How to Recruit Players for a Baseball League

The lifeblood of any baseball league is a diverse pool of talent from which teams can draw. Recreational, semi-pro and professional baseball leagues share a similar need for talented athletes to fill open positions. Your ability to scout, assess and recruit players for your baseball league may mean the difference between increased participation and the status quo.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Advertisements
• Multiple scheduled tryouts
• Running, throwing and hitting drills

Scout and Test Potential Players to Recruit the Best Talent

1. Advertise openings in your league within baseball publications to draw the interest of professional players. Each advertisement should feature a contact number, your league name and a brief description of prerequisites for joining the league.

2. Promote tryouts and open positions in your baseball league on local college campuses. Students with experience in intramural sports, club teams and high school baseball create a good pool of young talent for your league.

3. Work with venues throughout your region to host a number of tryouts for interested players. You can contact public parks departments and minor league clubs to establish at least five tryouts during the season.

4. Search for players who can fill in vacancies in a variety of positions throughout your baseball league. To diversify your league's talent, you need to recruit pitchers who can start and pitch relief, as well as infielders who can play several positions.

5. Encourage your coaches, scouts and training staff to reach out to their former employers when it's time to recruit players for your league. The connections that staff members have to minor league teams and colleges throughout the United States can help create a steady stream of talent.

6. Test out a player's arm to determine his ability to play outfield in your league. A good outfielder should be able to throw the ball to home from middle depth in the outfield.

7. Run each player through a hitting drill to assess his prowess at the plate. A coach or volunteer pitcher should toss fastballs and breaking balls to determine a player's ability to read the path of a pitch.

8. Measure the time a player takes to run from home to first base as a way of assessing recruited players. You should use speed as a tiebreaker between players at the bottom of your recruiting list.

Tips & Warnings

• Keep an eye out for naturally gifted athletes whom coaches and training staff members can prepare to play baseball. For instance, you can recruit track and field athletes to join your baseball league as outfielders and pitchers due to their natural athleticism. These players should be placed in minor leagues or instructional camps early to cultivate their baseball skills.

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