Professional Independent Minor League Baseball Tryouts
How To Succeed At Independent Pro Baseball Tryouts
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 …
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 …
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
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
Here is a video clip of last year’s independent professional North American League teams (now Pacific Association) during a game played in Hawaii:
Here is a local TV station’s coverage of a player who attended a tryout for the Kansas City T-Bones (American Association) tryout last year:
Some people have e-mailed to ask if players really can get signed out of an independent pro baseball tryout, especially at the higher levels. The answer is yes. Here is an article on the Atlantic League website about players getting spring training invitations out of the Camden Riversharks 2013 open tryout camp: http://atlanticleague.com/cgi-bin/dist/news.cgi?id=1365600329 The same Read More …
The Newark Bears play in the Can-Am League. Here are pictures from their recent tryout a few weeks ago: http://newarkbears.tumblr.com/post/48122509018
Here is a video clip from one of last year’s North American League open tryout camps: The team is now part of the Pacific Association which will play games against teams in Hawaii and Arizona. In order to perform well at these minor league baseball tryouts you must be “gritty”. Notice that the field wasn’t Read More …
If you want to know what you are getting into when you join an independent pro baseball team, here is a video behind-the-scenes look at the Winnipeg Goldeyes which came out last year: http://vimeo.com/47500774 It goes into what the managers and players think about life in the independent leagues. Again, it may not be as Read More …