Professional Independent Minor League Baseball Tryouts
How To Succeed At Independent Pro Baseball Tryouts
Here is a recap video of the 2016 California Winter League, the winter league with an official relationship with the Frontier League: The video also features Barry Moss, one of the longtime pro baseball veterans who was interviewed for the podcast interview series you will receive when you sign up for the tryouts notification service. Read More …
In recent years, there has been a huge surge in leagues forming which charge prospective players with a pay-to-play business model. Most say that they can get you signed to at least an independent professional league, but this is not always the case. It is an unfortunate situation, as many prospective players have had challenges Read More …
If you have not been scouted or previously drafted, nor were you an award-winning player in your college baseball conference, odds are that you are not on many lists of pro baseball scouts and coaching staff members. This, however, doesn’t mean that you can’t make a pro baseball team. The odds are against you, so Read More …
Here is a video clip showing some of the footage from the 2012 league-wide tryouts for the Frontier League. It was a tryout that drew nearly 300 prospective players and offered these players exposure to all 14 teams that the league had at the time. The Frontier League is running its tryout again this spring Read More …
Unlike what you or your friends may have experienced in high school or college baseball, independent pro baseball team occasionally need to do unique things to survive. One of these is to differentiate itself and get local media in order to increase the odds of local fans buying tickets to every home game. College and Read More …
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Here is something you don’t often see regarding pro baseball tryouts. These links lead to the evaluations made by Frontier League coaching staff members of the players and pitchers who attended the April 2013 tryout run by the league. http://frontierleague.com/pdf/Pitcher%20evaulation%20chart%202013.pdf http://frontierleague.com/pdf/Position%20player%20evaulation%20chart%202013.pdf You can see the notes made in the far column by the evaluators including Read More …
Just in case you wonder about the types of players who show up at professional independent minor league tryouts, here is a rare – but unique – story: http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_23148258/sixty-year-olds-pitch-st-paul-saints-sign Obviously, this is not the norm. Nonetheless this is what differentiates some independent baseball teams from others. The Saints have a history of giving non-traditional players Read More …
Here are some pics posted on the San Rafael Pacifics Twitter page. They are from the Pacific Association pro baseball tryout which was held on April 28 of this year. https://twitter.com/SRPacifics/status/328622919972446208/photo/1 https://twitter.com/SRPacifics/status/328651601277513728/photo/1
Many college baseball players are regarded by some of today’s pro baseball veterans as “coddled” or “still in the cocoon”. They view many of the guys who are 21-24 years old as being lazy or having anyone (Mom, Dad, uncle, coach, local instructor, etc.) do their marketing for them instead of the player himself reaching Read More …
Here is the local media coverage story about the tryouts held by the Gary SouthShore RailCats of the American Association. This was held two years ago, but you get a could idea of what you will experience at a typical professional independent baseball open tryout. http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/baseball/professional/minor/northern-league/ballplayers-flock-to-railcats-open-tryouts/vmix_6b3fc81a-e74a-500c-8c6e-6a474d848759.html