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Major Draft

The Major division of Baseball utilizes a draft system designed by Little League for team placement.

This process begins with the "call for candidates" or registration. All registering players league age 9-12 years old who did not participate on a Major division team in the prior spring season, are required to participate in the assessment process. For the Spring 2026 season, assessments will take place over four days to be sent out via email and posted to Facebook. 

During the assessment sessions players will demonstrate skills of throwing, fielding, and hitting. Major division and Minor division managers will attend each try out session to assess all the players, or draft candidates as they are called. The purpose for this draft is two fold. The first is for Majors managers to assess the draft pool from which teams will be formed and the second is to assess players for teams placed in our Minors division.

The draft will proceed in accordance with the guidelines outlined by Little League. Managers will draft players, in the designated order, based on their assessment of a players skill and the needs of their team which includes, but is not limited to, roster availability, player position needs, team personality, etc.

Players who are not drafted to a Major Division team will then be placed on a Minor Division team. All league age 12 year olds must participate in the try outs and will be drafted.

Assessment Participation

The Major division assessment is the opportunity for our major division managers to assess the skills of all the players eligible for participation in the Major Division of play. Based on the skill level of the players being assessed, and the needs of the team, managers will draft players in accordance with our league's draft plan.

All players, league age 9-12, who did not participate on a major division team in the prior spring season, are required to participate in the assessments. This is necessary to maintain the integrity of the assessments and the draft process. The skill level of players within a division of play may vary each year necessitating the need for annual assessments by all players. Players unable to attend must contact the Player Agent in advance to re-schedule their time.

Contact the Player Agent for more information.

Draft Options

Allowing a player to request placement on a team in a division which utilizes the draft system would compromise the draft process. Players therefore are not allowed to request, or decline participation on any team within a drafted division.

One allowable exception is when the son or daughter of a manager of a team in the division is participating in the draft, the manager may request their son or daughter be "protected" in the draft such that they intend to draft their child during the designated draft rounds.

The second allowable exception is the sibling of a player in the draft who has a brother or sister already on a team within the same division of play. Managers may request to "protect" the sibling of their current player against drafting by another team through the designated round. As additional factors, may influence the ability for a manager to draft a sibling, parents should contact the Player Agent to discuss further.

Siblings who are participating in the same draft pool, i.e. being drafted for the same level of play, are not guaranteed to be drafted to the same team. Parents with siblings within the same draft pool may contact the Player Agent to further discuss options.

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