While everybody eagerly awaits the rosters for next week’s World Baseball Classic Qualifiers in Mexicali and Panama City, the European participants Germany, Czech Republic, France and Spain have departed for Arizona (GER, CZE, FRA) and Panama (ESP) for training camps ahead of the tournaments.

France has done a small gesture and invited Melissa Mayeux as honorary invitee to training camp in Arizona. The female phenomenon, who participated in MLB’s European Elite Camp, the U18 European Championship and the Women’s European Softball Championship last year, gets an opportunity to practice alongside the senior national team players under the guidance of manager Eric Gagne.

After training camp she will return to Europe to play for France in the MLB Academies Spring Tournament in Sant Boi, Spain at the end of the month.