The Roundup - 7th to 21st October

Tampere add tactical genius Matti Iivarinen to their coaching staff for 2020
The roundup
7th to 21st October 2019

The big stories
Tampere Manse PP sign a new manager for 2020
On 14th October Tampere announced that Matti Iivarinen had signed to be their new manager for 2020 on a 1 year deal. Iivarinen leaves KPL after steering them to a silver and bronze finish in Superpesis for 2018 and 2019 respectively, with some 400 plus games under his belt with various teams. Prior to his career as a manager, Iivarinen was a great pitcher, representing in the East v West game on 11 occasions and winning pitcher of the year twice. With Juha Niemi having signed for Tampere already this offseason, they are looking to make an impact in their return to Superpesis after an outstanding season in Ykköspesis that saw them automatically promoted.

Siilinjärvi still looking to make moves to secure lineup
On 14th October Tampere announced that Matti Iivarinen had signed to be their new manager for 2020 on a 1 year deal. Iivarinen leaves KPL after steering them to a silver and bronze finish in Superpesis for 2018 and 2019 respectively, with some 400 plus

SiiPe has signed extension agreements with Samu Vainikainen and Ville Pietinen to the end of 2020, with an option clause for Vainikainen for 2021. In addition, SiiPe have added Ville Lantiainen to their ranks from Ykköspesis side Hamina. Lantiainen was Hamina’s leadoff man with a success rate of 61% including 68 1st base hits and made it home 37 times over 24 games. In addition, SiiPe has signed a contract with Kalle Miettinen from Ykköspesis side Kuopio who was a joker, but spent much of the year in Suomensarja  (lower division) or the Poiken (youth) league. 

“I'm coming to Siilinjärvi with great pleasure and I'm going to play. There were a lot of good things about playing SiiPe last summer and I look forward to getting involved in the game for the coming season. It was also great to note that Siilinjärvi's home crowd was very involved and hopefully will be there next season as well. Last season went well for myself in Hamina and next summer's goal is to strive for a steady performance in both indoor and outdoor games” 
Ville Lantiainen - translated by Google.


“The team building up has taken its time after securing [a place in Superpesis], but with these contracts, the preparation for the coming season looks good. Negotiations are still underway with last season's players and 1-2 new players” explains SiiPe CEO Marko Heikkinen - translated by Google.

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