Die U18-Nationalmannschaft des Deutschen Baseball und Softball Verband e.V. (DBV) reist am Mittwoch zu einer Kadermaßnahme ins spanische Sant Boi. 28 Spieler wurden vom Trainerstab um Headcoach Tom Gillespie für das MLB Academies Spring Tournament nominiert. Gegner sind unter anderem Frankreich, Italien, Niederlande, Tschechien und eine Europaauswahl. Wie üblich bei MLB-Turnieren gelten spezielle Regeln für die Anzahl der erlaubten Pitches pro Akteur und pro Inning.
Kader U18-Nationalmannschaft in Sant Boi:
| Nr. | Nachname | Vorname | Verein |
| 1 | Aplevich | Eric | Untouchables Paderborn |
| 2 | Bäumer | Simon | Hamburg Stealers |
| 3 | Bendlin | Merlin | Mannheim Tornados |
| 4 | Bergmann | Finn | Untouchables Paderborn |
| 5 | Blesing | Robert | Untouchables Paderborn |
| 6 | Cataldo | Demetrio | Untouchables Paderborn |
| 7 | Dembowski | Steffen | Untouchables Paderborn |
| 8 | Fink | Fridolin | Stuttgart Reds |
| 9 | Goebert | Nicolas | Untouchables Paderborn |
| 10 | Harrison | Patrick | Untouchables Paderborn |
| 11 | Henschel | Leonardo | Buchbinder Regensburg Legionäre |
| 12 | Iberle | Marco | Buchbinder Regensburg Legionäre |
| 13 | Jiron | Valerio | Buchbinder Regensburg Legionäre |
| 14 | Kirchhoff | Nikolai | Untouchables Paderborn |
| 15 | Kloppenburg | Luca | Untouchables Paderborn |
| 16 | Liedtke | Simon | Heidenheim Heideköpfe |
| 17 | Montgomery | Maurice | Buchbinder Regensburg Legionäre |
| 18 | Post | Ian | Untouchables Paderborn |
| 19 | Stattler | Paul | Cologne Cardinals |
| 20 | Redle | Elias | Buchbinder Regensburg Legionäre |
| 21 | Reusse | Julius | Ratingen Goose Necks |
| 22 | Rodriguez-Klinsing | Anthony | Bonn Capitals |
| 23 | Schnorbach | Kevin | Mainz Athletics |
| 24 | Siegert-Bomhard | Maximilian | Buchbinder Regensburg Legionäre |
| 25 | Spezia | Joshua | Buchbinder Regensburg Legionäre |
| 26 | van Bergen | Jonas | Stuttgart Reds |
| 27 | Wenzel | Carl | Buchbinder Regensburg Legionäre |
| 28 | Wittmann | Paul | Buchbinder Regensburg Legionäre |
| Trainerstab | |||
| Gillespie | Tom | ||
| Mueller | Stefan | ||
| Solbach | Markus | ||
| Thieben | Daniel |
Spielplan MLB Academies Spring Tournament 2018:
| Day | Time | Game | Visitors | Home | Innings | |
| Thurs, 22 March | 10:15 | 1 | FRANCE | CZECH REPUBLIC | 7 innings | |
| 13:15 | 2 | GERMANY | NETHERLANDS | 7 innings | ||
| 16:15 | 3 | ITALY | TEAM EUROPE | 9 innings | ||
| Fri, 23 March | 10:15 | 4 | NETHERLANDS | ITALY | 7 innings | |
| 13:15 | 5 | CZECH REPUBLIC | GERMANY | 7 innings | ||
| 16:15 | 6 | TEAM EUROPE | FRANCE | 9 innings | ||
| Sat, 24 March | 10:15 | 7 | FRANCE | GERMANY | 7 innings | |
| 13:15 | 8 | ITALY | CZECH REPUBLIC | 7 innings | ||
| 16:15 | 9 | TEAM EUROPE | NETHERLANDS | 9 innings | ||
| Sun, 25 March | 10:15 | 10 | GERMANY | ITALY | 7 innings | |
| 13.15 | 11 | NETHERLANDS | FRANCE | 7 innings | ||
| 16:15 | 12 | CZECH REPUBLIC | TEAM EUROPE | 9 innings | ||
| Mon, 26 March | 10:15 | 13 | CZECH REPUBLIC | NETHERLANDS | 7 innings | |
| 13:15 | 14 | FRANCE | ITALY | 7 innings | ||
| 16:15 | 15 | TEAM EUROPE | GERMANY | 9 innings | ||
| Tues, 27 March | 10:15 | 16 | Seed 1 | Seed 4 | 7 innings | |
| 13.15 | 17 | Seed 2 | Seed 3 | 7 innings | ||
| 16:15 | 18 | Seed 5 | Seed 6 | 7 innings | ||
| Wed, 28 March |
10:15 |
19 | Winner of 1 vs 4 | Winner of 2 vs 3 | 7 innings | |
| 13:15 | 20 | Winner of 5 vs 6 | Higher seeded loser of semi-final game | 7 innings | ||
| 16:15 | 21 | Loser of 5 vs 6 | Lower seeded loser of semi-final game | 7 innings | ||
