Venezuelan left-hander Gianny Fracciolla, who has an Italian passport, will join T&A San Marino in the Italian Baseball League. The 24-year-old is coming from the German Baseball-Bundesliga club Buchinder Legionaere Regensburg. He already played in Italy during the 2011 season, when he was with Collecchio.
Afterwards he was a member of the Texas Rangers organization, playing three seasons in their farm system. Prior to the start into the 2015 season he joined Regensburg and went 8-0 with an ERA of 2.58 in 14 games. He struck out 83 in 76 innings, walking 53. He threw a seven-inning no-hitter against the Stuttgart Reds, while walking eight, a distinctive image of his run with the Buchbinder Legionaere.
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