Czech national team staff narrows roster down to 29 players for the World Cup

 

Czech one step closer to finalizing World Cup roster

 

The 38 best players from the Czech Republic, including four MLB players, were present on the provisional training roster which was given to IBAF. In the past few days, the Czech national team staff narrowed the roster down to 29 players. Five more players from the list will have to be rejected before the tournament to make the final roster. The final decision should be made by the end of August.

 

The Czech national team has been preparing intensively for the most significant event of this year, the Baseball World Cup. From September 3 to September 6, players will have a training camp in Ostrava as a final preparation for the tournament., in the Czech Republic.

 

Here are the names of 29 players:

 

Player (Team)

 

Bokaj Boris (Arrows)

Navrátil Aleš (Arrows)

Budský Pavel (Draci)

Cervinka Tomáš (Draci)

Hajtmar Jakub (Draci)

Hrušovský Karel (Draci)

Chroust Radim (Draci)

Minarík Petr (Draci)

Ondrácek Michal (Draci)

Petrík Ondrej (Draci)

Polanský Tomáš (Draci)

Procházka Radek (Draci)

Schneider Martin (Draci)

Toufar Jakub (Draci)

Veselý Martin (Draci)

Homolka Jan (Eagles)

Jelínek Vojtech (Express)

Kubát Leoš (Express)

Baroch Petr (Kotlárka)

Blažek Jan (Kotlárka)

Malík Jakub (Media Monks HOL)

Drong Martin (Olomouc)

Nemec Radek (Olomouc)

Voják Jakub (Olomouc)

Sládek Jakub (PHILIES)

Cech Petr (REDS)

Mráz Daniel (Technika)

Hejma Matej (TWINS)

 

Contributed by Lucie Cubikova

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