Thibault Mercadier

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 205 lb.

• School Western Nebraska Community College

• Born January 8, 2003 in Mont Saint Aignan, Normandy France

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Biographical Information

Thibault Mercadier has pitched in France and the independent leagues as well as for the French national team.

He came to the Cleveland area when he was 8 years old and discovered baseball, continuing with the sport when his family returned to France three years later. Signing with the Rouen Huskies, he made it to the French Division I in 2019 at age 16, throwing a scoreless inning. He had two saves and a 5.11 ERA in '21. He allowed five runs in three innings in the 2021 U18 European Championship but beat Lithuania. During the 2021 European Champions Cup, he lost to Heidenheim Heideköpfe and Julius Spann, posting a 3.71 ERA for the event.

Returning to the US for junior college, he went 0-2 with a 11.47 ERA in 2021-2022. He beat Zane Hendrickx and the Hoboken Pioneers in the 2022 Confederation Cup, allowing one run in six innings for the champion Huskies. In the '22 French season, the right-hander allowed 10 runs (7 earned) in 5 innings. Finally that year, he debuted for the French senior team, in the 2022 European Championship Qualifier, but did not get into a game.

Mercadier's second season of junior college was even worse at 0-2 with a 16.11 ERA and 3.11 WHIP. He was 0-2 with a 7.11 ERA for Rouen in the 2023 European Champions Cup, losing to the Bonn Capitals' Sascha Koch and the Paderborn Untouchables' Florian Seidel, the latter coming in the 7th/8th place game. He tied Pim Vijfvinkel for the Cup lead in losses, was second in walks (one behind Quentin Moulin) and tied Naut Kragt for 10th in strikeouts. In the 2023 U23 European Championship, he allowed four runs in two innings in a loss to Italy's Mattia Sireus. In the French Division I, he was 2-1 with a 1.69 ERA and 28 K in 26 1/3 IP, showing good strides. He was back with France for the 2023 European Championship, his first European Championship. He was excellent over two outings. Against Ukraine, he closed out a combined shutout with Nathan Laot and Robyn Clara. He retired Illia Velykyi, hit Viacheslav Babii, struck out Denys Brechko and Dmitro Limarenko his first inning then went 1-2-3 against Kostiantyn Boiko, Oleksandr Halushka and Bohdan Lucheiko, striking out the latter two. He got the win over Ihor Lukin. In the 7th/8th place game, he helped France finish 8 spots ahead of their prior Euros appearance, following Ben Couvreur and Laot to the mound. He went 1-2-3 again, this time against Daniel Johnson, Victor Wahlberg and Philip Gajzler (who had been playing in the European Championship before Mercadier was even born).

For 2024, he signed with the Québec de Capitales, one of two French players in the Frontier League that year, alongside Léo Jiminian.