Suburban A: This league is a very competitive league. Players selected for the A team must have played in the spring. There are generally 5 home games and 5 away games held on weeknights. The top players identified in the selection process (described below) will play for this team. It starts the last week of June and continues until the end of July. Playoffs start in early August (if applicable). Typically this team will also play at least two outside tournaments. In this event, the kids are expected but not required to participate and parents will incur additional tournament fees.
Suburban B: This league mirrors the “Suburban A” league in terms of time and commitment and league games. This league is comprised of players who did not make the “A” team. Pending the numbers, Medfield will submit one or two entries in this league. If two teams are entered, they will be balanced teams. The schedule runs from late June to early August with a playoff tournament in early August (if applicable).
SELECTION PROCESS
Each age bracket (9’s, 10’s, 11’s, & 12’s) will have a tryout in May. The selection process will consist of the following factors:
- Performance during the actual tryout.
- Performance during the in-town seasons (including spring and fall)
- Performance during last summer’s travel season (if applicable, and holds less weight).
Each Spring in-town coach will be provided a standard MYBS evaluation form. On this form, the in-town coach will be asked to rank all players trying out for the Summer program based on 5 criteria recommended by Little League (running, grounders, fly-balls, throwing, hitting). This form will must be turned into the one of the Summer or Grade coordinators.
Each age group will have a 1.5 to 2 hour tryout. Each spring in-town team will have an evaluator present at the tryout OR there will be a group of independent evaluators. The tryout will also be attended by a MYBS board member (who does not have a child trying out, this may be an evaluator). At the end of the tryout, each evaluator will turn in his/her selection of 12 names (in order) for the “Suburban A” team. The grade coordinator, the summer coordinator (if applicable), the independent board representative, with the help of the Spring Coaches input will help pick the "A" team.
The evaluators will also comprise a second list of players for the “Suburban B” team(s). This list could consist of 13 to 26 players (in order), depending on how many “B” teams will be entered in that age group. If there are two “B” teams, the “B” coaches will draft the two teams creating two balanced teams. The number of “B” league teams will be dependent on the total number of players trying out in a particular age group as well as the availability of openings in the Suburban B league.
SELECTION OF SUMMER COACHES
The “Suburban A” coach for each grade will be picked by the grade coordinator and Summer coordinator. The coach will also have to be approved by the Medfield Youth Baseball Board on an annual basis. (Per LL rules, approval from the District Administrator will be required if the President is selected as Head Coach/Manager.)
The “A” coach helps run the tryout with the Coordinator, assists with the selection process of the “B” team, and has the responsibility to enter the “A” team in preseason tournaments. Therefore, the board wants that coach identified well in advance of the tryouts. The coach's son/daughter must clearly be a projected top 12 player as determined by the league coordinator and summer coordinator.
The “B” coaches will be determined after the selection process or if a qualified coach volunteers in advance. The son/daughter would have to be a projected top 25 player.
COMMUNICATION OF RESULTS
Team assignments will be posted to the website or via email within a week of the tryout. Teams cannot be announced prior to May 15th (tournament team).
UNIFORMS
MYBS will designate a standard Medfield Summer Baseball uniform with the objective that all players in a specific age have the same uniform regardless of what team they are playing on. The only exception to this will be the 12A team representing Medfield in the Williamsport Tournament (if they so chose). Summer coaches are prohibited from purchasing uniforms on their own and must have their players wear uniforms that are designated by MYBS.