Patrick Silva: Phillies New Pitcher

A new Italian player will join American professional baseball. It’s about Patrick Silva who in a few days will be a new member of the famous franchise of Philadelphia Phillies. The day of the official signing of the contract will be Friday 16 January at 6pm at the clubhouse of Baseball Vercelli, the team where he grew up, located in via Vincenzo Viviani.

Born in 2009, Silva grew up sportingly in Baseball Vercelli and he always wore the shirt ofItalia in the various selections of which he was part and in which he always shone. He is the eighth Italian currently to be part of an American organization after Nicolò Pinazzi (Los Angeles Angels), Matteo Marelli (New York Mets), Giacomo Taschin (Toronto Blue Jays), Filippo Sabatini (Philadelphia Phillies), Williams Wong (Texas Rangers), Alessandro Ercolani (Pittsburgh Pirates) e Samuel Aldegheri (Los Angeles Angels).

“I am very happy to have reached this goal and to sign with a Major League franchise. I know it will be difficult but I will give it my all from the first day I begin my journey in the Minor Leagues. I sincerely thank my family and my dad – who has trained me since I was little – for giving me the opportunity to play baseball and never letting me miss anything” were the first words of Silva as a Phillies player.

Gold medal at the European Championships 2019 and 2021 withUnder 12 and silver in 2023 with theUnder 15Silva stood out thanks to the excellent World disputed in 2024 in Colombiawhere he was named the event’s top first baseman with a .481 batting average and seven runs batted in. Also in the same year came the debut in Serie A with Settimo Torinese, while in 2025 came the new call-up from the Italian national team to Under 18 World Cup in Okinawain Japan.