Baseball Player Placement and Tryouts

NYAA Baseball – Player Placement

In-House Leagues:

  • T-ball – players aged 4-6 years old.  Players aged 6 may play up to Grasshopper level with approval from their previous T-ball coach.
  • Grasshopper – players aged 7-8 and some select 6 year olds.  Players aged 8 may play up to biddy level only with a recommendation from their previous coach as well as 2 year of grasshopper experience or attending Biddy Tryouts and scoring on a level consistent with biddy aged players.

** players are eligible to play up to their grade level without regard to their birthdate

Travel Leagues / Parkland Leagues (Spring):

  • Biddy – ages 9 and 10 (based off cut-off dates) **
    • Only those GH players mentioned above can try out at the biddy level – and they must attend tryouts and score appropriately.
    • No playing up a level – unless requested to fill in.
    • Tryouts are mandatory for consideration for the LVL team or the Parkland League American team**.  All players are encouraged to attend tryouts.
  • Midget – ages 11 and 12 (based off cut-off dates) **
    • No playing up a level – unless requested to fill in.
    • Tryouts are mandatory for consideration for the LVL team or the Parkland League American team**.  All players are encouraged to attend tryouts.
  • Knee-Hi – ages 13, 14 and 15 (based off cut-off dates) **
    • All players are encouraged to attend tryouts.
    • Tryouts are mandatory for consideration for the LVL team or the Parkland League American team**.

 

*  Players are eligible to play up to their grade level without regard to their birthdate

** Leagues selected for each age group will vary from year to year to assure proper competition levels for our players

 

Note:  Tryouts are an open competition to field the most competitive team(s) in the highest level(s) that each age group will participate.  Unless notified prior to the selection of the team(s), players participating in the tryout process understand that they may be selected to a travel team.  If players are selected and offered a position on a travel team - their options will be to either accept the offer or decline the offer.  If the player declines the offer to play on a travel team, the player is willfully declining the opportunity to play on any of the travel teams and the players request will be fulfilled and they will be placed in the non-competitive league for the season.

 

Fall Baseball – Player Placement – If leagues are splitting into competitive and rec levels for the fall season, player selections will be based off of spring scores as well as coach input from the spring season.  If a volunteer wants to run fall tryouts – then scores from tryouts will be used to help with player selection.  If there are no tiered levels of play, players will be divided into teams through coach selection.