Taschin signature with Toronto Blue Jays

Another American dream for an Italian baseball player. In Dunedin, Florida, Giacomo Taschin signs for Toronto Blue Jays, an organization belonging to the Major League Baseball. Start from the Rookie League. “I am realizing a little big dream but I know they are only in the beginning,” Taschin says excited immediately after the historic moment. “My first thought now goes to my family, to all my teammates to whom I owe very much above all from a human point of view. I don’t want to forget the coaches who have taught me in recent years the foundations of a sport that I am passionate about since I was a new path for me: I can’t wait to give the best of me to hit other great goals”.

career

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Born on September 3, 2006 in Rovigo, left -handed launcher and beating, Giacomo Taschin has always wore the team of his city’s team, with which he has made his effects in all respects in Serie A in 2022 after a very short appearance the previous year. Since then he has always obtained excellent results, up to the average he was 0.28 with which he closed the 2024 season with a record of 3 wins, 0 defeats and 6 salvations for 48 eliminations to the dish in 32 shots launched. Also with Itas Mutua Rovigo won the title of Italian champion under 18 last year. In the national team he won two Europeans with Italy Under 12 and the European title with Italy under 18, where he also won the MOV prize of the tournament. He was also summoned in the last meeting of March to the national team by the new manager Francisco Cervelli. “We are enthusiastic that Giacomo begins his professional career with the Blue Jays. It was impressive to observe his progress in the field in recent years, and equally impressive to see his high school maturity and family support off the pitch” comments Harry Einbinder, International Scout of the Blue Jays who first was interested in the player. “We had the opportunity to see Giacomo grow and we can’t wait to follow the path even on a professional level.”

blues

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Son of art and with a brother who is also a baseball player, Giacomo Taschin will begin his journey with the Blue Jays in mid -July in Rookie League in Florida. It will be the fifth player born and raised in Italy to take the field in the minor league at the USA together with Samuel Aldegheri (double a of the Los Angeles Angels with the Rocket City Trash Pandas after the debut in MLB last September), Alessandro Ercolani (double a of the Pittsburgh Pirates with the Altoona Curve), Williams Wong (Rookie League with the franchise of Texas Rangers) and Filippo Sabatini (at work in the Dominican Republic with the Philadelphia Phillies). “The dream of every boy who plays based on baseball is to sign a contract with a Major League deductible and thus try to reach the great alloy. Giacomo has achieved this result today, after an important path of growth inside and outside the diamond. It is the right recognition for his talent, his determination and the hard work he has done in recent years. Now this moment must become a new starting point in order to be able to reach new goals. And for the other boys engaged in minor alloys in the US “comments Marco Mazzieri, president of the Fibs (Italian Softball Baseball Federation). The satisfaction of Rovigo baseball and softball is also great, which has seen Giacomo grow in recent years and which the official celebration will dedicate on 7 June.