The roster for Team Australia at the 2016 Honkbal Week Haarlem has been announced. Manager Jon Deeble selected 24 players for the tournament in the Netherlands, where the team is Chinese Taipei in game one on July 16.
There a few familiar faces on the roster for European Baseball fans. Former Neptunus Rotterdam pitcher Dushan Ruzic and Wilson Lee of the Bonn Capitals are on the pitching staff. Infielder Jacob Younis is playing for the Hamburg Stealers. Also on the team are former Major Leaguers Trent Oeltjen, Shane Lindsay and Luke Hughes.
Roster:
Pitchers:
Tim Atherton
Tom Bailey
Steve Chambers
Wilson Lee
Shane Lindsay
Scott Mitchinson
Dushan Ruzic
Aaron Sookee
Matt Timms
Josh Tols
Matt Williams
Catchers (2):
Trent D’Antonio
Ryan Battaglia
Infielders:
Darryl George
Luke Hughes
Mitch Nilsson
Aaron Sayers
Stefan Welch
Jacob Younis
Outfielders:
Andrew Campbell
Mitch Dening
David Kandilas
Trent Oeltjen
David Sutherland
Coaching Staff:
Jon Deeble – manager
Tony Harris – assistent-coach
Kevin Jordan – assistant-coach
Jim Colborn – pitching-coach
Rob Moden – teammanager