6-783: The Edmonton Prospects are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Sherwood Park , Alberta, Canada. They play in the Western Canadian Baseball League . The team was founded in 2005 as the Edmonton Big River Prospects but moved to the Edmonton suburb of St. Albert after only one year of use of Telus Field with the Edmonton Cracker-Cats of the Northern League . They took a leave of absence for
12-732: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a baseball team in Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Collegiate summer baseball Collegiate summer baseball leagues are amateur baseball leagues in the United States and Canada featuring players who have attended at least one year of college and have at least one year of athletic eligibility remaining. Generally, they operate from early June to early August. In contrast to college baseball , which allow aluminum or other composite baseball bats , players in these leagues use only wooden bats, hence
18-481: The 2008 season before returning in 2009 under their current name. Prior to the 2012 season they played at John Fry Park on the south side of Edmonton. In 2012 the Prospects began playing at Telus Field, which was renamed RE/MAX Field in 2017 after Prospects' management put together a proposal with RE/MAX Real Estate for naming rights. The Prospects continued to play at RE/MAX Field from 2012 through 2019. The 2020 season
24-486: The collegiate summer season. These draftees can remain with their collegiate summer team until they sign a professional contract. During the season, players are housed by volunteer host families and bussed to and from road games. The leagues vary greatly in their attendances, quality of play, and ability to attract scouts. The Alaska Baseball League (ABL) and the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) are considered
30-701: The common nickname of these leagues as "wood-bat leagues". Collegiate summer leagues allow college baseball players the ability to compete using professional rules and equipment, giving them experience and allowing professional scouts the opportunity to observe players under such conditions. To find a collegiate summer team, players work with their college coaches and prospective teams' general managers. They report to summer leagues after completing their spring collegiate season with their NCAA , NAIA , NJCAA , CCCAA , and NWAC teams. Some players arrive late due to their college team's postseason play, which sometimes runs into early June. In some cases, players are drafted during
36-635: Was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The Prospects played the 2021 and 2022 seasons with Centennial Park in Sherwood Park as their home base. In 2023, they decided to take a summer off as construction on Myshak Metro Ballpark in Spruce Grove continued, and they plan to move there when it opens. Because of construction delays on the new ballpark, the team did not play in 2023 and returned to Sherwood Park for 2024. This Edmonton -related article
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