Team Italy U15 manager Roberto De Franceschi has summoned 40 of his best baseball prospects to the Friuli Venezia-Giulia region in Staranzano for the much-anticipated Alpe Adria tournament from May 25-30, 2021. Broken into two teams to take part in the competition, the players will have the opportunity to compete in live game action during the tourney.
Italian skipper Roberto De Franceschi will be assisted by pitching coach Luca Martignoni, coaches Luca Costa, Claudio Corradi, Mario Da Re and Stefano Tamburini, athletic trainer Simone Bonaccorso, and delegation manager Alessandro Cappuccini.
The following players are expected to participate in Staranzano:
Team Azzurri 1
Lorenzo Barbona (Academy of Nettuno B.C.)
Giacomo De Donno (Academy of Nettuno B.C.)
Daniele Di Persia (Academy of Nettuno B.C.)
Riccardo Mazzanti (Academy of Nettuno B.C.)
Filippo Sabatini (Lion's Baseball Nettuno)
Francesco Gallo (Lion's Baseball Nettuno)
Filippo Palmolella (Cupra Baseball Softball)
John Escobar Trias (Montegranaro A.S.D.)
Duccio Cassini (Baseball Chianti / Fiorentina Baseball)
Charles Greene George (Tigri Baseball Alghero / Catalana Baseball Softball)
Mattia Bernardis (Staranzano Ducks B.S.C.)
Giacomo Taschin (Baseball Softball Club Rovigo)
Elia Zaccarini (Oltretorrente B.C.)
Riccardo Squarcia (Oltretorrente B.C).
Matteo Casadio (B.S.C. Godo)
Edoardo Cornelli (Baseball Old Rags Lodi / Oltretorrente BC)
Dario Buriani (Ferrara B.S.C./Cral Enrico Mattei)
Luca Magnani (Torre Pedrera Falcons B.C.)
Christian De Boni (Pool 77 Bolzano / Bolzano B.C.)
Nicolas Guidi (San Marino B.C.)
Team Azzurri 2
Giulio Meloni (Grizzlies Torino 48 B.S.C.)
Lucciano Munoz Liendo (Reggio Rays Baseball)
Edoardo Pellegrini (Baseball Softball Vercelli)
Leonardo Pizzolato (Staranzano Ducks B.S.C.)
Tommaso Radin (Staranzano Ducks B.S.C.)
Diego Gergolet (Staranzano Ducks B.S.C.)
Alex Giovanardi (Poviglio Baseball / Reggio Rays Baseball)
Tommaso Montanari (Junior Rimini B.S.)
Lorenzo Lalicata (Athletics Novara B.S.C.)
Edoardo Lariccia (Porta Mortara B.S. Novara)
Matteo Marucci (Dolphins Anzio Baseball)
Giovanni Serini (San Lazzaro '90 Baseball)
Davide Lugli (Reggio Rays Baseball / Poviglio Baseball)
Davide Ganassi (Reggio Rays Baseball / Poviglio Baseball)
Matteo Marelli (Senago Milano United B.C.)
Daniel Francini (Baseball Chianti / Fiorentina Baseball)
Vincent Ruocco (Fiorentina Baseball)
Lorenzo Brini (Fiorentina Baseball)
Thomas Lisci (B.S.C. Grosseto 1952)
Samuele Sbardolini (Brescia Baseball)
