Swedish national team player Joel Johnson is leaving the Sölvesborg Firehawks to join the Stuttgart Reds in the German Baseball-Bundesliga. He batted .314/.459/.555 in 74 plate appearances last year in the Swedish Elitserien. He is joining a team, which has a new head coach with Gregory Lemon and brought in a couple of new players among Dustin Ward, Antonio Horvatic and Andrija Tomic among others.