East coast pro

Every team will be well represented.

There are only certain clubs that have a team involved. However all 30 clubs will be well represented along with almost all the top colleges in the East.

Bottom line is that anyone who has a chance to participate, needs to be there. It's one of the best scouting events in all of baseball.

there are 6 teams playing games with two coaches per team both MLB scouts, so higher math, 12 mlb scouts are coaching teams. Usually about 200 mlb scouts attending along with about 100 colleges

Does anyone have the exact dates of the East Coast Pro Showcase for 2005?

Listed as Aug 1-4, 2005 in BA directory

I heard that it was Aug. 1-4. Anyone else heard these dates?

I had also heard Aug 1-4.

I went to East Coast when I was in highschool and I think I was the only guy there that didn't go pro. Mark Texiera hit homeruns from both sides of the plate against our team...neither has landed yet. It was a great event back then and still is from what I hear. I even got some offers from schools who only saw my name on the roster. Fun time.

My personal favorite of all the baseball weekends spent with my son.

It is very special, if your invited, don't miss it.

How does a player get invited? Is there a website...sounds like it would be great to watch if possible.

In our case there was a tryout attended by Pro scouts and they picked the players. I think you need to be reccommened by a scout. If you go you'll never foget it.

Novice Dad:

The East Coast Professional Showcase is a relatively low visibility event in that it has no accompanying website. Put on by the participating major league teams, it requires an invitation from a pro scout.

Some of the showcase's six teams (which cover broad geographic areas) use tryouts to augment their selection process, while others do not. As you get to know scouts in your area, you should ask them about how players are recommeneded for your area's team.

Best of luck to your son!

How are players selected? This leads me to tell how my son was invited. It was during his junior year of high school (2001) and we were playing a regular season game at our high school field. A gentleman approached me, stuck out his hand and introduced himself as Ty Coslow but didn’t explain if he was a scout or a parent or what...He said he was putting a team together to play a few games later on in the summer and was wondering if my son would be interested in joining his team. I explained my son had already committed to a summer team and appreciate the invite but he wouldn't have the time. Out of curiosity I asked the name of his team and he replied, “The Rockies”. Having never seen this person before, I asked where his team was from and he replied; “Colorado”. Still not sure of the connection I asked if he was the coach and he said, “No I’m Ty Coslow, the area scout for the Colorado Rockies”....You know, the major league team”. He went on to mention the team would play in Wilmington, NC at the East Coast Pro, an event I was familiar with because of the HSBBW. We both had a chuckle and I immediately accepted the offer for my son. The East Coast Professional Showcase was a great experience for my son.
Fungo

For those of you that have been down to UNC-W any recommendations on where to stay?

How many players get invited to East Coast Pro?

My son's letter says there are 6 teams of 25.

Who's going and on which team?

If Ty Coslow liked your son he was probably pretty good. I know Ty and he's been around awhile.

Slidepiece76,

Welcome to the site, and I got a small chuckle out of your post. You must be right, that Ty Coslow noticing Fungo's son was a good sign. That meeting was obviously several years ago, because Fungo's son Josh Bell is currently in his first season playing pro ball.

East Coast Pro 2005 is over, but for those interested in how this year's event was, Baseball America has posted 2 links about it at the link below: look under "Summer Showcase Wrap-up"


Info on 2005 ECP