The Dodgers have avoided salary arbitration with their star closer Kenley Jansen. They signed the 28-year old closer from Curacao, who filed for salary arbitration on Tuesday and who was the last of those Dodgers players that remained unsigned. This was the third time in a row that Kenley avoided salary arbitration by signing a…
The Texas Rangers have avoided arbitration with Curacao native Jurickson Profar by signing him to a one-year contract extension. In the upcoming season, Profar will earn $605,000 in the upcoming season even though he is still recovering from an injury. Jurickson has missed almost two seasons due to a shoulder injury which eventually resulted in…
Carlton Daal, the 22-year old shortstop from Curacao has been invited to the 2016 Spring Training in the Cactus League, by the Cincinnati Reds The shortstop of team Kingdom of the Netherlands earned an award for being the best shortstop at the recent Premier 12 tournament. So far Daal wasn’t known for his defense but merely…
After becoming a minor league free agent after the 2015 season, Juan Carlos Sulbaran from Curacao signed a minor league contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, the cross state rivals of his former MLB organization, the Kansas City Royals. Last season, Sulbaran played most part for the Royals’ AA farm team, the Northwest Arkansas Naturals…
The third Curacao Baseball Week was another success. The week started with a press conference and an auction/charity dinner. The dinner raised $40,000 and this painting was one of the items: On the first two days, the coach seminars were attended very well. Managers and coaches like Hensley Meulens, Steve Janssen and Ben Thijssen shared their…
Today team Kingdom of the Netherlands took on the USA in the quarter-finals. After dealing with quite some bad luck (family matters for Andruw Jones, injuries of several players), the team was hit by bad luck again. Proposed starting pitcher Jair Jurrjens had to return home due to family matters. He was replaced by Tom…
The rumors swirled around tonight on the world wide web. On twitter Jesse Sanchez tweeted the news but it wasn’t confirmed then. .@Angels acquire Andrelton Simmons from @Braves, source tells @JesseSanchezMLB. Clubs have not confirmed. #HotStove pic.twitter.com/RusZaz6YOA — MLB (@MLB) November 12, 2015 MLB Trade Rumors also spread the news but eventually MLB.com came with…
With a lineup with Carlton Daal at short, Yurendell de Caster at third, Andurw Jones at first, Wladimir Balentien at DH, Curt The Dutch starting lineup of today Smith in left field, Shawn Zarraga behind home plate, Kalian Sams in right field, Sharlon Schoop at second, Randolph Oduber in center field and with Kevin Heijstek…
Today team Kingdom of the Netherlands played their second practice game in Taiwan as a preparation on the Premier 12 tournament that will start Sunday. In their first practice game, the Dutch took on a local university team, but that team was no match for the orange. The Dutch team beat the Taiwanese 7-0. Today the…
Yesterday the nominees for the Gold Glove Awards were announced by MLB. At the position of shortstop, three Dutchies are nominated; two in the American League East and one in the National League East. In the National League, Andrelton Simmons is nominated again. If he wins again this year, it would be his third consecutive…
