus (Quick Amersfoort)
OF Jordy Burger (Quick Amersfoort)
OF Thijs Helms (HCAW-U18)
OF/IF Jesse Velders (DSS/Kinheim)
OF Amar van Zwieten (Quick Amersfoort
The following players left UVV:
LHP Gijs van den Brink (pro in the USA, KC Royals-org.)
RHP/OF Reangelo Willems (unknown)
C/1B/OF J’mar Calliste (HCAW farm team)
2B/SS Malcom Marlin (RCH-Pinguïns)
3B/SS Ryan Wheat (back to the USA)
OF Jorge Luis Espinal Ventura (unknown)
OF Raoell Kortstam (will become Assistant Coach)
OF/1B Roy Winkel (unknown)
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