Major League Baseball European Elite Camp
The Major League Baseball International European Baseball Elite Camp (formerly European Baseball Academy) was created to provide training for European, New Zealand and African baseball prospects by former major leaguers. It also provided a central scouting location during the weeks it was open and over two dozen Academy alumni have signed contracts with MLB teams. In 2011, Alex Liddi became the first Academy product to be called up to the major leagues. Donald Lutz was the second, making it in 2013. Instructors have included Barry Larkin, Lee Smith, Art Howe, Wally Joyner, Bruce Hurst, John McLaren, Steve Finley, Craig Shipley, Greg Swindell and Dale Murphy. Its success (and that of other baseball academies) led to a Major League Baseball African Academy starting in December 2011. It ran from 2005-2015.
Over 50 Academy alumni were signed by MLB organizations:
Player - Years Attended - Country - MLB Organization - Top Level reached through April 2017
- Alex Liddi - 2005 - Italy - Seattle Mariners - MLB
- Alessandro Maestri - 2005 - Italy - Chicago Cubs - AA/NPB
- Kalian Sams - 2005 - Netherlands - Seattle Mariners - AAA
- Jakub Toufar - 2005 - Czech Republic - Minnesota Twins - Rookie
- Jakub Hajtmar - 2005/2006 - Czech Republic - Minnesota Twins - Rookie
- Rodney Gessmann - 2005/2006 - Germany - Minnesota Twins - Rookie
- Tom Stuifbergen - 2005/2006 - Netherlands - Minnesota Twins - AAA
- Petr Čech - 2006 - Czech Republic - Cincinnati Reds - Rookie
- Mauro Schiavoni - 2005/2006 - Italy - Cincinnati Reds - Rookie
- Ramon Romeijn - 2006 - Netherlands - Seattle Mariners - Rookie
- Matěj Hejma - 2006 - Czech Republic - Minnesota Twins - Rookie
- Joris Bert - 2005/2006 - France - Los Angeles Dodgers - Rookie
- Donald Lutz - 2006/2007 - Germany - Cincinnati Reds - MLB
- Frédéric Hanvi - 2006/2007 - France - Minnesota Twins - Rookie
- Jennel Hudson - 2007 - Germany - Boston Red Sox - Rookie
- Ludwig Glaser - 2006/2007 - Germany - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Rookie
- Dwayne Kemp - 2006/2007 - Netherlands - Chicago Cubs - A
- Andrea Lucati - 2006/2007 - Italy - Houston Astros - Rookie
- Frederik Terkelsen - 2006/2007 - Denmark - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - N/A
- Tjerk Hogervorst - 2007 - Netherlands - New York Mets - N/A
- Jan Baldee - 2007 - Netherlands - Houston Astros - Rookie
- Matteo Pizziconi - 2007 - Italy - Cincinnati Reds - Rookie
- Luca Panerati - 2007 - Italy - Cincinnati Reds - A
- Thomas De Wolf - 200 - Belgium - New York Mets - Rookie
- Mpho Ngoepe - 2007/2008 - South Africa - Pittsburgh Pirates - MLB
- Martin Červenka - 2008 - Czech Republic - Cleveland Indians - AAA
- Björn Hato - 2008/2009 - Netherlands - New York Mets - Rookie
- Štěpán Havlíček - 2008 - Czech Republic - Tampa Bay Rays - Rookie
- Lars Huijer - 2008/2010 - Netherlands - Seattle Mariners - A
- Max Kepler-Rozycki - 2008 - Germany - Minnesota Twins - MLB
