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Baseball United Announces Rosters For Dubai Showcase Games in November

 Leif Skodnick - World Baseball Network  |    Oct 27th, 2023 2:10pm EDT

Bartolo Colon in uniform for the Karachi Monarchs at Baseball United Media Day in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 19, 2023. (Photo: Leif Skodnick/World Baseball Network)

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Baseball United released the rosters for the two All-Star teams that will square off at the Dubai Showcase, which has been reschedule for November 24-25 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The All-Star games will feature 44 players who were recently selected in the inaugural Baseball United draft, with approximately 75% of those players having played Major League Baseball. Other players appeared in Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan, the Triple-A level of the U.S. minor leagues, the Liga Mexicana de Beisbol, and the Australian Baseball League.

“We are honored to bring many of our best players to Dubai for our first-ever professional games,” said Kash Shaikh, the Chairman, CEO, and Majority Owner of Baseball United in a release. “Our All-Stars come from 16 different countries and have played at the highest levels of professional baseball. This is truly something the region has never seen. Our fans will get to witness history. It’s the perfect way to launch our league.”

Bartolo Colon will start the November 24 game for the East All-Stars against Jair Jurrjens for the West All-Stars.

Colon, 50, is the winningest Latin American pitcher in major league history, having played 21 seasons in MLB and winning 247 games with Cleveland, Montreal, the Chicago White Sox, the Los Angeles Angels, Boston, the New York Yankees, Oakland, the New York Mets, Atlanta, Minnesota, and Texas. He was the 2005 American League Cy Young Award winner with the Angels, going 21-8 with a 3.48 ERA and an ERA+ of 122. A native of Altamira, Dominican Republic, Colon pitcher 3461.2 innings in the Major Leagues with a 4.12 ERA

Jurrjens, 37, began his MLB career with Detroit in 2007 before spending the next five seasons with the Atlanta Braves before finishing his MLB career in Baltimore and Colorado. In Major League Baseball, Jurrjens holds a 53-38 career record with an ERA of 3.72 in 130 MLB games, throwing 767.1 innings. Since leaving Major League Baseball, Jurrjens has pitched in the U.S. minor leagues, the Atlantic League, the Chinese Professional Baseball League, the Liga Mexicana de Beisbol, the Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional, and in the 2023 Caribbean Series for Curacao.

Major League veterans Dennis Cook and Miguel Tejada will manage the East All-Stars, while former Seattle Mariners manager John McLaren and former Cincinnati Reds infielder Chris Sabo will manage the West All-Stars.

East All-Stars

NAME POSITION AGE FRANCHISE HIGHEST LEAGUE HOMETOWN/POB
JEFRY MARTE 1B 32 MONARCHS MLB LA ROMANA, DR
SHED LONG 2B 28 COBRAS MLB BIRMINGHAM, AL, USA
ANDRELTON SIMMONS SS 34 COBRAS MLB WILLEMSTAD, CURACAO
PABLO SANDOVAL 3B 37 FALCONS MLB PUERTO CABELLO, VENEZUELA
DWIGHT SMITH JR. LF 30 WOLVES MLB PEACHTREE CITY, GA, USA
JACOB ROBSON CF 28 COBRAS MLB LONDON, ON, CANADA
DILLON THOMAS RF 30 FALCONS MLB HOUSTON, TX, USA
COURTNEY HAWKINS DH 29 WOLVES NPB CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, USA
HECTOR SANCHEZ C 33 MONARCHS MLB MARACAY, VENEZUELA
BARTOLO COLON RHP 50 MONARCHS MLB ALTAMIRA, DR
CARLOS GARZON C 31 COBRAS LMB OAXACA, MEXICO
BRANTLEY BELL IF 28 COBRAS AAA PITTSBURGH, PA, USA
RUSNEY CASTILLO OF 36 FALCONS MLB CIEGO DE AVILA, CUBA
GABRIEL GUERRERO OF 29 FALCONS MLB NIZAO, DOMINICAN REP
DAVID HUFF LHP 39 MONARCHS MLB HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA, USA
SEVERINO GONZALEZ RHP 31 FALCONS MLB SANTIAGO, PANAMA
AKEEL MORRIS RHP 30 COBRAS MLB SAINT THOMAS, USVI
BRIAN SCHLITTER RHP 37 WOLVES MLB OAK PARK, IL, USA
SHINGO HIRATA RHP 34 MONARCHS NPB SHIMONOSEKI, JAPAN
DOVYDAS NEVERAUSKAS RHP 29 WOLVES MLB VILNIUS, LITHUANIA
REGGIE MCCLAIN RHP 30 WOLVES MLB DULUTH, GA, USA
KONSTA KURIKKA RHP 22 FALCONS ABL MIKKELI, FINLAND

West All-Stars

NAME POSITION AGE FRANCHISE HIGHEST LEAGUE HOMETOWN/POB
ALEX LIDDI 1B 35 FALCONS MLB SANREMO, ITALY
ROBINSON CANO 2B 41 WOLVES MLB SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS, DR
DIDI GREGORIUS SS 33 WOLVES MLB AMSTERDAM, NL
BRANDON LAIRD 3B 36 COBRAS MLB CYPRESS, CA, USA
JUSTIN WILLIAMS LF 28 COBRAS MLB HOUMA, LA, USA
PHIL ERVIN CF 31 MONARCHS MLB MOBILE, AL, USA
STEVEN MOYA RF 32 MONARCHS MLB RIO PIEDRAS, PUERTO RICO
ALEJANDRO DE AZA DH 39 FALCONS MLB GUAYMATE, DR
WILIN ROSARIO C 34 WOLVES MLB BONAO, DR
JAIR JURRJENS RHP 37 WOLVES MLB SANTA MARIA, CURACAO
CARLOS MARTINEZ C 28 MONARCHS AAA CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA
DREW WARD IF 28 MONARCHS AAA LEEDEY, OK, USA
CONNOR PANAS OF 30 WOLVES AAA TORONTO, CA
DENIS PHIPPS OF 38 MONARCHS MLB SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS, DR
ROBBIE ROSS LHP 34 COBRAS MLB LEXINGTON, KY, USA
A.J. SCHUGEL RHP 34 MONARCHS MLB WINTER HAVEN, FL, USA
AKEEM BOSTICK RHP 28 COBRAS MLB FLORENCE, SC, USA
ANDRE RIENZO RHP 35 FALCONS MLB SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
J.D. HAMMER RHP 29 FALCONS MLB FORT COLLINS, CO, USA
MITCH LIVELY RHP 38 FALCONS AAA SUSANVILLE, CA, USA
TIAGO DA SILVA LHP 38 COBRAS AAA SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
KARAN PATEL RHP 26 COBRAS AA HOUSTON, TX, USA

 

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