Slowly, MLB clubs start to present the rosters of their farm teams. Today the Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Low A, Chicago Cubs) presented their opening day roster. Once again a player of the Dutch kingdom will start his season at Low A. The player we are talking about is Shendrik Apostel, yes, the brother of Sherten…
Tonight the long awaited 2021 season took off. Unfortunately three games were canceled already due to superfluous rainfall: Hoofddorp Pioniers @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates, Oosterhout Twins @ HCAW, and DSS/Kinheim @ Quick Amersfoort. The only game that could be played tonight was Curaçao Neptunus @ Silicon Storks (at the ballpark of Neptunus). The three rained…
Today, the Kansas City Royals presented the rosters of its farm teams. Curious where one of the biggest Dutch talents will play, yours truly checked them all. Darryl Collins will start the season at Low A. The player that calls Curaçao Neptunus his home in Dutch baseball, will play for the Columbia FireFlies on opening…
For the second time after being presented by the Yakult Swallows, last Monday, Rick van den Hurk took the mound in a Ni-Gun (minor league) game. The Tokyo Yakult Swallows lost to Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 5-4. Two of these runs were given up by Dutch Rick van den Hurk. After pitching three scoreless innings,…
In a last-minute effort to bolster their pitching staff, Quick Amersfoort made a surprising move by signing Swedish reliever Jakob Syrén, the Dutch Baseball Hangout learned today. Quick Amersfoort was destined to play in the bottom four competition last year. With a team ERA of 5.87 the team could use some reinforcements. With Jakob Syrén…
The MLB Draft League, which will start on May 24, will have at least one Dutchie in its ranks. The Dutch Baseball Hangout was informed by his uncle about the selection of Max Kops, player of Oosterhout Twins in the Netherlands and the Georgia Highland College in the US. Max has played seventeen games so…
It was a perfect day to present some new players. With no games on Monday, the Yakult Swallows had all the time to present their newest (foreign) acquisitions. Next to Dutchie Rick van den Hurk, the club presented pitcher Cy Sneed, outfielder Domingo Santana and infielder José Osuna. Pitcher Cy Sneed pitched two seasons in…
Wladimir Balentien is back in Japanese baseball. Not at the highest level yet. In today’s Ni-Gun (Minor League) game vs the Chunichi Dragons, he made his presence felt. After arriving in Japan in the end of March, Wladimir Balentien had to pass two weeks in quarintine. He joined the SoftBank Hawks on the thirteenth of…
After a minor league career with the Phillies organization and one year in Indy ball, Aruban outfielder Jiandido Tromp will head to Europe, Italy to be exact, where he will continue his baseball career. Jiandido joined the Phillies organization in 2012 when he debuted in the Gulf Coast League before he was promoted to the…
According to Taiwan Center of Disease Control, the participants of the upcoming Olympic Qualifier, set to take place from June 17 through June 22, foreign teams will need a 7-day quarantine upon arriving in Taiwan. The Kingdom of the Netherlands will be the European representative in the final qualifier. Next to the Dutch, Taiwan, China,…
