Luca Panerati

Luca Panerati (born 2 December 1989 in Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy) is an Italian professional baseball pitcher.

In 2007, he spent all year in Serie A2, going 3–2 with a 1.58 ERA and 52 strikeouts in 51 1/3 IP for Rosemar, the second team of the city of Grosseto.

That helped earn him a spot on the senior national team for the 2007 Baseball World Cup.

Panerati signed with the Cincinnati Reds for 2008, going to minor league spring training, returning to Italy to finish high school, then beginning his professional career.

In the 2008 European Cup, he went six scoreless innings for a win for the host Bbc Grosseto over the Mainz Athletics.