Defending champion DOOR Neptunus was able to maintain its core, entering the 2014 campaign in the Dutch Hoofdklasse. EBCA Coach of the Year candidate Evert-Jan’t Hoen says farewell to Tim Roodenburg (DSS), Rudy van Heydoorn (UVV) and Rafael Jozefa (retired), as well as third base coach Jeroen Sluijter who decided to stop his coaching career for now. Urving Kemp (Hawks), the brother of Neptunus infielder Dwayne Kemp, and Stijn van der Meer (UVV) are arriving from Hoofdklasse clubs. Pitchers Misja Harcksen and Floris Timmer, as well as Shurman Marlin were added from Neptunus’s farmteam Tridents to the roster. New third base coach will be Melfried Comenencia, who served as head coach of the Tridents before.