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TRAVEL BASEBALL

Westfield Rocks travel baseball teams allow Westfield players to compete at the highest level of youth baseball competition. The Westfield Rocks proudly represent the Westfield community. The program is founded upon providing the best baseball instruction available while exposing the players to high levels of competition. It also provides parents and our coaching staffs an opportunity to teach values to the players and many life-long lessons including teamwork, friendship, respect, practice, dedication, and sportsmanship. All players must reside in the Westfield-Washington school district.

League Overview

General Information

Travel Baseball Commissioner
Brad Canada

Registration is required for travel baseball evaluations. Please have your child wear baseball pants, a hat, and a t-shirt. The player can wear cleats or turf shoes. For equipment, please bring your glove, bat, helmet and catcher's gear if you have it. This is a reminder to please bring a water bottle!

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Player evaluations will include:
- Running
- Fielding Groundballs
- Fielding Pop-Flys
- Hitting 
- Pitching
- Catching

WYSI will aim to announce teams within one week of the evaluation date. We typically have multiple teams at each age group. The range is from 7U to 16U.

2027 Team Tryout Information

Evaluations will be held on Monday, July 13 at Grand Park

7U - Field D13 from 5:30-7:00 PM
8U - Field D13 from 7:00-8:30 PM

Evaluations Start at 5:30 PM
9U - Field D16
10U - Field D15
11U - Field D14
12U - Field D11
13U - Field D10
14U - Field D12
15U - Field D12
16U - Field D12

- Every athlete must register for evaluations
- Athletes can check-in at 4:45
- Fields will be available at 5 PM to warm up
- All evals start at 5:30 except for 8U (7-8:30)
- Length of time will be dependent on number of registrations

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Additional Information
  • Please make sure you register for your tryout through LeagueApps, it is simple and required. We will use this system to generate a roster for each team and to announce team selections. Click Here to Register
  • What should the baseball player bring?
    Glove, bat, helmet, batting gloves, water, sun block, sunglasses.
  • What should the athlete wear?
    Baseball pants, cup, turf shoes/cleats, shirt and hat.  Please refrain from wearing past travel team jersey tops (including Westfield Rocks) to tryouts.
  • Who evaluates the baseball tryouts?
    A combination of various coaches, commissioners and other volunteers that will put each player through the same drills and standard process as part of the overall evaluation.  Each player will be put through drills to demonstrate their ability to hit (contact/power), catch, field, throw (speed/accuracy), run (speed) and pitching/catching (9U and above).
  • How long do evaluations take?
    The length of the tryout will be based on the number of players registered and the age group. It could be as little as 90 mins up to 3 hours.  Volunteers will do all they can to keep the stations moving and timely for the parents and the kids. 
  • Timelines for final rosters?
    Within one week post try-outs, each player will be directly contacted with the team they made based on evaluations.

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