by Pim van Nes
Dutch national team manager Brian Farley today in Rotterdam announced the roster of 26 players selected to participate in the Baseball World Cup next month in Panama.
From American Minor Leagues Farley called up 10 professional players. Twin delegations originate from Minnesota Twins: pitcher Tom Stuifbergen and outfielder Kalian Sams and also from Cincinnati Reds pitcher Juan Carlos Sulbaran and infielder Mariekson Gregorius.
Other US pro organizations send one player each: pitcher Shairon Martis from Washington Nationals, catcher Shawn Zarraga from Milwaukee Brewers, infielders Sharlon Schoop from San Francisco Giants and his brother Jonathan Schoop from Baltimore Orioles, infielder Xander Bogaerts from Boston Red Sox. The tenth pro player is infielder Curt Smith from Lincoln Salts Dogs in Independent League.
Triple A player is Stuifbergen, Double A players are Martis, Gregorius and Sharlon Schoop. All other Dutch pro players played for Single A clubs. Other candidates viewed and followed by Farley and his staff are committed by Major League conditions and thus not available for IBAF World Cup games, such as pitchers Rick van den Hurk and Pedro Stroop (Baltimore Orioles), Kenley Jansen (Los Angeles Dodgers), Jair Jurrjens (Atlanta Braves) Loek van Mil (Los Angeles Angels) and outfielders Roger Bernadina (Washington Nationals), Gregory Halman (Seattle Mariners) and Andruw Jones (New York Yankees). Farley in the Rotterdam press conference refered to Australian national team, which lost even 8 potential players being promoted from US Minor Leagues to Major League 40-man rosters in September.
The 16 amateur players from Dutch major league, named Hoofdklasse, played for five different clubs this year: DOOR Neptunus 6 (Boyd, Markwell, Van Driel, Asjes, Daantji, Kemp), L&D Amsterdam Pirates 4 (Cordemans, Sidney de Jong, Nooij, Rooi), Corendon Kinheim 3 (Bergman, Nick Stuifbergen, Engelhardt), UVV Utrecht 2 (Yntema, Rombley) and Vaessen Pioniers 1 (Michael Duursma).
Brian Farley will depart from Schiphol international airport to Panama on Saturday 24 September and has planned 3 warming up games versus hosting Panama and versus Chinese Taipei and Australia. His schedule has still a vacancy for a fourth warming up game, before the official IBAF Baseball World Cup tournament will start on 1 October.
Complete roster of Netherlands national team announced this afternoon 14.00 h:
Pitchers: | |||
David Bergman | CORENDON KINHEIM | RHP | R |
Leon Boyd | RHP | R | |
Rob Cordemans | L&D AMSTERDAM | RHP | R |
Diegomar Markwell | DOOR NEPTUNUS | LHP | L |
Shairon Martis | WASHINGTON NATIONALS AA * | RHP | P |
Orlando Yntema | UVV | RHP | R |
Tom Stuifbergen | MINNESOTA TWINS AAA * | RHP | R |
Juan Carlos Sulbaran | CINCINNATI REDS A * | RHP | R |
Barry van Driel | DOOR NEPTUNUS | RHP | R |
Nick Stuifbergen | CORENDON KINHEIM | RHP | R |
Arshwin Asjes | DOOR NEPTUNUS | RHP | R |
Catchers | |||
Sidney de Jong | L&D AMSTERDAM | 2/DH | R/R |
Shawn Zarraga | MILWAUKEE BREWERS A* | 2 | S/R |
Bas Nooij | L&D AMSTERDAM | 2 | R/R |
Infielders | |||
Curt Smith | LINCOLN SALT DOGS (independent) | 3 | R/R |
Mariekson Gregorius | CINCINNATI REDS AA* | 6 | S/R |
Sharlon Schoop | SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS AA* | 4/6 | S/R |
Jonathan Schoop | BALTIMORE ORIOLES A* | 5 | R/R |
Michael Duursma | VAESSEN PIONIERS | 6/4 | R/R |
Xander Bogaerts | BOSTON RED SOX A* | 6/4 | R/R |
Outfielders | |||
Kalian Sams | MINNESOTA TWINS A* | 8/9 | R/R |
Danny Rombley | UVV | 9 | R/R |
Shaldimar Daantji | DOOR NEPTUNUS | 8 | R/R |
Utility | |||
Vince Rooi | L&D AMSTERDAM | 3/5/7 | R/R |
Dwayne Kemp | DOOR NEPTUNUS | 4/7 | R/R |
Designated Hitter | |||
Bryan Engelhardt | CORENDON KINHEIM | 7/DH | L/L |
* MLB ORGANIZATION |