Right-handed pitcher Elia Pasquali, who learned to play baseball in Ronchi dei Legionari, returns to the New Black Panthers. The attendee of the Baseball Academy in Tirrenia (2008 to 2010) was a member of Fortitudo Bologna in the last couple of years, but played for the Rangers Redipuglia and Juventus Turin thanks to loan contracts. For Juve he was 2-8 with an ERA of 3.45 in 17 appearances (seven starts). He struck out 72 in 62 2/3 innings, while walking 41.