Loek van Mil, who pitched the 2014 season in the organization of the Rakuten Golden Eagles of the NPB, reportedly signed a deal with the Minnesota Twins. Van Mil returned to the Netherlands after his adventure in Japan in which he only played a limited number of games with Eagles. Most of the season Van…
On day one of round seven in the second half of the season, the following games were scheduled: HCAW @ Pronto DSS, Corendon Kinheim @ Vaessen Pioniers, UVV @ Mampaey the Hawks. The game between L&D Amsterdam Pirates and Curacao Neptunus are already played because of the European Cup obligations that Neptunus has tonight and…
In the series “Summing up the Dutchies per MLB organization” it is time to pay attention to: Number of Dutchies: 8 Jonathan Schoop: Curacao native Jonahtan is on a very hot streak right now. Yesterday in the game vs the Athletics, he went 2 for 4 lifting his batting average to .298. In his…
The Savannah SandGnats will move to Columbia SC next season. The team from the owner Hardball Capital, which also owns the Fort Wayne TinCaps and the Salem RedSox and the Chattanooga Lookouts, will be called the Columbia Fireflies. The New York Mets affiliate will play in Spirit Communications Park in downtown Columbia starting in April,…
Outside the Netherlands, Curacao and Aruba, most baseball fans will not know that Dutchies are not only playing in the MLB. There are a lot of Dutchies playing in the (low) minor leagues. We Dutch like to speak about Dutch players but we have to admit that without the players from Curacao, Aruba and other…
Jonathan, another successful infielder from Curacao, next to Andrelton Simmons and DIdi Gregorius, had a rough start of the season. On April 18 he injured his knee and it took him quite a while before he could start a rehab stint with the AA Bowie BaySox. Even with the BaySox it took him a while…
Curacaoan pitcher Juan Carlos Sulbaran was promoted to AAA Omaha, where he debuted last Friday with the StormChasers (Kansas City Royals organization). In a game vs the Round Rock Express (Texas Rangers organization) he lasted 6.2 innings before he was replaced. Juan Carlos cruised through the first six innings and only gave up one run…
On day three of round six in the second half of the season, the following games were scheduled: L&D Amsterdam Pirates @ Pronto , Vaessen Pioniers @ HCAW, UVV @ Curacao Neptunus and Corendon Kinheim @ Mampaey the Hawks. L&D Amsterdam Pirates – Pronto DSS 5 – 1 Once again the runs didn’t come cheap…
As a Yankee fan it is nice to see that the Red Sox are in last place of the AL East. But as a Dutch baseball fan I want to see every Dutch/Aruban/Curacaoan player to do well in MLB an MiLB. In case of the Red Sox, we are talking about Xander Bogaerts. The 22-year…
Dutch pitcher Misja Harcksen was promoted from the Arizona Dodgers to the Ogden Raptors (rookie Pioneer League). Misja signed a deal with the Dodgers at the end of 2013. He would finish high school in 2014 before heading to the US. Over the past months he was pitching for the Arizona Dodgers in Glendale. His…
