During a press conference at the ballpark of the Bonn Capitals the final roster for the German national teams for the European Baseball Championship 2019 in Bonn and Solingen was released today.
Head coach Steve Janssen nominated 24 players for the tournament including former Major Leaguer Donald Lutz and current minor leaguers Markus Solbach, Niklas Rimmel and Sven Schüller. From the hosting Bonn Capitals Eric Brenk, Sascha Koch and Maurice Wilhelm made the cut for the final roster. Also on the team are veterans Max Boldt, Simon Gühring, Sascha Lutz and Enorbel Marquez-Ramirez.
In preparation for the European Championship the German national team held a two-week training camp in the Saga region in Japan. Their opening match will be on Saturday against Sweden. The other preliminary round opponents will be Great Britain, Israel, defending champion Netherlands and Czech Republic. All German games will be played at 7pm in Bonn. Spain, Italy, Belgium, France, Croatia and Austria also are going to participate in the European Championship.
All information about the European Championship can be found at www.baseball-em.de.
Name | Alter | Position | Verein |
Pascal Amon | 21 | Outfield | Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg |
Maurice Bendrien | 20 | Catcher | Untouchables Paderborn |
Max Boldt | 31 | Infield | Mainz Athletics |
Eric Brenk | 27 | Infield | Bonn Capitals |
Marco Cardoso | 19 | Infield | Untouchables Paderborn |
Logan Grigsby | 24 | Pitcher | Heidenheim Heideköpfe |
Simon Gühring | 36 | Catcher | Heidenheim Heideköpfe |
Sascha Koch | 21 | Pitcher | Bonn Capitals |
Kevin Kotowski | 28 | Outfield | Mainz Athletics |
Donald Lutz | 30 | Outfield | Cincinnati Reds |
Sascha Lutz | 35 | Outfield | Mannheim Tornados |
Enorbel Marquez-Ramirez | 44 | Pitcher | Heidenheim Heideköpfe |
Niklas Rimmel | 20 | Pitcher | Minnesota Twins |
Alexander Schmidt | 20 | Infield | Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg |
Sven Schüller | 23 | Pitcher | Los Angeles Dodgers |
Philip Schulz | 25 | Infield | Heidenheim Heideköpfe |
Markus Solbach | 28 | Pitcher | Los Angeles Dodgers |
Luke Sommer | 34 | Pitcher | Heidenheim Heideköpfe |
Julius Spann | 28 | Pitcher | Mannheim Tornados |
Samuel Steigert | 20 | Pitcher | Neuenburg Atomics |
Lukas Steinlein | 28 | Pitcher | München Haar Disciples |
Daniel Thieben | 25 | Pitcher | Untouchables Paderborn |
Maurice Wilhelm | 31 | Pitcher | Bonn Capitals |
Christoph Ziegler | 27 | Infield | München Haar Disciples |
Coaches und Betreuer | |||
Steve Janssen | Manager/Headcoach | ||
Philipp Howard | Coach | ||
Chris Howard | Coach | ||
Markus Winkler | Coach | ||
Troy Williams | Coach | ||
Clemens Cichocki | Coach | ||
Jörn Bremer | Physio | ||
Christian Teusch | Arzt | ||
Fabian Arimond | Psychologe | ||
Thorsten Hönigs | Betreuer | ||
Bernie Beckman | Scout | ||