Professional Independent Minor League Baseball Tryouts
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This is a promo video for the Empire Pro league’s tryouts, but you will get a glimpse of their camp and what to expect: If you are interested in being notified of tryouts and development league opportunities then visit the home page or click here to sign up for the subscription notification service.
This 2016 video shows players talking about their dreams of becoming a professional baseball player while at a tryout for the Gary RailCats (American Association): If you are interested in being notified of tryouts and development league opportunities then visit the home page or click here to sign up for the subscription notification service.
Here is a reporter from MLive, a video channel about life in Michigan, attempting to participate in a 2017 United Shore Professional Baseball League tryout: If you are interested in being notified of tryouts and development league opportunities then visit the home page or click here to sign up for the subscription notification service.
The Pecos Spring League is a development league for the Pecos League & other independent leagues. It runs during March each year in South Houston, Texas. One of the fun things about being involved, even in the development leagues, is that news media often finds some humor when it needs a local sports piece. Players Read More …
We found a video from last year going into the rigors of the lower end of independent professional baseball, in this case with the Pecos League: If you are interested in being notified of tryouts and development league opportunities then visit the home page or click here to sign up for the subscription notification Read More …
Here is a 2013 video featuring player interviews from the Freedom League: The league did not continue on after that season, so this is an example of what has happened virtually every season since the independent league business model started in 1993. If you are interested in being notified of tryouts and development Read More …
Here is a YouTube video uploaded last year which talks with several Atlantic League players about life in the independent professional baseball leagues: If you are interested in being notified of tryouts and development league opportunities then visit the home page or click here to sign up for the subscription notification service.
We have been asked by a representative of the Frontier League’s Southern Illinois Miners, who also serves as an area scout for the Atlanta Braves, to announce a tryout on October 30, 2016. Here is the information and graphics provided by the Frontier League and the scout running the tryout: PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL TRYOUT – Palm Read More …
Here is a short documentary about players trying to make the Gary RailCats, a team which plays in the American Association. It shows the challenges which players have when trying to make a team through an open tryout camp versus being signed directly as a result of a recommendation or being scouted by the Read More …
The Rockford Aviators (formerly River Hawks) played in the Frontier League through the 2015 season, after which the team left the league. Here is a video from the team’s 2014 open tryout camp, and it shows a tryout in less-than-perfect weather: This is good to know so that you can prepare ahead of Read More …
Non-U.S. tryouts don’t happen very often due to logistics and budget reasons. When they do happen, however, there often is some good talent which shows up at these tryouts. The Major League Scouting Bureau (MLSB) sometimes has Canadian open tryout camps, and here is a video from one of the recent camps which took place Read More …