With the start of the Serie A championship approaching (which in the meantime loses Paternò which renounces the category making it necessary to have a new calendar for Group D), Fortitudo baseball continues its approach to the first official match of the 2022 season communicating a series of friendly and continuing to give formalizations for the renewals of your roster.
Pre-season friendlies
Let’s start with the friendlies, fans will be able to see Effe again on the diamond, Saturday 19 March, at 2.30pmwhen at Gianni Falchi the men led by Manager Lele Frignani will face the Modena baseball.
The pre-season will then continue on the following weekend with Fortitudo-Regensburg (Saturday 26 March at 2 pm) e Fortitudo-Stuttgart (Sunday 27 March at 1 pm)again at Gianni Falchi, with the two German teams that will also face Parma.
Still renewals at Fortitudo
These days have continued renewals for the Fortitudo roster, whose last four confirmations in chronological order were those of Agretti, Crepaldi, Dreni and Zotti.
L’utility player Filippo Agretti he will therefore arrive at the sixth consecutive season in biancoblù where he has now won everything. In 2021 he established himself as one of the best hitters in Effe with an average of .344, 11 doubles, 1 triple, 3 home runs, 25 RBI and 39 points scored. Agretti commented on the renewal of the contract in this way: “I am happy to continue my career in the team of my city, for me it is a source of great pride. I’m working hard to recover from an injury that required a little intervention, I hope to be able to get back on the pitch as soon as possible to make myself available to the manager and the team, trying to reconfirm, and improve, the good things done last year.».
Renewal also for the interior Julian Dreniwho last season recorded a batting average of .354 with 22 points beaten at home, 3 triples, 9 doubles and 4 stolen bases on 4 attempts. «I am happy with the reconfirmation and the trust that the company and the staff are showing in me. We are training hard to face this championship in the best possible way and I’m sure this will pay off in the best possible way “ was the player’s statement posted on the company’s website.
Renewal also for the pitcher Matthias Zotti, which will face the third year in Bologna. In 2021 Zotti closed his championship with a PGL average of 4.15, conceding a batting average of .205. We also report his comment on the possibility of playing also in 2022 with the UnipolSai shirt: «For me it is a source of pride to wear the Fortitudo colors again this year. I’ll give my best to help the team do well, we come from a difficult season but the desire to improve is great and we can’t wait to start playing “.
The latest official renewal in chronological order is that of Filippo Crepaldi. The pitcher thus arrives at the ninth year in biancoblù, with a well-stocked bulletin board given the 5 league titles (2014/2016/2018/2019/2020), the 3 Italian Cup (2015/2017/2018) and the Champions Cup of 2019. In 2021 he obtained 4 victories and 1 salvation without suffering losses, achieved 37 strikeouts in 20 rounds of play, granting a batting average of .176. The pitcher from Rovigo also released some statements in which the desire to return to the diamond and the will to make up for last season is evident: «We are very excited and we want redemption. The newcomers have entered well and there is great enthusiasm in the locker room. Surely those who are part of Effe know that, even if we come from winning years (except last year), every year we have to get to the bottom and the hunger for victory must be always greater. Therefore, we will all fight until the end, leaving everything on the field and rowing all together, for the qualification for the next Champions Cup and for the championship final “.
