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TAYLOR OLMSTEAD SELECTED NUMBER ONE OVERALL

WASHINGTON, PA – The Empire League scouting day brought out the best in everyone during todays evaluations.   With MLB organizations and Federation leagues in attendance, many players showcased their abilities well, including Outfielder Taylor Olmstead who was selected number one overall at the end of the night.

Olmstead, a former 13th Rd Draft pick by the Texas Rangers, ran an impressive 6.5 sixty yard dash and flew around the bases drawing attention from many scouts.

Olmstead was selected by the Saranac Lake Surge who drew first pick during this years draft.

With two days remaining in camp, all players will look to be part of the final Empire League final rosters for the 2020 Season Series.

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EMPIRE BASEBALL LEAGUE PARTNERS WITH POWERPLAYER

WASHINGTON, PA – The Empire Baseball League is excited to announce that we’ll be utilizing PowerPlayer to fuel our players to be their best.

PowerPlayer helps coaches deliver personal, continuous feedback that fuels individual and team improvement. PowerPlayer Baseball data adds up fast, and helps create a complete picture of a player in a very short time. And video and comments are a fantastic way to communicate to players and parents with clarity and purpose.

Coaches can provide metrics, ratings, comments, and video for PowerPlayer’s Baseball top level categories from a single screen.

Quickly and easily add comments and video to any rating to help your players — and their parents — see what you’re seeing, gain understanding, and get to what’s next.

“Our job is to nurture and develop young talent, and the kind of information that PowerPlayer Baseball helps track and deliver is invaluable when it comes to players understanding and taking advantage of what their coaches are telling them. The PowerPlayer platform rounds out the kind of data we want to be able to provide to our athletes. It’s the missing ingredient in the development process.” –EDDIE GONZALEZ

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2020 EMPIRE BASEBALL LEAGUE SERIES SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED

SARANAC LAKE, NY – The Empire Baseball League has officially announced the schedule of games to be played during the 2020 Empire League Series in Washington, Pennsylvania.

The Tupper Lake Riverpigs will make history by taking on the Road Warriors of the Blacksox organization at 10:00am on September 1st while  The Saranac Lake Surge will take on the Baseball Brilliance Sox organization at 2:00pm.

The series will have a one game playoff  into a one game decider to win it all.

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ALBALADEJO / MASON ASSIGNED MANAGER ROLES FOR 2020 SEASON SERIES

WASHINGTON, PA – Earlier this month, the Empire Baseball League welcomed Manager of the York Revolution of the Atlantic League, Mark Mason, and former 5 year major league veteran and Atlantic League coach Jonathan Albaladejo to the Empire League family to coach in the league.  Today, Mark Mason was assigned Manager duties for the Saranac Lake Surge and Jonathan Albaladejo will become the first manager of the Tupper  Lake Riverpigs.

This will allow players in the Empire League to get a scouted by theses high level elite coaches as they are looking to fill their rosters for the 2021 season.

The Empire Baseball League could not be more proud to have these coaches in the organization to provide future opportunities for the players of the league.

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6 MORE MLB ORGANIZATIONS CONFIRM SCOUTS ATTENDING

WASHINGTON, PA – The Empire Baseball League will add on to  the scouts confirming their attendance to the 2020 Empire League Tryout Camp and Season Series.

Today , 6 more Major League Baseball Organizations  have confirmed that  scouts will be attending the Empire League Summer Tryout Camp.

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