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Italy Baseball Manager Francisco Cervelli selected 32 players he is considering for the National Team and the U-23 National Team for a training camp in Grosseto from March 10 to 14.
All players are active in the Italian Baseball Leagues. The roster includes former Minor League Baseball (MiLB) players Alberto Mineo, Mattia Mercuri, Federico Celli, Matteo Bocchi, Ettore Giulianelli, Venezuelan Baseball League infielder Ricardo Paolini, and WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup alums Edoardo Cornelli, Alessandro Laise, Matteo Marelli, Giacomo Taschin, and Manuel Zazza.
Cervelli’s staff will include pitching coaches Alessandro Maestri and Roberto Corradini and assistant coaches Claudio Biagini, Michele Gerali, Alberto D’Auria, Christian Gnudi, and Tomas Bison. The strength and conditioning coaches will be Gianni Natale, Sebastiano Poma, and Daniele Santolupo. Trainers Massimo Baldi and Marco Mennella, along with general manager Gilberto Gerali and team executive Riccardo Soglia, will complete the staff.
The U-23 National Team will compete in the European Championship in Czechia from August 5 to 8. The tournament is a Qualifier for the WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup 2026.
The Azzurri participated in the WBSC U-21 Baseball World Cup 2014. Manager Guglielmo Trinci, currently the skipper of the U-18 National Team, led them to seventh place. However, they never qualified for the U-23 Baseball World Cup.
Italy will co-host the Baseball European Championship with the Netherlands and Belgium from September 20 to 27.
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