Professional Independent Minor League Baseball Tryouts
How To Succeed At Independent Pro Baseball Tryouts
The United Shore Professional Baseball League (USPBL) operates 4 teams out of just 1 stadium in Utica, Michigan. It is a different business model than the traditional independent minor league professional baseball leagues in that the league has reduced expenses which plague most independent team owners: hotels and buses and per diem meal money. The Read More …
This documentary with front office personnel from the American Association goes into greater detail about the business side of the independent professional baseball leagues. Unlike college baseball, which oftentimes gets funded by the state’s budget or alumni, the professional teams need to rely upon ticket sales and sponsorships to operate. This documentary gives you a Read More …
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.
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 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.
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 …
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 …
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
One thing every independent professional baseball player should know is the names of all of the league commissioners. Here are video clips on each one: Miles Wolff (American Association & the Can-Am League): Joe Klein (Atlantic League – presenting trophy around 6:55 mark): Bill Lee (Frontier League) Andrew Dunn (Pecos League) Byron Pierce (United League) Read More …
In the lower levels of the independent baseball leagues you may face a situation when the lights go out during a game. Here is what the 2011 Pecos League players did during such an instance one night: If nothing else, you may be able to have a little bit of fun during a long season!