Son of 'Tennis Legend' Agacy-Graf to play for Germany in WBC
Son of 'Tennis Legend' Agacy-Graf to play for Germany in WBC
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The son of legend Andre Agarthy-Steffi Graff, who commanded the world tennis scene in the 1980s and 1990s, is a baseball player who will compete in the World Baseball Classic (WBC) preliminaries.
The Associated Press introduced the story of Aegac and Graf's son Jayden Aegac (23), who are about to make their WBC debut as a member of the German baseball team on the 3rd (Korea time).
Agacy, who said his father and mother did not force him to play tennis from a young age, said, "It was difficult to hit the ball in the line, and I wanted to hit it as far as possible," revealing how he became attracted to baseball.
Agacy, who is from Las Vegas, Nevada, the U.S., is a right-handed pitcher with a height of 190 centimeters and a confident physique of 98 kilograms.
When he was in high school, he underwent Tommy John surgery in 2019, and entered the University of Southern California (USC) in 2021 as a starting pitcher.
Last year in the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) draft league, he had one win, one loss and a 2.96 ERA in six games and 27 ⅓ innings, drawing the attention of coach Yendrick Spear, who leads the German national baseball team.
Agacy is a dual nationality with German nationality, following his mother, Graff.
Spear said, "I selected him because he has a great legacy. I found out that he has German nationality, and everything worked out well."
Agacy, who throws fastballs in the mid-90s, dreams of making the big league stage through MLB rookie draft this year.
If you show an impressive performance in the WBC, you can get closer to your dream.
Agacy is expected to play as a bullpen pitcher for the German national baseball team.
The German national baseball team will play Colombia, China and Brazil in Group B in the 2026 WBC qualifying round for the finals.
The first place in the WBC qualifying round group will go straight to the finals, and the second and third places will have a single playoff, and the winner will qualify for the finals. 바카라
Germany won the first game 12-2 against China at the Tucson Kino Sports Complex in Arizona, USA, and Aggac did not play in the game.
He said, "I feel really good because I found the right baseball for me. I'm trying to make plans and grow 1% every day."