...Kevin Geestman... | 
...Max Ploegstra... |
| (© Both Photos: Henk Seppen) |
Thirteen players have left DSS, including five of its six best hitters, plus four pitchers.
Leaving the club are pitchers Mark van Deursen, Kevin Geestman, Rik Geestman and Max Ploegstra, catchers Ties van der Beeke and Ruben Prins, infielders Joffrey Heus, Mitchel Koot, Menno Lenting and Seb Visser and outfielders Lex Leijenaar, Ryan Miner and Melvin Perdue.
Only three of them will be playing in the Dutch big league again next year.
Six players will play at a lower level, while four have retired.
Melvin Perdue and Menno Lenting, the two leading hitters of DSS this season, will both play for De Glaskoning Twins next year.
Perdue led the team with a .286 batting average (38-for-133) and also led in on-base percentage (.378) and with his 38 basehits, including four doubles and two triples.
The American centerfielder scored 12 runs and also batted in 12.
Perdue was mostly used as lead-off hitter and walked twenty times.
Lenting batted .277 (33-for-119) with three doubles and one triple.
He scored 11 runs and batted in ten, while receiving 17 walks.
Lenting led DSS with four sacrifice bunts.
Seb Visser returns to HCAW, where he played in 2012 after having played for Amsterdam Pirates before that.
Since 2013, he played for DSS.
This season, he played in 41 games and batted .221 (29-for-131) with four doubles and one triple.
Visser scored eleven runs and batted in six.
...Menno Lenting... | 
...Rik Geestman... | 
...Mark van Deursen... |
| (© Photos: Henk Seppen (Lenting, Geestman) & Marco Stoovelaar (van Deursen)) |
Righthanded pitchers Kevin Geestman and Max Ploegstra, lefthanded pitcher Rik Geestman, infielders Joffrey Heus and Mitchel Koot and outfielder Lex Leijenaar all will play in a lower division next year.
Joffrey Heus will play for Haarlem-based Onze Gezellen in the second highest league.
This season, the second baseman batted .177 (23-for-130) in 39 games with one double.
He scored 15 runs and batted in six, but led the team with 29 walks.
Lex Leijenaar has transfered to his former club RCH-Pinguïns, where he will play in its second team.
Due to an injury, Leijenaar played in only 13 games this season and batted .079 (3-for-38) with one double.
He scored once and also batted in one run.
Reliever Max Ploegstra will remain with the club, but will play in its second team next year.
The righthander pitched in 27 games this season as reliever and was 1-0 with one save and a 4.91 ERA.
In 33 innings, Ploegstra struckout 19 batters, but also walked 26 and gave up 45 basehits.
Kevin Geestman and Mitchel Koot will both play for the second team of Amsterdam-based OVVO next season.
Righthander Kevin Geestman pitched in 18 games this season, all in relief.
He was 2-0, earned three saves and finished the regular season with a 2.95 ERA.
In 21 1/3 inning, Geestman struckout 26 batters and walked 14, while giving up only 13 basehits.
...Mitchel Koot... | 
...Seb Visser... | 
...Ruben Prins... |
| (© Photos: Henk Seppen (Koot, Visser) & Robert Bos (Prins)) |
Mitchel Koot, who played at several positions, including third base and catcher, also missed part of the season due to an injury.
He batted .188 (13-for-69), scored seven runs and batted in one.
Righthanded pitcher Mark van Deursen, lefthanded pitcher Rik Geestman, catcher Ruben Prins and outfielder Ryan Miner have all retired.
Van Deursen and Prins stopped due to study/work-reasons, while Geestman and Miner will become coaches of the Rabbits Junior-squad of Baseball Academy Kennemerland.
Mark van Deursen pitched in relief in 17 games and was 0-1 with a 9.36 ERA this season.
In 25 innings, he struckout seven batters, walked 14 and gave up 42 basehits and 30 runs.
Rik Geestman, who also was the team's Pitching Coach, also pitched in relief this season.
He was the starter for DSS on Opening Day, but hereafter, he only pitched in relief, appearing in 15 more games.
Geestman was 0-1, earned no saves and closed the season with an 11.07 ERA.
In 20 1/3 inning, Geestman struckout eight batters, but walked 28 and gave up 35 hits and 28 runs.
Ryan Miner was the fourth best hitter this season of DSS.
He batted .240 (30-for-125) with three doubles and one triple in 38 games.
Miner scored 15 runs, batted in eight and walked 26 times.
Ruben Prins played in 28 games and batted .133 (10-for-75).
He scored four runs and batted in three.
Ties van der Beeke, who played the majority of the season in the Rookie League Team of DSS, but also made his big league-debut, transfered to RCH-Pinguïns, which plays in the second highest league.
In five games, Van der Beeke hit .500 (5-for-10) with one double.
He scored one run and batted in five.
In his first big league at bat on April 17, Van der Beeke hit a 2-run double.
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DSS improves roster despite losing players
HAARLEM (Neth.) -
DSS lost 13 players in the transfer-period, including four pitchers and its two leading hitters.
However, despite that loss, the Haarlem-based also improved its record for the coming season.
Ten players came to DSS, including three pitchers and a powerhitting infielder.
In its second year at the big league-level, DSS experienced a tough season.
Last year, the team secured its spot in the highest division by finishing in sixth place.
This year, the team ended up in eighth and last place in the Overall Standings with a 7-35 record.
