The latest update to the WBSC men’s baseball world rankings has been published, with a whopping 15 countries in WBSC Europe changing positions. None of the top 16 nations changed places, including…
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2025 Baseball5 Euros Day 5: France, Spain Qualify for Baseball5 World Cup; First Medal for Türkiye
By Gabriel Fidler. France showed why it is the undisputed powerhouse of European baseball5 with a dominant final day at the 2025 Baseball5 European Championship, defeating offensive juggernaut Türkiye in two sets…
2025 Baseball5 Euros Day 4
All four undefeated teams at the 2025 Baseball5 European Championship won their quarterfinal matchups, creating semifinal pairings of France vs. Türkiye and Lithuania vs. Spain. These four teams finished at the top…
2025 Baseball5 Euros Day 3
One major upset and a couple of surprises made the 2025 Baseball5 European Championship Round of 16 especially interesting, while the quarterfinals are now set, with only eight teams now in the…
2025 Baseball5 Euros Day 2
Four teams finished group play with perfect records at the Baseball5 European Championship on Day Two, as France, Lithuania, Spain, and Türkiye have all won three consecutive games to start the tournament….
2025 Baseball5 Euros Day 1
The first day of play the 2025 Baseball5 European Championship is in the books, with Italy and the Netherlands both grabbing a pair of wins, while France, Lithuania, Spain, and Türkiye looked…
2025 Baseball5 Euros Preview
The city of Panevėžys, Lithuania, is hosting the 2025 Baseball5 European Championship from Nov. 3-8. The competition will take place in the Kalnapilis Arena, which has a seating capacity of around 5,600, with two courts…
Europeans in the Majors & Minors: 2025 End-of-Season Update
By DZ. Filed Oct. 7, 2025. Minus Max Kepler’s ongoing playoff run with the Philadelphia Phillies, European contributions to Major League Baseball’s season have concluded. Italy’s Samuel Aldegheri finished the season in…
Ten Countries Play Friendlies in Advance of 2025 Baseball Euros
With the 2025 European Baseball Championship set to begin in Rotterdam, Antwerp, and Novara on Saturday, ten of the sixteen countries are scheduled to play at least one exhibition game in preparation…
2025 Women’s European Baseball Championship: Great Britain Claims First Title
By Gabriel Fidler. Only eight days after Great Britain’s Under-23 National Team won the country’s first European championship, the Great Britain Women’s Baseball National Team made history by winning the title at…
2025 Women’s European Baseball Championship: Day 2
By Gabriel Fidler. Czech Republic qualified for the final of the 2025 Women’s European Baseball Championship with a rollercoaster win against the upstart Great Britain nine, while two-defending champions France got into…
2025 Women’s European Baseball Championship: Day 1
By Gabriel Fidler. Great Britain pulled off a major upset, while Czech Republic showed why it is one of the favorites on Day 1 of the 2025 Women’s European Baseball Championship, hosted…
2025 Under-23 European Baseball Championship: Great Britain Wins First European Title
By Gabriel Fidler. Great Britain came back from a seven-run deficit against Czech Republic to win the 2025 Under-23 European Baseball Championship, its first continental title in any competition. Meanwhile, two-time defending…
2025 Under-23 European Baseball Championship Day 4
By Gabriel Fidler. Only two teams remain in the hunt for the 2025 Under-23 European Baseball Championship, as Great Britain came from behind to upset the Netherlands, while the Czech Republic put…
Europeans in the Majors & Minors: August 2025 Update
By DZ. Filed Aug. 8, 2025. The Arizona rookie league season is finished, ending campaigns for nine European baseball players, while the regular season for the four Europeans in the Dominican rookie…
2025 Under-23 European Baseball Championship Day 3
By Gabriel Fidler. An exciting day of play set the teams for the pair of semifinals at the Under-23 European Baseball Championship, with the Netherlands needing late-game heroics to remain winless, and…
2025 Under-23 European Baseball Championship Day 2
By Gabriel Fidler. Day 2 of the Under-23 European Baseball Championship in the Czech Republic featured a bit of everything, include huge offensive performances, dominant pitching, and key defensive plays. Once the…
2025 Under-23 European Baseball Championship Day 1
By Gabriel Fidler. Day 1 of the Under-23 European Baseball Championship in the Czech Republic produced one thriller and two statement victories, while another game was postponed until tomorrow. In the opener,…
Europeans in the Majors & Minors: July 2025 Update
By DZ. Filed July 19, 2025 French baseball headlines Europe in this edition, as first baseman Jordan Ouanyou signs and debuts in the Cincinnati Reds system, while Mathias LaCombe earns a promotion…
France’s Ouanyou Signs with Cincinnati
One of MLB’s most active teams in Europe has struck again. The Cincinnati Reds have announced the signing of Jordan Ouanyou, a fast-rising French teenager. Ouanyou, a first baseman, will join the…
Europeans in the Majors & Minors: June 2025 Update
By DZ. Filed June 5, 2025. The two headlines from this monthly update both come out of Italy –- one at the top of the list and one at the bottom. Samuel…
Europeans in the Majors & Minors: May 2025 Update
By DZ. Filed May 9, 2024. After finishing 2024 with a slate of promotions, the state of Europeans in MLB organizations continues to look bright as the 2025 minor league season commences,…
Europeans in the Majors & Minors: Final 2024 Update
By DZ. Filed Sept. 23, 2024. The final month of the minor league season can be summed up in one word for Europeans playing in affiliated baseball in the U.S.: PROMOTIONS! In…
Europeans in the Majors & Minors: August Update
By DZ. Filed Aug. 25, 2024. One Italian was traded for a big leaguer at the MLB trade deadline, another allowed only three earned runs over the past two months, and a…
Europeans in the Majors & Minors: Mid-July Update
By DZ. Filed July 16, 2024.The Phillies moved Verona, Italy’s Samuel Aldegheri up to Double-A, where France’s Ernesto Martínez is raking during July. Meanwhile, the MLB Draft had more of an international…