The German Baseball and Softball Federation (DBV) announced a 26-man preliminary roster for the upcoming European Championship in Regensburg and the Czech Republic. 17 players already look back at games in European Championship tournaments in the past.
The biggest missing players on the roster are Donald Lutz, Max Kepler (both 40-man rosters for Cincinnati Reds respective Minnesota Twins) and Kai Gronauer (personal reasons). Professional players on the team are Markus Solbach, Maik Ehmcke and Daniel Thieben from the United States as well as Enorbel Marquez-Ramirez from Italy.
New champion Solingen Alligators will be represented with six players, the Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg with five, Heidenheim Heidekoepfe with four and the Bonn Capitals and Mainz Athletics with three apiece.
The coaching staff of Greg Frady also sees some changes. While Troy Williams and Ulli Wermuth are back on the staff as assistant head coach and bench coach, Don Freeman (pitching coach) and Shawn Roof (hitting coach) will make their debut. Klaus Eckle serves as general manager.
Roster:
Enorbel Marquez-Ramirez LHP Telemarket Rimini Luke Sommer LHP/OF Heidenheim Heideköpfe Wolfgang Reitter LHP Buchbinder Legionäre André Hughes LHP Solingen Alligators Jan-Niclas Stöcklin RHP Mainz Athletics Harry Glynne RHP Solingen Alligators Max Schmitz RHP/OF Bonn Capitals Maurice Wilhelm RHP/1B Bonn Capitals Nils Hartkopf RHP/INF Bonn Capitals Daniel Thieben RHP Seattle Mariners Markus Solbach RHP Arizona Diamondbacks Christoph Ziegler SS/3B Haar Disciples Kevin Kotowski OF Mainz Athletics Philip Schulz 2B/SS/C Heidenheim Heideköpfe Philipp Howard OF/2B Buchbinder Legionäre Simon Gühring C/OF Heidenheim Heideköpfe Chris Howard C Buchbinder Legionäre Dustin Hughes 1B Solingen Alligators Ludwig Glaser 3B/1B Buchbinder Legionäre Moritz Buttgereit OF Solingen Alligators Maik Ehmcke OF/1B Arizona Diamondbacks Max Boldt IF Mainz Athletics Lukas Jahn SS/2B Buchbinder Legionäre Shawn Larry OF Heidenheim Heideköpfe Julian Steinberg C Solingen Alligators Dominik Wulf 3B/2B Solingen Alligators
Staff:
Greg Frady Head Coach Troy Williams Assistant Head Coach Don Freeman Pitching Coach Shawn Roof Hitting Coach Ulli Wermuth Bench Coach Christian Teusch Team-Doctor Martin Russ Team-Physio Klaus Eckle Team-Administrator/GM
Photo by Walter Keller