Alessandro Maestri
WIN STREAK REACHES FOUR WITH 4-1 SUNDAY Chen picks up win to put Tennessee 4-0 on the year PEARL, Miss. – More timely hitting and a strong starting performance for Hung-Wen Chen helped Tennessee remain unbeaten on the season with a 4-1 victory over the Mississippi Braves on Sunday afternoon at Trustmark Park. Chen pitched
BALLS MOVEMENT WBC Alessandro Maestri, Team Italy While the Italian team is mostly composed of American-born players of Italian descent, Alessandro (Alex) Maestri was born and raised in Italy and has now become the first such player to make it to Double-A. Despite being just 23 last year, Maestri has been pitching for the Italian
BIOGRAPHY Born on January 6th 1985 in Cesena. Right handed pitcher, he is under contract with the Chicago Cubs and rated by Baseball America number 23 (and the best overall ‘slider’) amongst the prospects of the organization. In the 2007 season he played for the Peoria Chiefs (Class A). He was one of the 6
HISTORY OF ALESSANDRO ALEX MAESTRI Alessandro Maestri Bats Right, Throws Right Height 5′ 11″, Weight 180 lb. Born June 1, 1985 in Cesena, Forli-Cesena Italy Alessandro Maestri spent his second season in the minor leagues in 2007. He has played for the Italian national team. Maestri played for the Italian junior national team in the
ALESSANDRO MAESTRI OF THE TENNESSEE SMOKIES The Italian reliever Alessandro Maestri is one of the European minor leaguers in the upper levels of the system, who are steadily move forward towards the big goal Major League. At the end of July he even was promoted to the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs in Iowa,
ALEX MAESTRI IMPRESSIVE IN CHICAGO CUBS DEBUT Europeans in the USA It was only a Spring Training game in Phoenix, Arizona with most of the players already thinking about the start of the regular season early next week. However one Minor League pitcher made sure the big league coaches would remember him, when they
MAESTRI ON MISSION TO MAKE IT TO MAJORS By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com Alessandro Maestri is a long way from his home in Viserba, Italy, playing for the Class A Peoria Chiefs. Maestri, 21, is the first Italian-born pitcher to sign with a Major League team. His plan is to become the first Italian-born pitcher to play
CUBS MAESTRI A RARITY ON TEAM ITALY A large part of Team Italy’s roster in the World Baseball Classic will be comprised of players who are there because of the loose rules for the Classic. Most, that means, will be Italian-Americans who have a parent, or more likely a grandparent, who comes from Italy. In
PROSPECT #20 – ALESSANDRO “ALEX” MAESTRI You may have seen Alex Maestri a couple of years ago when he was pitching for Italy in the World Baseball Classic. He served a first-pitch homer to Moises Alou and threw a wild pitch. Under more pleasant settings, you’ve also possibly seen him if you’ve made the trek
ITALY SURPRISES TEAM USA Three errors lead to five unearned runs in 6-2 victory Italy took advantage of three errors and scored five unearned runs Friday to hand Team USA its first loss at the IBAF World Cup, 6-2, in Taiwan. Shortstop Brian Bixler (Pirates) mishandled a grounder by Leonardo Zileri in the top of
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CONDUCT BASEBALL ACADEMY Major League Baseball International to conduct European Baseball Academy July 27-August 18 in Italy Jim Lefebvre, Bruce Hurst, Lee Smith and Rod Carew to instruct elite youth players from Europe and Africa. The baseball academy is waiting for the MLB. Major League Baseball International (MLBI) will hold its second
ITALY IS MIKE PIAZZA’S WEAKNESS (IT’S AMORE) Mike Piazza’s weakness it’s italian baseball. A New York Time news. In his later days with the Mets, as his skills slipped with age, Mike Piazza often seemed distant and detached. Even in his heyday, he sometimes seemed more comfortable talking music with a reporter than he did chatting