Italian baseball legend Roberto De Franceschi, who is going to be inducted into the Italian Baseball Hall of Fame in December, is taking over as manager for Nettuno. It is going to be his first stint as manager in the Italian Baseball League. He has worked as a coach before under Ruggiero Bagialemani. He will be accompanied by Leonardo Mazzanti as new sports director. The core of the new team is supposed to be formed by Italian, mainly Nettuno natives, and a couple of foreign players.