As reported a few days ago the Italian National Team is going to take 26 players on a Spring Training to Florida from March 1 to 13. They will play five exhibition games, on March 5 against the New York Mets, on March 10 or 11 against the Washington Nationals, on March 7 or 8 possibly against the Florida Marlins and twice against college teams. They will use the former Los Angeles Dodgers Spring Training facilities in Vero Beach as training site. Baseball.it already has the 26-man roster for the trip.
Italian Roster for Florida Trip:
Pitchers: Justin Cicatello, Cody Cillo, Chris Cooper, Roberto Corradini, Yovany D’Amico, Tiago Da Silva, Chris Di Roma, Marco Griffantini, Matteo Pizziconi, Junior Oberto, Carlos Richetti
Catchers: Juan Angrisano, Riccardo Bertagnon, Mattia Reginato
Infielders: Juan Carlos Infante, Giovanni Pantaloni, Jairo Ramos, Alex Sambucci, Jack Santora, Andrea Sgnaolin, Alessandro Vaglio
Outfielders: Paolo Ambrosino, Mirco Caradonna, Mario Chiarini, Stefano De Simoni, Leonardo Zileri
Coaching Staff: Marco Mazzieri (Manager), Marco Nanni (Bench Coach), Bill Holmberg (Pitching Coach), Mike Piazza (Hitting Coach), Claudio Vecchi, Alberto D’Auria, Frank Catalanotto (Assistant Coaches)