- Dovydas Neverauskas - 2008/2009 - Lithuania - Pittsburgh Pirates - MLB
- Tomas Sykora - 2008 - Czech Republic - Cincinnati Reds - N/A
- Hein Robb - 2008 - South Africa - Minnesota Twins - A
- Danny Arribas - 2009/2010 - Netherlands - Pittsburgh Pirates - A
- Daan Cornelissen - 2009 - Netherlands - Pittsburgh Pirates - Rookie
- Dylan Lindsay - 2009 - South Africa - Kansas City Royals - Rookie
- Alex Lukashevich - 2009 - Belarus - Pittsburgh Pirates - Rookie
- Luca Martone - 2009 - Italy - Houston Astros - Rookie
- Andrea Pizziconi - 2009 - Italy - Arizona Diamondbacks - A
- Andy Paz - 2009 - France - Oakland Athletics - AA
- Scott Ronnenbergh - 2009 - Netherlands - Seattle Mariners - Rookie
- Dylan Unsworth - 2009 - South Africa - Seattle Mariners - AAA
- Nick Urbanus - 2009 - Netherlands - Texas Rangers - A
- Ugueth Urbina Jr. - 2009 - Spain - Seattle Mariners - Rookie
- Daniel Vavruša - 2009/2010 - Czech Republic - New York Yankees - Rookie
- Kevin Weijgerste - 2009 - Netherlands - New York Mets - Rookie
- Davide Anselmi - 2010-2012 - Italy - Cincinnati Reds - Rookie
- Rodney Daal - 2010 - Netherlands - San Diego Padres - AAA
- Raoell Kortstam - 2010 - Netherlands - Boston Red Sox - Rookie
- Mattia Mercuri - 2010 - Italy - Atlanta Braves - Rookie
- Marek Minařík - 2010 - Czech Republic - Philadelphia Phillies - A
- Alberto Mineo - 2010 - Italy - Chicago Cubs - AAA
- Jan Novak - 2010-2012 - Czech Republic - Baltimore Orioles - Rookie
- Alexandre Roy - 2011 - France - Seattle Mariners - Rookie
- Daniel Thieben - 2011 - Germany - Seattle Mariners - Rookie
- Federico Celli - 2011 - Italy - Los Angeles Dodgers - A
- Stijn van der Meer - 2011 - Netherlands - Houston Astros - A (drafted after attending a US college, not an amateur free agent signee)
- Jakub Ižold - 2011/2012 - Slovakia - Cincinnati Reds - Rookie
- Rachid Engelhardt - 2012/2013 - Netherlands - Baltimore Orioles - Rookie
- Marten Gasparini - 2012 - Italy - Kansas City Royals - A
- Aldi Guzman - 2012 - Netherlands - Cincinnati Reds - Rookie
- Julsan Kamara - 2012/2013 - Germany - Philadelphia Phillies - Rookie
- Sven Schüller - 2012/2013 - Germany - Los Angeles Dodgers - AAA
- Joel Valera - 2012/2013 - Italy - Los Angeles Dodgers - Rookie
- Ruar Verkerk - 2012 - Netherlands - Minnesota Twins - Rookie
- Artur Strzalka - 2013 - Poland - New York Yankees - Rookie
- Vadim Balan - 2013 - Moldova - Minnesota Twins - Rookie
- Tom de Blok - 2013 - Netherlands - Seattle Mariners - A
- Sam Buelens - 2013 - Belgium - Toronto Blue Jays - Rookie
- Maik Ehmcke - 2013 - Germany - Arizona Diamondbacks - Rookie
- Misja Harcksen - 2013 - Netherlands - Los Angeles Dodgers - Rookie
- Milan Post - 2010-2013 - Netherlands - Milwaukee Brewers - Rookie
- Federico Giordani - 2013/2014 - Italy - Los Angeles Dodgers - Rookie
- Pascal Amon - 2013/2014 - Germany - Los Angeles Dodgers - Rookie
- Alessandro Ciarla - 2014 - Italy - Philadelphia Phillies - Rookie
- Nadir Ljatifi - 2014 - Germany - Cincinnati Reds - Rookie
