The other day you could read here about the release of the roster of team Curaçao for the upcoming Copa Americana de Beisbol. Today, the WBSC Americas came with some very disappointing news. On its website, the governing body of baseball of the American continent announced that the tournament, originally scheduled from November 13 –…
Through their socials, the baseball federation of Curaçao (FEBOKO) has released its roster for the upcoming Copa Americana de Beisbol, which will be played from November 13 through November 22. The roster mostly contains players from the island of Curaçao (not a surprise of course) but it also contains some players form the Dutch mainland….
The Stuttgart Reds of the Deutsche Baseball Liga has hired a player from Curaçao as replacement for Austin Bull, who is injured for an undisclosed amount of time. The twenty-year-old former Yankee farmhand, Joshua Leito has been signed. He will serve as infielder and as relief pitcher. Leito spent three seasons in Rookie ball in…
Today, the Heidenheim Heideköpfe announced they signed Phildrick Llewellyn for the 2025 season. He is one of two players with a Dutch passport, signed for the upcoming season.Next to Johnaikel Acosta, Phildrick is the second player from the Dutch kingdom to join the seven-time German champion. Phildrick is a utility player that can play as…
Through its website and social media channels, multiple Italian champions Fortitudo Bologna announced it has signed Curaçao-born Junior Martina for the 2024 season. The twenty-six-year-old Martina has three seasons of affiliated ball, one season of Indy ball and three seasons in the Dutch hoofdklasse under his belt. After one season with DSS in Haarlem (2018),…
On its Instagram account, multiple Italian champions Fortitudo Bologna announced the signing of Curaçao-born Darren Seferina for the second part of the Serie A season. Darren Seferina was born on January 24, 1994 in Willemstad. He was one of those talented players who tried his luck at American schools: Trinity Christian Academy in Deltona and…
Through their instagram account, the Lexington Counter Clocks (Atlantic League), the former Legends, signed their first acquisition of the 2023 season. Curaçao-born Juan Carlos Sulbaran will reinforce the team’s pitching staff. After a disappointing World Baseball Classic tournament for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Sulbaran is on his way to the United States from Taiwan….
After three years of baseball with the Untouchables Paderborn, Curaçao-born Phildrick Llewellyn has chosen to join another team. He will move to the reigning German champion Bonn Capitals, the opponent of Llewellyn and the Untouchables in last year’s German championship series. Before coming to Germany, Llewellyn had a career in the USA. He was signed…
After yesterday’s victory over Cuba, the Dutch made an important stride towards the second round by beating Panama 3-1. Once again the pitching did well and this time several players delivered at the right time. One day shy of the seventeenth anniversary of his WBC no-hitter against…. Panama in 2006, Shairon Martis took the mound…
With some internationally (23 years and older) rather inexperienced pitchers, the Kingdom of the Netherlands managed to keep Cuba at bay in the tournament opener in Taiwan as they beat the Caribbeans 4-2. In the first inning, Tom de Blok, who hadn’t pitched a game for a year due to an injury-riddled 2022 season, struggled…
