The 6th World Baseball Classic Qualifying Tournament Group B will be played in Tucson, Arizona, USA, from March 2 to 6 local time. One of the highlights of Germany's 28-man roster is 23-year-old pitcher Jayden Brown, the son of tennis star couple Agassi and Graf. Agassi. Jayden. Agassi said it could be the biggest stage he's ever been in.
Jayden. Agassi
Jayden. Agassi pitched for the USC varsity team from 2021 to 2023 and played six games in the MLB Draft League in 2024, throwing a 2.96 defense percentage. Since his mother Graf is German, the German team approached him, and Jayden was willing to play for the German team.
Jayden. In a recent interview with Tucson's local media outlet KGUN-TV, Agassi said that his parents have always supported him to play baseball, "They want me to do whatever I want to do most in my life." ”
"They were very supportive of me from the very beginning." Jayden. "They were very relaxed, their parents used to be very strict with them, I think my parents did the exact opposite to me, they never missed a game, they loved to watch, but they were never me." "Growing up, they instilled in me the idea of 1% improvement every day. ”
6th World Baseball Classic Qualifying Tournament Group B Tournament, Germany Team List
Now he will represent Germany in the qualifying rounds of the Classic. "It's probably the biggest stage I've ever played, I'm excited and a little nervous, and I'm ready to make the German team proud." ”
Jayden. Agassi said he was proud of his family name and "wanted to make the name known in baseball, not just in tennis." ”
Germany is in the same group as Colombia, China and Brazil in Group B of this year's WBC Qualifying Tournament, and these four teams will have to fight for two tickets to the main tournament of the classic. The German team will meet the Chinese team in the first game.