GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT TEAMS AND TRYOUTS
How are teams formed?
Baseball teams in T-ball, Junior Minors and Minors divisions, and all softball divisions are built based on requests to play with former teammates and/or friends, and players are generally grouped together with kids from the same schools.
However, while every attempt is made to honor such requests, not all can be met if the requested team is full.
Baseball teams in AAA, Majors, Juniors and Seniors divisions, players try out and are drafted to a team with the goal to balance the teams by ability. For this reason, we cannot honor requests for specific team assignment.
When will team assignments be posted?
All teams are posted in early to mid-March (with AAA and Majors Baseball leaning towards the earlier end of the spectrum). Once your team is set, your child’s Manager will contact you before the start of the season to introduce themselves. Once teams are set, you can also log onto your team webpage to see your child’s team roster.
Which divisions have tryouts?
Baseball AAA and Majors divisions have tryouts which are typically conducted each year in Late January. If multiple teams are being fielded in Juniors and Seniors baseball, these divisions will have tryouts in late February. All tryouts are held at Pier 40.
BASEBALL AAA & MAJORS TRYOUTS FAQS
How does the tryout work?
Your child will come to the tryout on the announced date. They will take part in small group hitting, fielding, pitching, and catching. The tryout is run by P3 coaches and observed by AAA and Majors team managers. The purpose of the tryout is for the managers to see the kids, and for the kids to get rated by the P3 coaches. Please note that the coaches running the tryout know most of these kids and their skill level and will take this into account when given the kids their ratings.
How are Baseball AAA & Majors teams assigned?
Two weeks after the tryout, there will be a Majors draft. The Manager and Head Coach of each team select players in a round-robin fashion, with an emphasis on developing balanced teams and an equitable distribution of pitchers and catchers. The Managers use results from the tryouts, Manager evaluations from previous seasons, as well as their own prior knowledge of players, to help make their selections
All U12s will get drafted in the Majors. And then the U11s and U10s will get drafted based on how they did in the tryout. A good number of U11s usually end up in Majors, and a handful of U10s end up in the Majors.
Once the majors draft is over, the AAA managers will draft from the remaining U11, U10 and U9s who are left. All U11s who did not get drafted to a Majors team will be drafted onto a AAA team.
The 10U and 9U players who are not drafted into AAA will be placed on a Minors team.
My child was part of the Majors division tryout but did not get drafted into Majors. Can I appeal?
We believe our tryout process is conducted fairly, and while we understand that some players and parents might be disappointed with the outcome, we do not allow appeals. Our view is that players will have a positive experience no matter what division they play in as long as they start the season ready to play hard, have fun and learn the game of baseball.