Sharlon Schoop
Sharlon Romans Emederio Schoop is a Curaçaoan professional baseball shortstop for L&D Amsterdam of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. He played for Team Netherlands in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, and at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019.Career
Schoop was signed by the San Francisco Giants as an undrafted free agent on March 30, 2004. The Baltimore Orioles signed Schoop to a minor league contract on November 21, 2013.
Schoop represented the Netherlands at the 2009 World Baseball Classic in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Miami, Florida. He was also named to the Dutch roster for the and 2014 European Baseball Championship.
Schoop came to Baltimore in June 2016 in case the team needed to add him to the roster during the suspension of infielder Manny Machado, but he was never officially recalled off the taxi squad and was later sent back to Triple-A Norfolk. In January 2017, Schoop signed a minor league contract with the Orioles. He elected free agency on November 6, 2017.
On February 20, 2018, Schoop re-signed to a minor-league deal with the Baltimore Orioles. He elected free agency on November 2, 2018.
On May 25, 2019, Schoop signed with the L&D Amsterdam of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse.
He played for Team Netherlands in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019, and at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.Personal life
His brother, Jonathan, is also a baseball player, and is currently with the Detroit Tigers.
