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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photos by Henk Seppen, Robert Bos & Marco Stoovelaar)
 Pioniers adds nine new players to roster
Nederlands
 HOOFDDORP (Neth.) -
Vaessen Pioniers has added nine new players to its roster for the 2017 season, but the Hoofddorp-squad also said goodbye to eight players.
Five of the new players are coming from Kinheim, which lost its entire team.
This season, Pioniers was led for the first time by Dè Flanegin.
In his first year as Head Coach, the former player led the team to third place in the Overall Standings with a 27-15 record.
In the following Play-Offs, the team shared the best record with Curaçao Neptunus, 6-3.
However, due to the set-up of the Play-Offs, it ended up in third place and therefore missed the Holland Series.
The transfer-deadline ended on Tuesday, November 1, at 5 PM.
Compete overview of all transfers in the Dutch big league
(November 1)
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Coming to Hoofddorp are five players from Kinheim, being lefthanded pitcher Scott Ronnenbergh, righthanded pitcher Glenn Wassink, catcher Sander Paap and infielders Dudley Leonora and Oliver van der Wijst Severino.
Ronnenbergh already played for Pioniers a few years ago.
Righthanded reliever Bayron Cornelisse also returns to Pioniers after having played one season for Curaçao Neptunus.
First baseman Jeffrey Arends (De Glaskoning Twins) and infielder Gianni Frolijk (HCAW) also have been added to the roster.
Making his debut in the big league will be righthanded pitcher Darryl Jamoena, who comes from Storks, which won the title this season in the second highest league ('Overgangsklasse').
Bayron Cornelisse pitched in 23 games in the regular season for Neptunus as reliever and was 3-3 with no saves and an 1.38 ERA.
In 26 innings, the righthander struckout 25 batters and walked only nine.
Scott Ronnenbergh appeared in 15 games this year for Kinheim, including four starts.
The lefthander was 2-2 with one save.
Ronnenbergh struckout 36 batters, but walked 37 and gave up 39 basehits in 42 innings.
Sander Paap had a fine season with Kinheim.
The catcher was the team's leading hitter with a .330 batting average (36-for-109) with three doubles and one homerun.
Paap scored 21 runs and batted in 13, while walking 18 times.
Defensively, he made only two errors.
Paap also led Kinheim with a .423 on-base average.
This year, he also made his debut in the Netherlands National Team during the Baseball Week Haarlem.
Oliver van der Wijst Severino this year played in his first full big league-season.
The infielder (he mostly played at third base) batted .173 (14-for-81) with three doubles and three triples in 27 games.
He scored 11 runs and batted in seven.
Van der Wijst also played for the Netherlands AAA Team, with whom he won the European Junior Championship in Spain.
There, he led the team with a .500 batting average and also in runs scored (11) and basehits (12).
Righthanded pitcher Glenn Wassink also comes to Hoofddorp from Kinheim.
There, he threw in 14 games, including six starts and struckout 27 batters in 50 1/3 inning, but also walked 35 and gave up 50 basehits.
Wassink was 2-3 and finished with a 3.75 ERA.
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...Glenn Wassink (left) and Jeffrey Arends (right)...
(© Both Photos: Henk Seppen) |
First baseman Jeffrey Arends this year played in his first season for De Glaskoning Twins after having played for Kinheim last year.
Earlier, Arends also played in the big league for Neptunus.
In his lone season with the Twins, he was the leading hitter of the team with a .303 batting average (43-for-142), scored 22 runs, batted in 24 and walked 31 times.
With his 22 runs, he shared the team's lead with Jarreau Martina, while his RBI's were second best.
Arends also led the team in slugging average (.408) and on-base average (.441), basehits (43, with Berry van Donselaar), doubles (9) and homeruns (2, with two others).
Dudley Leonora was the short stop in most games for Kinheim this season, but also saw action as first baseman.
He was the team's second best hitter with a .327 batting average (53-for-162), trailing Sander Paap by only .003 points.
Leonora hit 11 doubles, three triples and three homeruns, while scoring 22 runs, batting in 39 runs and striking out only eight times.
