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Bitter debut for Graf-Sohn Jaden Agassi
04.03.2025 – 00:46 a.m.Reading time: 1 min.
Jaden Agassi experiences a national team debut to forget. The son of Steffi Graf allows four points against Brazil.
Jaden Agassi made a completely unsuccessful debut for the German Baseball national team. In the 7: 9 defeat in the second World Cup qualification game against Brazil, the son of the tennis icons Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi came to the field as a pitcher in front of his parents in the 4. Inning, let four points from the Brazilians through sometimes weak throws and was replaced before the end of the inn. The team of national coach Jendrick Speer no longer recovered from the 0: 4 deficit.
Due to the first defeat in the second group game in Tucson/Arizona, Germany has to worry about the first participation in the World Baseball Classic in the coming year. In the 12-2 opening victory against China, the 23-year-old Agassi, a graduate of the University of Southern California and players of the Mahoning Valley Scrapper, was not used on Sunday in the US youth league MLB Draft League.
The last group opponent of the German team is Colombia on Tuesday (local time). The group’s first qualifies directly for the World Baseball Classic in March 2026, the second and third play on Thursday for the second World Cup ticket. The tournament, which was initiated by the North American Professional League MLB in 2006, has also been an official World Cup since 2013.