Jaden Agassi, son of tennis legends Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, wants to play baseball for Germany

By Prakhar Sachdeo

Jaden Agassi — son of tennis legends Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf — wants to play baseball. The 23-year-old Agassi is a pitcher for Team Germany in this week’s World Baseball Classic qualifiers in Tucson, Arizona.

When Jaden was a little boy he loved to run. He loved to hit the ball.So his parents signed him up for baseball. About 20 years later, he’s trying to make his own mark in the sports world.

Jaden grew up in Las Vegas with his famous American dad and German mother before playing college baseball at USC. He holds dual citizenship and speaks a little German.

Jaden Agassi, a right-hander, grew up in Las Vegas before playing college baseball at USC. He holds dual citizenship and speaks a little German. The popularity of baseball has grown in Germany over the past few decades. Manager Jendrick Speer was still searching for a few additions to the roster for the WBC qualifiers when he stumbled across Agassi on social media and realized his connections to the country.

Agassi said his parents never pushed him into tennis, baseball or any other sport because they didn’t want to repeat their childhood and teenage years, which were totally consumed by tennis.

The lanky 6-foot-3 Agassi has had his share of setbacks during his baseball career. He needed Tommy John elbow surgery after his first game in 2019, which caused him to miss his junior season in high school. Then in 2020, his team played just a handful of games before COVID-19 shut down sports for the year.

While neither parent may be a baseball expert, he said they’re both supportive of his baseball career and will be in the crowd this week as he pitches for mom’s home country with Team Deutschland across his chest.

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