Leonora led Kinheim in slugging percentage (.488), basehits (53), runs batted in (39), doubles (11), total bases (79) and sacrifice bunts (6), but also in errors (17) and grounders into double play (8).
Last year, Leonora made his debut in the Netherlands National Team, with whom he won the European title this year.
Gianni Frolijk was a middle infielder this season for HCAW, mostly playing at short stop.
In 34 games, he batted .200 (14-for-70) with two doubles.
Frolijk scored eight runs and batted in eleven.
Righthanded pitcher Darryl Jamoena this season played for Storks in the second highest league.
He was a member of the Netherlands AAA Team that won the European Junior-title in Spain.
There, as a pitcher, he was 1-0, striking out seven batters in five innings in the lone game he pitched against Russia.
...Gianni Frolijk...
(© Photo: Henk Seppen) | 
...Dudley Leonora...
(© Photo: Robert Bos) | 
...Darryl Jamoena...
(© Photo: Marco Stoovelaar) |
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...Zerzinho Croes (left) and Austin Weymouth (right)...
(© Both Photos: Henk Seppen) |
Eight players will not be back with the team next year.
Infielder Zerzinho Croes will play for vice-champion L&D Amsterdam Pirates, righthanded reliever/closer Sedley Karel and outfielder Kevin Dirksen will play for HCAW and righthanded reliever Jonah Van Bemmelen is going to play for Pickles UVV in the 2017 season.
Righthanded pitcher Jonatan Isenia, infielder Stephen Henson and outfielder Shavently Profar also will not return, but it is not clear yet where they will play next season.
Infielder Austin Weymouth retires as a player and will turn to coaching in the Utrecht-area.
Zerzinho Croes batted .311 (52-for-167) this season for Pioniers, where he mostly played as short stop and was the lead-off hitter in most games.
With Pioniers, he led the team with 36 runs scored (with Kevin Dirksen), 52 basehits, two triples, 62 total bases, three sacrifice bunts and 16 stolen bases.
Kevin Dirksen was the leading hitter this season for Pioniers with a .328 batting average (42-for-128) with eleven doubles and two homeruns.
Dirksen scored 24 runs and batted in 26, while playing errorless defense in 84 chances.
His runs and RBI's were third-best in the team.
Austin Weymouth batted .235 (23-for-98) in his first season with Pioniers after not having played last year.
Weymouth, who played in the big league in the past for UVV, scored twelve runs and batted in ten.
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...Jonatan Isenia, Stephen Henson & Shavently Profar...
(© All Photos: Marco Stoovelaar) |
Stephen Henson, Shavently Profar and Jonatan Isenia all played in their first season with Pioniers.
The latter made his debut in the Dutch big league this year after having played professionally in the USA.
In 2013, Isenia played for the Netherlands Team in the World Baseball Classic.
Isenia pitched in 18 games as reliever for Pioniers and was 2-0 with no saves and a 5.40 ERA.
The righthander struckout 17 batters and walked 26 in 20 innings, giving up 25 basehits.
Henson played in 35 games and batted .141 (11-for-78) with two doubles.
He scored eight runs and batted in five.
Profar appeared in 32 games for Pioniers and batted .106 (5-for-47) with no extra-basehits.
Profar scored once and batted in three runs.
American righthander Jonah Van Bemmelen threw in 18 games, mostly as middle reliever, this season for Pioniers, his first in the Dutch big league.
In seven of these games, he was used as closer.
The sidearm/submarine-pitcher was 0-0 with no saves and an 8.44 ERA.
The righthander struckout 15 batters and walked 12 in 16 innings.
Sedley Karel returns to HCAW.
This season, he pitched in relief in 19 games, seventeen as closer.
The righthander was 0-0, but led the league with eleven saves.
In 17 1/3 inning, Karel struckout 24 batters, but also walked 18, while giving up 14 basehits.
Karel closed the season with a 3.63 ERA.
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...Jonah Van Bemmelen, Kevin Dirksen & Sedley Karel...
(© All Photos: Henk Seppen) |
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