By DZ. Filed April 22, 2026. Welcome back (or, if you are new, just… welcome)! The first couple of updates of the year are generally pretty thin, as we await the start…
Category: Netherlands
Book Excerpt: “Into Curaçao”
By Jason Daniels. The following is an excerpt from an upcoming book that explores ten of the top baseball nations around the world. The accounts are told through a collection of vignettes,…
World Baseball Classic 2026 Preview: Netherlands
Rosters were announced for the 2026 World Baseball Classic in the early hours of Friday morning, and the ninth-ranked Netherlands features a veteran roster, including a typically strong infield. In total, six…
Dutch Southpaws Fredrikze, Hurkmans Sign MLB Contracts
Tijn Fredrikze has made his previously reported pact with the New York Yankees official, while KNBSB reports that Celwin Hurkmans has signed with the Toronto Blue Jays. Like Fredrikze a year prior,…
Packed with European Flavor, Baseball United Looks to Grow in the Middle East
*** By Jason Daniels, Guest Writer. With the camel collapsed to its knees, Konsta Kurikka swung his legs over the saddle. The dromedary jerked up, carrying the Finn, his blonde mane, and…
WBSC World Rankings Update: Nov. 2025
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…
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…
Dutch, British Players Picked in MLB Draft
Three players with European connections heard their names during Monday’s MLB Draft, with the Netherlands’ Tyriq Kemp and Great Britain’s Jamie Quinn-Irons and Wallace Clark all chosen by big league teams in…