Cardinals Winter League Notebook 2-4-2020: Wilfredo Pereira Held Two Inherited Runners On Base While Pitching Two & A Third Scoreless Innings; Pedro Rodriguez Strikes Out One Over One Scoreless Inning; Desi Relaford Comes Out Of Retirement

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MLB Invites Players From 13 European Countries For Elite European Development Tournament In UK

Major League Baseball announced the rosters of teenage players participating in the Elite European Development Tournament, which is being held in the United Kingdom for the first time at the Farnham Park Baseball & Softball Complex, operated by BaseballSoftballUK (BSUK), from Tuesday, June 25th through Thursday, June 27th. The tournament will feature the 90 best teenage baseball players from 13 European countries and the Ramstein U.S. Air Force Base in Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany), including:

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Phillies Signed 17-Year Old French RHP Yoan Antonac

Right-handed pitcher Yoan Antonac has signed a minor league contract with the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Rouen Signed Kender Villegas For The 2018 Season

Former minor leaguer Kender Villegas is joining the Rouen Huskies in the French Division I. The 24-year-old Venezuelan right-hander reached Double-A with the Toronto Blue Jays. He first was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals and later also played for the Atlanta Braves organization before joining the Blue Jays.

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Rouen Signed Gerwuins Velazco For 2018 Season

The Rouen Huskies announced this week that they have added Gerwuins Velazco for the 2018 season in the French Division I.

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MLB World Select Team For Arizona Fall Classic

From October 3 to 15, 2017 a MLB World Select Team is going to travel to Arizona on invitation by Major League Baseball, will play a couple of exhibition games against local Junior Colleges and then compete in the Arizona Fall Classic, a collegiate fall showcase tournament in the United States.

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Eric Gagne Pondering Comeback At Age 41

Former Cy Young Award winner Eric Gagne is serving as a guest pitching instructor for the Dodgers this week, but he's also been on the mound with a comeback under consideration.

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Schedule Revealed For French Baseball League Division One

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Jose Adolis Garcia To Have Showcase On December 1, 2016 At Giants Dominican Complex

Very close to becoming a free agent Jose Garcia Adolis prepares for one of the important days of his career: to showcase their talents in front of the evaluators of the majors.  (Translated)

El Nuevo Herald

Former Cardinals Playing In European Championship 9-13-16: Jesus Ustariz Singles, Doubles Twice, & Drives In One Run

Curt Smith (former Springfield-Netherlands) started at first base and batted third.  0-for-5 with one ground into double play.

Netherlands beat Sweden 8-3

Jesus Ustariz (former Johnson City-Spain) started at first base and batted sixth.  3-for-4 with two doubles, one RBI, and one run.

Spain beat France 6-0

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Cardinals World Baseball Classic Notebook 3-19-16: Edmundo Sosa Singles & Scores One Run

Jhonny Polanco (former Springfield-Nicaragua) entered in the fifth and pitched to three batters.  He allowed no hits or runs, one walk, threw one wild pitch, and struck one out.  (p-s:13-7)(g/f:1-0)(ir-s:1-1)

Nicaragua beat Czech Republic 7-6 in 11 innings

Edmundo Sosa (State College-Panama) started at second base and batted leadoff.  1-for-6 with one run.

Panama beat France 7-4

Sunday's Games:
Panama (2-1) visits Colombia (2-0) @ 7:00 PM ET
Nicaragua (2-1) visits Mexico (2-0) @ 10:00 PM ET

Cardinals World Baseball Classic Notebook 3-18-16: Iker Franco Walks & Drives In One Run; Alex Mejia Walked & Scored Two Runs; Jesus Ustariz Singles

Jesus Ustariz (former Johnson City-Spain) started in left field and batted third.  1-for-5 with one strikeout.
Iker Franco (former Springfield-Spain) entered late in the game as a pinch hitter and batted ninth.  One two-out RBI and one walk.

France beat Spain 12-9

Alex Mejia (Memphis-Mexico) started at shortstop and batted eighth.  0-for-3 with two runs, one walk, and assisted in one double play.

Mexico beat Nicaragua 11-0

Saturday's Game:
Panama (1-1) visits France (1-1) @ 9:00 PM ET

Colombia The Favorite Entering World Baseball Classic Qualifier

Is it time for Colombia to finally break through to the World Baseball Classic tournament?

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MLB Europe's All-Stars Compete In St. Petersburg/No-Hitter Vs. Puerto Rico

A European All-Star team full of prospects is currently competing in a Spring Training tournament in Florida alongside teams from all over the world. MLB Europe assembled the team (see roster below), which is coached by Andy Berglund, Martijn Nijhoff and Bill Holmberg among others. Nine different countries are represented.

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Eric Gagne To Manage French Team In 2016 World Baseball Classic Qualifier

France is the second European team after Spain to announce its coaching staff for the World Baseball Classic Qualifier in Panama City next month. As expected former Major League standout closer Eric Gagne will be the manager, assisted by Boris Rothermundt, Kieran Mattison, Karl Gelinas, Ivan Naccarata, Kevin Young and Luis Argumedes.

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European Participants Impress At Power Showcase In Miami

Three European players participated last week in the annual Power Showcase at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida, Julian Rip and Nick Keur from the Netherlands and Fred Walter from France.

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MLB European Elite Camp Exposure In The Media: Haarlems Dagblad

Monne Reitsma was one of the Dutch journalists who attended MLB press conference,which was held yesterday in Pioniers stadium prior to the first MLB Elite Camp in Hoofddorp. Reitsma wrote an extensive article for his newspaper Haarlems Dagblad and quoted MLB coaches Barry Larkin and Steve Finley.

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Melissa Mayeux Makes MLB History

At noon on Sunday afternoon, a 16-year-old French girl made Major League Baseball history.

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European Association Of Professional Baseball Founded In Amsterdam On Friday

On Friday May 8, 2015 a meeting with representatives of San Marino Baseball, Rouen Huskies, Vaessen Pioniers (Hoofddorp) and Curaçao Neptunus (Rotterdam) resulted in the founding of the European Association of Professional Baseball which aims to start a new league called Euro League Baseball (ELB) as soon as 2016.

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Rumor: European Pro Baseball League For 2016 Planned

Mister-Baseball.com has learned that a couple of club teams in European Baseball will meet in the coming days to create a professional baseball league in Europe. The league would consist of two teams apiece from the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Germany and France and is supposed to start in April of 2016.

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