Team Italy U23 manager Alberto D'Auria has summoned 46 baseball prospects for physical strength assessments at the Giulio Onesti Olympic Training Center in Rome beginning Friday, January 28, 2022 and continuing through the weekend. The athletes will be divided in two different groups. Group A will start testing on Friday, January 28, 2022 and conclude its program the following afternoon, while Group B will begin on Saturday, January 29, 2022 and finish on Sunday afternoon.
Group A (January 28-29, 2022):
Last Name | First Name | Position | Club Affiliation |
Ambrosioni | Lorenzo | IF | S. S. D. Bollate Baseball Club 1959/Milano Baseball 1946 A. S. D. |
Artitzu | Marco | P | Porta Mortara B. S. Novara A. S. D. |
Buin | Enrico | OF | A. S. D. Crazy Sambonifacese Baseball Softball/A. S. D. BSC Rovigo |
Caiffa | Tommaso | P | A. S. D. Staranzano Ducks B. S. C. |
Capellano | Luca | P | A. S. D. Ares Milano Baseball/Oltretorrente Baseball Club A. S. D. |
Catalano | Samuele | C/OF | Porta Mortara B. S. Novara A. S. D. |
Da Re | Giulio | C | New Black Panthers A. S. D. |
Dall'Agnese | Gabriel | P | A. S. D. Bergamo Baseball Softball |
Furlani | Luca | IF | New Black Panthers A. S. D. |
Gabbari | Francesco | P | S. S. D. Bollate Baseball Club 1959/Legnano Baseball Softball A. S. D. |
Gorrin | Gabriel Enrique | IF | Brescia Baseball A. S. D. |
Marziale | Jacopo | C | A. S. D. Grizzlies Torino '48 B. S. C. |
Nani | Tommaso | IF | A. S. D. Codogno Baseball '67 |
Oldano | Matteo | OF | A. S. D. Grizzlies Torino '48 B. S. C. |
Pasquini Sweed | Maor Luca | OF | 1949 Parma Baseball Club A. S. D. |
Pizzolini | Marco | P | New Black Panthers A. S. D. |
Real Sanchez | Gabriel | P | A. S. D. Ares Milano Baseball/Cagliari Baseball Club A. S. D. |
Stabile | Pietro | P | New Black Panthers A. S. D. |
Virgadaula | Federico | P | Brescia Baseball A. S. D. |
Wong | Williams | IF | Baseball Club Settimo A. S. D. |
Zamboni | Enrico | P | A. S. D. Staranzano Ducks B. S. C. |
Zingarelli | Edoardo | P | Redclay Baseball&Softball Castellamonte A. S. D./Porta Mortara B. S. Novara A. S. D. |
Group B (January 29-30, 2022):
Last Name | First Name | Position | Club Affiliation |
Alfieri | Leonardo | IF | Collecchio B. C. A. S. D. |
Angioi | Gabriele | IF | Cagliari Baseball Club |
Baldazzi | Alessio | OF | A. S. D. Academy of Nettuno B. C./A. S. D. Nettuno B. C. 1945 |
Bassi | Marco | P | Crocetta Baseball Club A. S. D. |
Battioni | Tommaso | OF | 1949 Parma Baseball Club A. S. D. |
Bertossi | Riccardo | OF | Fortitudo Baseball Club 1953 S. S. D. |
Bigliardi | Riccardo | P | Crocetta Baseball Club A. S. D. |
Bruno | Samuele | C | A. S. D. Academy of Nettuno B. C. / Montefiascone Baseball Softball '67 A. S. D. |
Canuti | Tomas | IF | A. S. D. San Marino Baseball Club/Fortitudo Baseball Club 1953 S. S. D. |
Chelli | Gabriele | OF | Jolly Roger Baseball Club A. S. D. |
Cinelli | Niccolo' | C | Baseball Softball Club Grosseto 1952 S. S. D |
Covati | Matteo | C | Crocetta Baseball Club A. S. D. |
D'Auria | Lorenzo | IF | A. S. D. Nettuno 2 Baseball Club/ A. S. D. Academy of Nettuno B. C. |
Focchi | Riccardo | P | Cral Enrico Mattei A. S. D. |
Gamberini | Samuele | C/IF | Fortitudo Baseball Club 1953 S. S. D. |
Pasotto | Andrea | OF | Milano Baseball 1946 A. S. D. / Collecchio B. C. A. S. D. |
Pomponi | Francesco | IF | Oltretorrente Baseball Club A. S. D. / 1949 Parma Baseball Club A. S. D. |
Ricci | Federico | IF | A. S. D. Academy of Nettuno B. C. |
Sabbadini | Alex | P | A. S. D. B. S. C. Godo |
Segreto | Francesco | C | A. S. D. Baseball Club Sala Baganza/A. S. D.Carega Park Rangers Sala Baganza Baseball Club |
Servidei | Marco | IF | A. S. D. B. S. C. Godo |
Sireus | Mattia | P | Vibraf B. S. Domusnovas A. S. D. / Baseball Softball Club Grosseto 1952 S. S. D. |
Sorrentino | Fabio | C | Oltretorrente Baseball Club A. S. D. |
Viloria Serda | Nolberto Alexander | OF | 1949 Parma Baseball Club A. S. D. |
Team Italy U23 manager Alberto D'Auria will be assisted by athletic trainers Andrea Cardone, Michele Corbo and Francesca Ambruoso as well as the medical staff of Gianluca Camilleri, Davide Ortolina and Massimo Baldi. FIBS Vice President and delegation manager Vincenzo Mignola will also at the Rome testing site to lend a hand. Forza #Italia!
by Roberto Angotti
(Photo of Riccardo Bertossi celebrating with his teammates during Team Italy-France U23 European Baseball Championship in Verona on August 26, 2021 by Lynx.Productions)