On Monday the Mainz Athletics officially announced that Ulli Wermuth has been promoted to head coach of the German Baseball-Bundesliga team. The 30-year-old was the general manager and a youth coach before. The former outfielder is a member of the A’s since 1995 and is succeeding Cae Santos, who returned to the United States following the 2010 season. Former players Ken Höfel, Janusz Radicke and Benjamin Hieronimi will take over the general manager duties in support of Wermuth. He is going to try to lead Mainz back into the playoffs.
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