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2025 Royals Baseball COMPETITIVE TRYOUTS
**Note dates subject to change due to weather**

**TRYOUTS Will move to outdoor Baseball Fields on Tuesday Night**

**11U -- Dunham Field**
**13U -- Johnston Field**
**15U -- Tingley Field**
**18U -- Thompson Field**

2025 Fredericton Royals Baseball

AAA and Competitive Tryout and Evaluation Process

The tryout and evaluation process is for all Royals Baseball AAA and Competitive (AA or A) teams.  The evaluators will be the AAA Head Coach and at 2 independent evaluators.

First Round Selection Process (Approx May 3-9^th)

First tryout, skill evaluations - all players

Second tryout, skill evaluations - all players

Third tryout, skills evaluations and/or games - all players

Players must attend at least one of the first three tryouts to be eligible to play AAA or Competitive.

[special consideration may be given to a player who is unable to attend due to injury or is away for school; no other circumstances will be considered.  This consideration must be approved by Royals Baseball Executive]

Second Round Selection Process (Approx May 10-20^th)

In divisions with 4 high performance teams the top 54-58 (approx.) ranked players will continue to the AAA and competitive tryout process. 

In divisions with 3 high performance teams the top 44 (approx.) ranked players will continue to the AAA and competitive tryout process. 

Teams with balanced players will play umpired, full inning games for about 10 days with a goal of 2-3 games per team (weather dependant).

For 13U to 18U

1. The top 20-24 (approx.) players will be split into 2 teams and play against each other with these players still eligible for the AAA team
2. The remaining players will play on teams against each other with these players still eligible for the competitive teams (18U only - AAA Minor team and AA)

  For 11U

All 54-58 (approx.) players will play on 4 teams against each other with all players still eligible for the 11U Major draft.

Evaluation Scoring

Each skill will be ranked 2-8.  Total score for each player will then be obtained by adding the weighted scorings across the various skills, potentially including.

Infield Skills Outfield Skills
Hitting Skills Running / Agility
Pitching Catching
Effort Coach-ability
Baseball knowledge

Selecting Teams

AAA TEAMS

13U to 18U AAA Team

After the final AAA tryout, the Evaluators will tally their scores, and the players will be ranked.

The top six (6) players will automatically make the AAA team.

The Head Coach of the AAA team will then choose their remaining players as follows:

• If a team of 12 players is being named, the remaining 6 players must be chosen from players ranked 7-17.
• If 13 players are being named, the remaining 7 come from players ranked 7-18.
• If 14 players are being named, the remaining 8 come from players ranked 7-19.
• If 15 players are being named, the remaining 9 come from players ranked 7-20.

18U Minor AAA

The remaining players (about 9) from the second round of the AAA tryouts (top 22) will automatically be guaranteed a place on the Minor AAA team.

The Head Coach of the Minor AAA team will then choose their remaining players as follows:

• If a team of 12 players is being named, the remaining 3 players must be chosen from players ranked in the top 9 of the Competitive teams (#2.)
• If 13 players are being named, the remaining 4 come from top 10.
• If 14 players are being named, the remaining 5 come from top 11.
• If 15 players are being named, the remaining 6 come from top 12.

13U to 15U AA Teams

Once the AAA teams are chosen, and the Head Coaches for the AA teams are named, players remaining from Round 2 will be eligible to be drafted to the two (2) AA teams.

The remaining players (about 10) from the second round of the AAA tryouts (top 22) will automatically be guaranteed a place on a AA team.

Prior to the draft the Competitive Coaches will be provided with a list of all players eligible to be drafted, however they will not be provided with the cumulative rankings. 

The draft will be a snake draft, with first pick chosen by a coin toss.  Team one will choose first, team two chooses second and third, team one chooses fourth and fifth, etc., until the draft is complete.  Teams must draft a minimum of 12 players to their roster; it is left to each coach to decide if they wish to draft a 13^th (or even a 14^th -18U) player to their roster.  The snake draft process will continue until each team has their roster filled with their desired number of players.  Players that are guaranteed a place on a AA team do not have to be chosen first but MUST be drafted.

BEFORE THE DRAFT THE COACHES WILL BE MADE AWARE WHICH ROUND THEIR CHILD WILL BE CHOSEN DICTATED BY THE RANKING SYSTEM

The coach’s child(ren) shall be drafted in the round in which their draft ranking places them as per the draft rankings following the Round 2 selections.

(i.e. if Coach X’s son is ranked 29^th after Round 2, this would have the player as #17 in the rankings for competitive players.  Therefore, Coach X’s son must be taken in Round 8).

13U to 15U A Teams

Once the AA teams are chosen, and the Head Coaches for the A teams are named, players remaining from Round 2 will be eligible to be chosen and the A Coaches will be provided with a list of all players eligible to be drafted. 

The top 6 remaining ranked players will automatically make the A and the A coach can choose any of the remaining players to round out their team.

18U AA Teams

Once the AAA teams are chosen, and the Head Coaches for the AA teams are named, players remaining from Round 2 will be eligible to be drafted to the two (2) AA teams.

Following the final inter squad game, the AA Coaches will be provided with a list of all players eligible to be drafted. 

The draft will be a snake draft, with first pick chosen by a coin toss.  Team one will choose first, team two chooses second and third, team one chooses fourth and fifth, etc., until the draft is complete.  Teams must draft a minimum of 12 players to their roster; it is left to each coach to decide if they wish to draft a 13^th (or even a 14^th -18U) player to their roster.  The snake draft process will continue until each team has their roster filled with their desired number of players. 

BEFORE THE DRAFT THE COACHES WILL BE MADE AWARE WHICH ROUND THEIR CHILD WILL BE CHOSEN DICTATED BY THE RANKING SYSTEM

The coach’s child(ren) shall be drafted in the round in which their draft ranking places them as per the draft rankings following the Round 2 selections.

(ie if Coach X’s son is ranked 29^th after Round 2, this would have the player as #17 in the rankings for competitive players.  Therefore, Coach X’s son must be taken in Round 8).

11U Major

Following the final inter squad game, the 11U Major Coaches will be provided with a list of all players eligible to be drafted. 

The draft will be a snake draft, with first pick chosen by a coin toss.  Team one will choose first, team two chooses second and third, team one chooses fourth and fifth, etc., until the draft is complete.  Teams must draft a minimum of 12 players to their roster; it is left to each coach to decide if they wish to draft a 13^th (or even a 14^th -18U) player to their roster.  The snake draft process will continue until each team has their roster filled with their desired number of players. 

BEFORE THE DRAFT THE COACHES WILL BE MADE AWARE WHICH ROUND THEIR CHILD WILL BE CHOSEN DICTATED BY THE RANKING SYSTEM

The coach’s child(ren) shall be drafted in the round in which their draft ranking places them as per the draft rankings following the Round 2 selections.

(i.e. if Coach X’s son is ranked 29^th must be taken in Round 10).

11U Minor

Once the 11U Major teams are chosen, and the Head Coaches for the Minor team is named, players remaining from Round 2 will be eligible to be chosen and the Minor Coach will be provided with a list of all players eligible to be drafted. 

The top 6 remaining ranked players will automatically make the Minor team and the Minor coach can choose any of the remaining players to round out their team.