- Matz Schütte - 2014 - Netherlands - Minnesota Twins - Rookie
- Paul Brands - 2014 - Netherlands - Pittsburgh Pirates - A
- Ludovico Coveri - 2015 - Italy - Philadelphia Phillies - Rookie
Other Selected Alumni[edit]
- Bernard Adei - Uganda
- Simone Albanese - Italy
- Martin Andonov - Bulgaria
- Milvio Andreozzi - Italy
- Benedikt Antwi - Germany
- Jeffrey Arends - Netherlands
- Jesse Aussems - Netherlands
- Petru Balan - Moldova
- Quentin Becquey - France
- Sam Boermans - Belgium
- Kyle Botha - South Africa
- Mirco Caradonna - Italy
- Oscar Carlstedt - Sweden
- Leonel Cespedes - France
- Bayron Cornelisse - Netherlands
- Filippo Crepaldi - Italy
- Bastien Dagneau - France
- Arunas Dankovskis - Lithuania
- Kevin De Smedt - Belgium
- Lucas Dickman - Germany
- Joey Eijpe - Netherlands
- Shannon Ekermans - South Africa
- Jared Elario - South Africa
- Diego Fabiani - Italy
- Kruno Gojković - Croatia
- Adam Hajtmar - Czech Republic
- Jason Halman - Netherlands
- Elvis Hammarstedt - Sweden
- Niels Harteveld - Netherlands
- Roelie Henrique - Netherlands
- Johan Höglund, - Sweden
- Antonio Horvatic - Croatia
- Christopher Howard - Germany
- Mourik Huijser - Netherlands
- Lukas Jahn - Germany
- Drew Janssen - Belgium
- Óscar Jiménez - Spain
- Norbert Jongerius - Netherlands
- Tomáš Juněc - Czech Republic
- Richard Klijn - Great Britain
- Sascha Koch - Germany
- Zaïr Koeiman - Netherlands
- Jimmy Kolawole - Nigeria
- Kevin Kotowski - Germany
- Šimon Kudernatsch - Czech Republic
- Shawn Larry - Germany
- Robin Lausen - Sweden
- Maxime Lefevre - France
- Alon Leichman - Israel
- Jiří Marek - Czech Republic
- Edvardas Matusevičius - Lithuania
- Dylan Mayeux - France
- Melissa Mayeux - France
- Nicklas Melin - Sweden
- Mark-Jan Moorman - Netherlands
- Jonathan Mottay - France
- Martin Mužík - Czech Republic
- Dimitar Nassapov - Bulgaria
- Brennan Nijhof - Netherlands
- Jakub Ondráček - Czech Republic
- Artem Palamarchuk - Ukraine
- Eduard Pirvu - Romania
- Michael Pluijmers - Netherlands
- Sebastiano Poma - Italy
- Quentin Pourcel - France
- Mattia Reginato - Italy
- Wolfgang Reitter - Germany
- Marco Sabbatani - Italy
- Alex Sambucci - Italy
- Daniel Sánchez - Spain
- Ondřej Satoria - Czech Republic
- Richard Sázavský - Czech Republic
- Claus Seiser - Austria
- Roy Seltenrijch - Netherlands
- Dmitry Shtykher - Russia
- Petr Síla - Czech Republic
- Valerio Simone - Italy
- Filip Smola - Czech Republic
- Nolan Soliveres - France
- Lukas Steinlein - Germany
- Michael Stephan - Germany
- Jakob Syrén - Sweden
- Kaj Timmermans - Netherlands
- Jan Tomek - Czech Republic
- Andrija Tomić - Croatia
- Michael Trask - Great Britain
- Julius Uelschen - Germany
- Jordy van den Heuvel - Belgium
- Alberto Varin - Italy
- Simon Vicente - France
- Robertas Vilimas - Lithuania
- Antoine Villard - France
- Daniel Vítek - Czech Republic
- Fred Walter - France
- Lennart Weller - Germany
- Matthias Zotti - Italy
- Petr Zýma - Czech Republic
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