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Dutch Hoofdklasse baseball stats and analytics

Coverage year: 2025. Last dataset update: 2026-01-23. This page summarizes highlighted players, league architecture, and market opportunities from the Statbase analysis layer.

Highlighted players (Dutch Hoofdklasse)

PLAYERTEAMROLEPVI
Quintin DE CUBAAmsterdamHitter81
Lars HUIJERHCAWPitcher80
Jesse VELDERSKinheimHitter80
Raphael SMEENKAmsterdamHitter79
Marnix RUBENHCAWHitter79
Tom DE BLOKNeptunusPitcher76
Drew JANSSENNeptunusPitcher76
Yurdion MARTIENeptunusHitter75

Team overview pages

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TPM #1 / OFF 66 / PREV 73

Curaçao Neptunus

Curaçao Neptunus is the No. 1 Team Power club in the 2025 Dutch Hoofdklasse Honkbal dataset. Curaçao Neptunus sits in the championship band of Dutch Hoofdklasse Honkbal and has enough two-way quality to project as a true postseason-caliber profile. The shape is driven by run prevention (#1) and defense (#1) and still needs more from speed.

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TPM #2 / OFF 68 / PREV 70

HCAW

HCAW is the No. 2 Team Power club in the 2025 Dutch Hoofdklasse Honkbal dataset. HCAW sits in the championship band of Dutch Hoofdklasse Honkbal and has enough two-way quality to project as a true postseason-caliber profile. The shape is driven by offense (#1) and run prevention (#2) and still needs more from run prevention.

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TPM #3 / OFF 64 / PREV 62

Amsterdam Pirates

Amsterdam Pirates is the No. 3 Team Power club in the 2025 Dutch Hoofdklasse Honkbal dataset. Amsterdam Pirates sits in the championship band of Dutch Hoofdklasse Honkbal and has enough two-way quality to project as a true postseason-caliber profile. The shape is driven by offense (#3) and run prevention (#3) and still needs more from defense.

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TPM #4 / OFF 62 / PREV 59

Hoofddorp Pioniers

Hoofddorp Pioniers is the No. 4 Team Power club in the 2025 Dutch Hoofdklasse Honkbal dataset. Hoofddorp Pioniers holds a playable upper-middle profile, but still needs one more carrying unit to threaten the top tier in Dutch Hoofdklasse Honkbal. The shape is driven by speed (#1) and defense (#3) and still needs more from run prevention.

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TPM #5 / OFF 58 / PREV 61

Oosterhout Twins

Oosterhout Twins is the No. 5 Team Power club in the 2025 Dutch Hoofdklasse Honkbal dataset. Oosterhout Twins holds a playable upper-middle profile, but still needs one more carrying unit to threaten the top tier in Dutch Hoofdklasse Honkbal. The shape is driven by run prevention (#4) and speed (#4) and still needs more from defense.

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TPM #6 / OFF 53 / PREV 61

Kinheim

Kinheim is the No. 6 Team Power club in the 2025 Dutch Hoofdklasse Honkbal dataset. Kinheim is outside the top tier in Dutch Hoofdklasse Honkbal and needs more depth around its best players to stabilize week-to-week performance. The shape is driven by defense (#4) and run prevention (#5) and still needs more from speed.

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TPM #7 / OFF 53 / PREV 53

UVV

UVV is the No. 7 Team Power club in the 2025 Dutch Hoofdklasse Honkbal dataset. UVV is outside the top tier in Dutch Hoofdklasse Honkbal and needs more depth around its best players to stabilize week-to-week performance. The shape is driven by speed (#6) and offense (#7) and still needs more from defense.

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TPM #8 / OFF 53 / PREV 50

RCH Pinguïns

RCH Pinguïns is the No. 8 Team Power club in the 2025 Dutch Hoofdklasse Honkbal dataset. RCH Pinguïns is outside the top tier in Dutch Hoofdklasse Honkbal and needs more depth around its best players to stabilize week-to-week performance. The shape is driven by defense (#6) and speed (#7) and still needs more from offense.

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Market opportunities

The Kinheim Paradox

Kinheim has a mediocre offense (Rank 6), yet rosters the league's purest hitter, Jesse Velders.

STRATEGIC TAKE: Velders is the ultimate "buy-low" candidate due to depressed RBI opportunities.

The HCAW Value Core

HCAW combines frontline pitching (Huijer) with impact offense (Ruben), giving them one of the cleanest two-way transfer pools in HDK.

STRATEGIC TAKE: Prioritize HCAW as a primary sourcing lane for balanced profiles.

The Speed Anomaly

Hoofddorp (Speed 46) is the only team playing modern athletic baseball. The rest of the league is station-to-station.

STRATEGIC TAKE: Loan athletic prospects to Hoofddorp for development.