Blazers - Full-Time Travel
Blazers teams can start at age 8 for players and continue until age 14.
As a full-time travel team, players are not required to participate in an in-house program.
The Blazer program is competitive and developmental. As such, players offered roster positions will be skilled players with the appropriate commitment level for full-time travel participation.
- Teams are formed by age and given travel baseball date of birth cutoff rules, but generally, players play with their peers in their school grade.
- Tryouts are held in mid-July for the following year’s teams
- Roster sizes are 11-12 players per team
- If there are enough players available who have the talent and commitment to play, there is a possibility of a second or third team.
- Indoor practices begin in Jan/Feb, approximately 2 days per week.
- Teams play in the West Suburban Baseball League (wsbl.org).
- Teams will also compete in local tournaments in Chicago-area communities. For 12U-14U, it is common to travel to an out-of-town destination tournament (separate charges apply for this)
- The season runs from January/February until early July
- Estimated quantity of games is 35-45
