Regardless of your stance on analytics in baseball, numbers matter. Always have, always will. And it’s hard to argue with the numbers that the Dirtbags have put up since they were founded by Andy Partin back in 2002; 28 players have reached the big leagues, 216 have been drafted and they’re approaching 1,000 players to […]
The alumni list for the Scorpions Baseball Club is an impressive one, with household names like Chris Sale and Zach Greinke dotting a lengthy list of big leaguers one of the most well-known and highly-respected programs in travel baseball has produced. But that’s not what Scorpions President & CEO Bob Rikeman is the most proud […]
At first, Rick Strickland was just looking for a way to give back to a community that helped him put together a solid professional career as an outfielder in the New York Yankees organization. Over two decades later, he finds himself at the helm of one of the premier programs when it comes to player […]
The Puma Baseball Academy (PBA) isn’t only one of Program 15’s fastest growing partners, it’s also quickly becoming one of their most successful. Started just five years ago about Mike Medel, they began as a one-team program and have quickly grown to nine teams, with players ranging from age 12 to 18, with four main […]
As the Louisiana Knights program has grown, so have their collective accomplishments. The program has had at least one alum selected in each of the last nine Major League Baseball drafts, seen five players go in the top five rounds over the past four years and had Blake Anderson picked in the first round by […]
From the moment Showtime Baseball was started back in 2000, Billy Hayes’ vision was to develop the complete player, both on the field and in the classroom. 17 years later, and neither of those ideals have ever wavered. “We’ve seen it grow tenfold,” said Hayes of his Washington-based program. “As far as the talent, we’ve […]
It’s the first thing you see when you visit 5 Star National’s website, and the note from program President Andy Burress explains the history of the program better than anything that could be written here. It reads, in part: “Mr. Buddy Meyers, created the first “Chain Baseball” team in 1985 after his company Chain Reps […]
Rob Bruno, general manager of NorCal Baseball and Program 15 Future Stars Series Northern California Regional Director, has a simple shirt called “By The Numbers” that tells a detailed story for his storied program. “On there, we list guys – not specific players – but numbers of players that have gone through our program,” Bruno […]
Now in their fifth season of existence, Rhino Baseball has quickly and effectively grown to become one of the premier programs in both Illinois and Wisconsin. “We started in 2012, myself and a couple of the other coaches had come from another program that was just not really going the direction that we felt was […]
Program 15 and Next College Student Athlete (NCSA) have entered into a partnership that will help both sides “change the game.” Not only will NCSA serve as a sort of clearinghouse for P15 organizations for them to input information that will help their players in the recruiting process, but NCSA will provide an estimated (based […]
