By Gabriel Fidler, Managing Editor. Germany’ fought valiantly in a tough matchup against the United States, while Italy put plenty of runners on base against Puerto Rico, but could not quite break…
Category: Italy
2025 Under-18 World Cup Day 2: Germany Undefeated
By Gabriel Fidler, Managing Editor. Jona Widmann and Pepe Stockhaus took a no-hitter deep into Germany’s game against China, while Italy ran into Cuba’s talented pitching staff in the Under-18 Baseball World…
2025 Under-18 World Cup Day 1: Upset Win for Germany
By Gabriel Fidler, Managing Editor. Germany came from behind to pull off an impressive win over Australia on the first day of the 2025 Under-18 Baseball World Cup, while Italy turned in…
Two Europeans on Baseball United’s Mid East Falcons’ Roster
Rosters for Season One of the Baseball United league will be revealed over the coming days, with Abu Dhabi’s Mid East Falcons the first to announce its players for the autumn campaign….
2025 Under-18 Baseball World Cup Preview
By Gabriel Fidler, Managing Editor. In two days, the Under-18 World Cup will commence in Okinawa, Japan, and Germany and Italy will represent Europe at baseball’s oldest youth world championship. South Africa…
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,…
Mets Ink Italy’s Marelli, Club’s First Italian Amateur
By Gabriel Fidler. The New York Mets have dipped into the European baseball market for the first time in a decade, signing Italian Matteo Marelli to a minor league contract. The right-handed…
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…
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,…
Phillies Sign Two Italian Pitchers
By Gabriel Fidler, Managing Editor. It was quite a summer to remember for Italian baseball, with Samuel Aldegheri making his major league debut and its national squad winning the Under-18 European Championship….
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…
Europeans in the Majors & Minors: June 2024
By DZ. Filed June 26, 2024. The big news over the last month has been the continued dominance of Italy’s Samuel Aldegheri. The righthander has been striking out hitters consistently in a…
Europeans in the Majors & Minors: Mid-May 2024
By DZ. Filed May 17, 2024. Several Europeans in the upper minors are performing well, while Dominic Scheffler of Switzerland and Gijs van den Brink from the Netherlands made their pro debuts….
Europeans in the Majors & Minors: April 2024
By DZ. Filed 23 April 2024. The 2024 season is upon us! Veteran Max Kepler continues to headline the list of Europeans in pro ball, while Sem Robberse is off to a…
Third Annual Winter League Underway on Tenerife
The third annual European Winter League (EWL) has commenced in Tenerife, Spain, with 52 athletes from 13 European countries practicing and competing under the Spanish sun between Nov 18 and Nov 26….
GB, Sweden Set WBSC Ranking Records; Czechs Tie All-Time High
By Gabriel Fidler, Managing Editor. The WBSC released its newest set of world rankings yesterday, and virtually all European baseball nations saw a change in position thanks to new points available from…
Spain Are 2023 European Baseball Champions; Great Britain, Netherlands Round Out Top Three
By Gabriel Fidler, Managing Editor. BRNO, Czechia – Spain claimed its second European title with a complete performance in the final of the European Baseball Championship, overwhelming undefeated Great Britain, 11-2. The…