Left-handed pitcher Artur Strzalka from Poland, who signed with the New York Yankees in 2013, is going to play for the Mannheim Tornados in the German Baseball-Bundesliga this year. He pitched to an ERA of 5.28 in the Gulf Coast League in 2015 and 2016 for the Yankees and then got released at the end of January 2017. He didn’t play in affiliated minor league ball last year.