With Sprng Training almost a week old, several players from the Kingdom of the Netherlands have played their Spring Training games. How did they do so far? In general we can say that the regular roster players aren’t doing so well yet. Some have played more game than others. Andrelton Simmons appeared in just two…
With Spring Training around the corner it is time to see how the players from the Kingdom of the Netherlands will do in the upcoming season. Of course there is no crystal ball and it is still up in the air, but in general you can make a decent prediction based on the performance of…
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 website of the KNBSB announced that Hensley Meulens will be the manager of the Dutch national team during the inaugural Premier 12 tournament. Meulens was the manager of the Dutch during the 2013 World Baseball Classic, not without succes as the Dutch reached the semi finals in which they fell to the Dominican Republic by…
After the post about the Montgomery Biscuits being on play off course, I wondered if any of the Dutchies playing in US baseball is on play off course as well. I will only write about the teams in contention. A team like Roger Bernadina’s Albuquerque Isotopes is going nowhere this season, so it doesn’t really…
After a few short episodes, this time a rather long one. In this epidose of “Summing up the Dutchies per MLB organization”: Number of Dutchies: 7 Kenley Jansen: Kenley was signed by the Dodgers in 2005 as an undrafted free agent. In the first two years of his career he played for the Gulf Coast…
They have been away for a while, but they are back. The players from the Netherlands, Curacao, Aruba and other Caribbean islands. Didi Gregorius is having his ups and downs. He plays games in which he gets his basehits, but there are also games in which he goes 0 for 3 or 0 for 4. Last night…
In a crazy game, the Cubs beat the Pirates in twelve innings. After leading the Bucs 7-1 in fifth, the Cubs blew it and allowed the Pirates to come back and tie it at ten. Eventually the Cubbies scored the much needed eleventh run in the twelfth inning. Pedro Strop entered in the top of…
The Los Angeles Dodgers have activated Kenley Jansen from the DL After foot surgery earlier this year, Jansen pitched six games at the Dodgers’ A Advanced affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. He appeared in six games, of which five starts. In 5.1 innings he gave up three runs on five hits (one homerun) and struck out…
Kenley Jansen is on the way back towards the Major Leagues. Last Friday he started the game for the Dodgers’ A Advanced affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. Jansen pitched only one inning. He started the game with giving up a single to the Inland Empire’s Bo Way, who hit the ball towards center field. Way promptly…
