The 2025 Frontier League Tryout Camp and Draft is set for Tuesday, April 22 and Wednesday, April 23 at Ozinga Field in Crestwood, Illinois, home of the Windy City ThunderBolts.

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All 18 Frontier League teams will be present, along with scouts from multiple MLB organizations and other MLB Professional Partner League teams.  44 players from the 2024 event were signed to Frontier League contracts.

Tryout activities will begin at 9:00 AM Central Time on April 22 and will include fielding, throwing and baserunning drills for all position players; all position players will also participate in batting practice. Pitchers will throw bullpens in front of team and league evaluators and scouts. The field managers and MLB scouts will then post which players are to be invited back for Wednesday’s simulated intrasquad game. Following the games, there will be a 30-minute break to allow each team to prepare for the draft.

The 2025 Frontier League Draft will be livestreamed on our social media platforms.

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The Frontier League is proud to have extended our agreement with the California Winter League and to make the CWL the Official Winter League of the Frontier League for a tenty season in 2024. Frontier League managers and coaches will be instructors in the California Winter League and sign players each season to spring training contracts.  Frontier League staff is onsite for the duration of the CWL to facilitate player signings.

Over the past nine years, an average of over 40 players each CWL season sign Frontier League contracts with dozens more signing with other independent leagues.  Several of these players have advanced to affiliated baseball, including Mickey Jannis who made his MLB debut in 2021; Luke Barker, who was a Triple-A All-Star in 2021 and made his Major League debut for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2022; Nick Schulz, who saw MLB spring training action in 2018 and won a Midwest League Player of the Month award; and Kyle Johnson, who appeared in MLB spring training with the Chicago Cubs than six weeks after playing in the 2022 CWL.

For more information on or to register for the California Winter League, please visit www.californiawinterleague.com

Information on individual team tryouts will be listed below as the events are scheduled.  Click here for a directory of clubs and their contact information.