Superpesis roundup

In Kitee its not just the stadium that is in being rebuilt, as the Coronavirus impacts on their player lineup Photograph from Kitee Facebook (c) Kiteen Pallo -90 Part 2 of this series focuses on Kankaanpää, Kempele and Kitee. Both Kempele and Kitee have had their lineups effected by the financial and practical fallout from the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic and both need to rethink their strategies for 2020. Kankaanpään Maila Kankaanpää had a disappointing end to 2019, dropping out of contention for a playoff spot and eventually dropping to 10th place. Manu Haukkala escapes the sinking Alajärvi, who were relegated to Ykköspesis in 2019. Haukkala is a relatively young player, (22) with only 2 full seasons in Superpesis. Haukkala is still a developing player and time will tell if this signing will make much of an impact on KaMa’s chances in 2020. In the Halli-SM group games Haukkala batted 1st and had 10 successful hits, including 8 to 1st base. His best performance was against 2019’s le...

Hyvinkää have had a turbulent time since the pandemic has struck. How will they shape up in 2020 Photograph from Hyvinkää Facebook (c) Hyvinkään Tahko 2019 In this series of posts I will look at the players who have changed teams since last season and consider which teams are better or worse off coming into the 2020 season. In this first post I look at the current player lists for Hyvinkää, IPV and Joensuu. Hyvinkään Tahko Tahko added some strong players in Tuikka and Vikström in the offseason, with the pair coming off the back of a successful season with Sotkamo. In the Halli-SM group games, Tuikka played the same role as he had done for Sotkamo in 2019, batting 5th and playing at first base. Vikström on the other hand has seen a significant change in his role, fielding at second base (rather than a joker) and batting 3rd. Both players had solid outings in the groups games and it was going to be interesting to see if their addition to Tahko’s lineup would have brought greater success...