The maximum Italian A1 2020 baseball championship has just started and UnipolSai Fortitudo Bologna, working to complete the roster to be made available to manager Frignani, has identified a strong player for the role of catcher, but if necessary also designated first base or batter. Coming under the two towers, directly from the Netherlands, thus playing with the "status" of community athlete, here is the new biancoblu, Hendrik Clementina, 23 years old and six seasons in the Minor League in the ranks of the Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds, franchise with which in 2019 he played in single A advanced, in the ranks of Daytona Tortugas, in the Florida State League.
The young line married by the new management of the Bolognese company therefore continues. Clementina was born in Curaçao on June 17, 1997 and becomes an athlete with an impressive physique (183 cm by 113 kg), capable of offering the best with the stick in his hand, the classic "slugger", a hitter to be inserted in the heart of the lineup, because its valid are often extrabase and capable of producing points. A real batting power: in six seasons in the Minor League he has beaten 46 home runs and 199 RBI in 357 games.
In defense, his prevailing role is catcher, an important role in determining the team's balance, but also tiring and therefore to be shared with other teammates during the week. In those races, Clementina can become an excellent first base, or simply bring her important contribution to the role of designated hitter.
At only 17 Clementina signs with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who divert him to the Dominican Summer League, a rather demanding Rookie League, in which often the best talents are sent to "make the bones". It is the 2014 season and for him there are 49 races (26 as a receiver), which ends by beating .274, with an average of .314 on base and .379 as a slugger (11 doubles, a triple and 2 home runs). In 2015 he moved to the Arizona League, always at the Rookie level, totaling 26 appearances and improving the beaten average (.284). In 2016 it is confirmed and the number of races rises to 44 (alternating between first base and catcher), but beats. 217. There are also 4 doubles for him, a triple and 6 home runs, 23 RBI and his average slugging is at .369. In 2017, it is his last year in the Rookie League and the season begins with the Dodgers, who assign him to the Ogden Raptors in Pioneer League, South Division, proving to be a hitter from another category. In 24 games he beats .370 / .439 / .554 with 5 doubles, 4 home runs and 25 RBI. In the middle of the season he passes to the Reds, who assign him at the beginning of August to the Billings Mustangs, the same league but North Division, where the averages are lowered, but he finds a way to score 6 more doubles and 2 home runs. In the season he boasts a total of 39 appearances in the role of catcher. In 2018 he goes up in single A with Dayton Dragons, Midwest League. Play 96 games of which 64 in receiver position. It beats .268 with .327 on base and .497 of slugging, totaling 22 doubles, a triple and 18 home runs, for 59 RBI. For home runs and RBI he is the best hitter of the team and is selected in the All Stars formation of the League. Finally, in 2019 he moved on to single A advanced, with Daytona. Play 91 games, including 59 behind the pot. Still important figures for him (.249 / .296 / .411), with 13 doubles, 14 home runs and 54 RBI.