Welcome to the 2023 Prospects season of Yampa Valley Baseball!
This age group includes 13-14 year olds.
Player Birthdates: May 1, 2008 – April 30, 2010
Season Dates:
Mid May - Player Evaluation Day
Practices start: May 15 (weather permitting)
Practices & Games: June 1 – July 31, 2022
No practice/games on Monday, May 29 or Monday, July 4
Practice & Game times TBD. Schedules will be released as we get closer to the season.
2 practices / week and 2 games / week
Program Cost: $200
Location - Emerald and Howelsen Fields in Steamboat Springs, CO
Fees include a uniform shirt and hat. Players will need their own pants, belt, socks, shoes, and baseball mitt. Coaches will have balls, bats and batting helmets.
Player Evaluation
A player evaluation event is held following registration and prior to teams being formed. All players 8 and older wanting to play in Farm, Minors, Majors, and 13-14, sign up for a short time-slot (sign-ups will open 2 weeks prior) during the announced evaluation days where they will take part in a short evaluation of throwing, catching, and hitting. Registered coaches are present and use the evaluations as a basis to form competitive and balanced teams. T-Ball and Rookie divisions do not use player evaluations as a basis for the generation of teams and those teams are formed randomly.
Player evaluation will include:
- 5 fly balls and throw to 2nd base
- 5 ground balls and throw to 1st base
- 5 hits off a pitching machine, on the 5th hit, run the bases to 3rd
Additional information:
Uniform suggestions
- Baseball Glove - What size glove should I buy?
- Shirt - provided by league
- Hat - provided by league
- Shorts/pants - purchase individually, white or grey depending on coach/team colors
- Belt & socks - purchase individually, can match the team uniform color
- Shoes - purchase individually, baseball cleats
- Helmet - recommended to purchase own, but team will have some available
- Bat - recommended to purchase own, but team will have some available
- What size bat should I buy?
- Ball - regulation baseball
YVBA League Rules
Here are some skills we’ll be building on this season:
Please remember you can check for rainouts throughout the season, etc. on https://www.yampabaseball.org or by joining our Facebook Page -Yampa Valley Youth Baseball. We also encourage you to sign up to receive text notification. You will receive an email closer to the season with that option.
Please also be on the lookout for an email from USSSA. As the national association, they also hold our league insurance. You will receive an email asking you to sign off on their waiver. Please do so. This is the only thing you need to do on their webiste.
Please let us know if you have any further questions at [email protected] or call Nich at 805-550-7664.
Thank you, and here's to a great season!