Chadwick Tromp from Aruba has been promoted by the Cincinnati Reds to their AAA farm team in Louisville KY. The 20-year old catcher played for the Dayton Dragons so far this season where he posted some pretty good numbers. In 24 games he collected 24 hits in 82 at bats (.293) with eight doubles and six…
Rick van den Hurk started today’s game vs the Seibu Lions. In an attempt to clinch his eighth victory of the season. Rick pitched five innings in which he needed 104 pitches to get a total of six strikeouts and three walks. After the fifth Rick handed over a one run lead but eventually got the…
As we could expect, Major League Baseball has disapproved the participation of Major League Players during the upcoming Premier 12 Tournament. The Premier 12 Tournament, organized by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is meant to replace the former World Cup Tournament, of which the last one was won by the Netherlands in 2011. That tournament…
The following games were scheduled today: Curacao Neptunus @ L&D Amsterdam and Vaessen Pioniers @ Corendon Kinheim. It was a must win situation for Corendon Kinheim as they lost yesterday and Curacao Neptunus won. Curacao Neptunus @ L&D Amsterdam 3 – 1 In a close game with a high level of play (none of the…
Today there were two game scheduled in the Runner Up competition: Pronto DSS @ UVV and Mampaey the Hawks @ HCAW. The first game was meaningless as both teams were already safe from playing demotion games. Pronto DSS @ UVV 1 – 6 For four full innings both teams didn’t score. But in the bottom…
In the runner up competiton there were also two rescheduled games tonight: Pronto DSS @ UVV and Mampaey the Hawks @ HCAW. Only the series between Mampey the Hawks and HCAW is significant. Pronto DSS @ UVV 0 – 6 In a very lopsided game UVV took an early 2-0 lead in the first inning…
Today the rained out games of yesterday were rescheduled: Vaessen Pioniers @ Corendon Kinheim and Curacao Neptunus @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates Vaessen Pioniers @ Corendon Kinheim 7 – 4 Vaessen Pioniers went off a flying start in the first inning. Three consecutive singles by Daniel Fernandes, Dirk van ‘t Klooster and Danny Rombley loaded the…
Today another MLB organization that has only one Dutchie in it’s ranks: Number of Dutchies: 1 John Polonius: The 24-year old John Polonius broke into the pro leagues in 2012 when he played 32 games for the AZL GIants. In that short number of games he collected 36 hits in 120 at…
Jurickson Profar has returned to organized baseball. Last night he played his first rehab game with the Hickory Crawdads and joined his younger brother Juremi who is playing third base for the Rangers’ Full A affiliate. Jurickson will play with the team in the coming weeks as DH to get in a flow again and…
In today’s edition of “Summing up the Dutchies per MLB organization” I will turn to: Number of Dutchies: 1 Darren Seferina: Darren Seferina is the sole Dutchie in the organization of the Cardinals. The 21-year old shortstop from Curacao signed a deal with the Cards in 2014 after he was drafted as 165th player. Apparently…
