The Frontier League Tryout Camp and Draft was held on April twenty second and twenty third at Wild Issues Park in Washington, PA.
I used to be fortunate sufficient to have the ability to attend the tryout and speak to varied managers, gamers and households in attendance.
A whole bunch of gamers from throughout the nation and world (I met gamers from Mexico and Japan as properly) made the trek to Pennsylvania for his or her likelihood to tryout in entrance of all 16 Frontier League groups.
The one factor that stood out to me probably the most was the assist from these gamers’ households. Mothers, dads, girlfriends and wives, all of them staying 8+ hours every day within the stadium simply to cheer on their participant and assist him in his quest to stay out his dream.
46 gamers had been provided contracts to hitch groups throughout spring coaching to earn a roster spot for the 2024 Frontier League season.
14 (6 pitchers, 8 place gamers) of them are at the moment on an lively roster, though a couple of have been launched and re-signed all through the primary half.
Right here is your full checklist of draft picks, adopted by an replace on the place they’re midway by way of the season. (Gamers in daring are at the moment on a roster on the All-Star Break).
1st spherical
1 New England Knockouts Casey Bargo RHP
2 Lake Erie Crushers Michel Triana UTL
3 Lake Erie Crushers Anthony Perez RHP
4 Trois-Rivieres Aigles Dakota Parsons RHP
5 Windy Metropolis ThunderBolts Jose Gutierrez 3B
6 Tri-Metropolis ValleyCats Easton Klein RHP
7 Washington Wild Issues Raul Ortega C
8 Ottawa Titans Garrett Crowley LHP
9 Evansville Otters James Steindl LHP
10 New York Boulders Sam Franco OF
11 Schaumburg Boomers Allante Corridor C
12 Tri-Metropolis ValleyCats Rolando Heredia Bustos RHP
13 Florence Y’alls Jalen Evans RHP
15 New Jersey Jackals Greg Ryan IF
16 Quebec Capitales Chase Wilkerson LHP
2nd spherical
17 New England Knockouts Daniel Goggin RHP
18 Florence Y’alls Val Stammler RHP
19 Tri-Metropolis ValleyCats Gino Sabatine RHP
20 Windy Metropolis ThunderBolts Austin Elder C
21 Joliet Slammers Jeissy De La Cruz IF
22 Washington Wild Issues Ken Williams LHP
23 Ottawa Titans Charlie Towers SS
24 Evansville Otters Matt Cusumano C
25 New York Boulders Kerry Wright RHP
26 Schaumburg Boomers Cameron Zunkel RHP
27 Tri-Metropolis ValleyCats Jolan Zhao RHP
28 Gateway Grizzlies Teague Conrad RHP
29 Sussex County Miners Nicholas DeMaio C
30 New Jersey Jackals Bryson Parks OF
31 Quebec Capitales Hunter Boag RHP
Further
32 Florence Y’alls Nathan Riddle RHP
33 Trois-Rivieres Aigles James Smibert SS
34 Joliet Slammers Jacob Younger RHP
35 Ottawa Titans Yushin Ohta UTL
36 Washington Wild Issues Sheldon Johnson OF
37 Evansville Otters Benjamin Newbert 1B
38 Schaumburg Boomers Felix Abouerette C
39 Tri-Metropolis ValleyCats Brant Broussard IF
40 Gateway Grizzlies Eric Kozlowski RHP
41 New Jersey Jackals Orlando Swift RHP
42 Ottawa Titans Mitzuki Fukoda C
43 Tri-Metropolis ValleyCats Bradley Roberto OF
44 Tri-Metropolis ValleyCats Ian Diaz OF
Publish-draft Schaumburg Boomers Jesus Baez RHP
Publish-draft Lake Erie Crushers Lolo Williams C
Publish-draft Windy Metropolis ThunderBolts Alex Lugo C
Up to date stats:
RHP Casey Bargo – Activated by the Knockouts on Could thirty first. Has made 11 Appearances, 7 begins, 0-4 report with a 6.75 ERA. Casey hung out on the 7 day IL from June thirtieth to July tenth.
UTL Michel Triana – Didn’t signal with the Crushers till June twenty eighth. Has performed in 13 video games with a .100 common. Has hit 1 HR with 3 RBI and a couple of SB.
RHP Easton Klein – Has been with Valley Cats for the reason that begin of the season. Has made 11 appearances, 10 begins with a 4-2 report and a 3.71 ERA. Has racked up 41 Ks in 63 IP.
OF Sam Franco – Was launched in spring coaching by the Boulders. Signed with the Lake Erie Crushers on July fifth. Has performed in 7 video games with the Crushers with a .259 common scoring 4 runs and stealing 3 bases.
C Allante Corridor – Signed with the Schauburg Boomers throughout spring coaching. Has performed in 28 video games with a .146 common and a couple of RBI. Had a stint on the IL from June 1st to June sixteenth.
RHP Rolando Heredia Bustos – At the moment on the IL with the Tri Metropolis Valley Cats. Earlier than his damage, has pitched 31 innings with 1 begin throughout the season. Compiled a 4.06 ERA, 1.13 WHIP with 16 strikeouts and a 1-2 report.
RHP Daniel Goggin – Has been lively with New England your entire season. Made 24 appearances and pitched 27.1 innings. At the moment has a 5.06 ERA with 24 strikouts. File sits at 0-3.
RHP Gino Sabatine – Initially launched by Tri Metropolis on June twenty fifth, however has since been re-signed with the Valley Cats on July thirteenth. Has made 12 appearances, pitching in 28.2 innings. Has a 3-1 report and 5.65 ERA with 12 strikouts.
IF Jeissy De La Cruz – Has been lively with Joliet for your entire season to date. He has performed in 56 of 57 video games. Has a .268 common scoring 31 runs with 12 RBI and 6 stolen bases.
RHP Teague Conrad – Launched by the Grizzlies throughout spring coaching, however re-signed Could nineteenth proper after the season began. Has made 10 appearances (all begins) with a 5-2 report and three.38 ERA. Has racked up 53 strikouts in 53.1 innings.
C Nicholas DeMaio – Was launched by the Sussex Co Miners throughout spring coaching, however signed with them once more on July eleventh. Has solely performed in 1 recreation earlier than All-Star break the place he went 0-3.
OF Bryson Parks – Has performed your entire season with the New Jersey Jackals. Has a .270 common in 50 video games with 1 HR, 14 RBI, 34 runs scored and has swiped 24 bases.
SS James Smibert – Has performed your entire season with the Trois-Rivieres Aigles. In 42 video games, has a .252 common with 3 HR, 17 RBI, 20 runs scored and 4 stolen bases.
OF Bradley Roberto – Initially launched throughout spring coaching, however was re-signed by the Tri Metropolis Valley Cats on July ninth. Has performed in 5 video games with a .182 common together with 3 RBI and 1 stolen base.
The second half of the Frontier League season begins tonight (July nineteenth).
