The Cologne Cardinals have announced their second arrival for the 2016 season. After catcher Alex Carter the club from the northern division in the German Baseball-Bundesliga signed left-handed pitcher Jack Shannon. The Californian is coming from the Swiss Nationalliga A club Therwil Flyers to Germany. He went 6-3 with an ERA of 1.84 in 63 2/3 innings for the Flyers last year.