The Mannheim Tornados have replaced Matt Kemp as head coach with Cody R. Puckett. The American has experience as High School coach and is coming from the Karlsruhe Cougars, where he was a player coach. Kemp is rumored to join the Untouchables Paderborn as pitching coach. Additionally the German record title holder has added the 25-year-old Italian right-hander Matteo D’Angelo. He will reinforce the Tornados at the conclusion of the college season during the middle of the season. In the past years he played for Fortitudo Bologna in Europe.