Spring Ball is the program where around 900 Wrentham youths participate every year. The air is crisp as ball gloves are broken in and practices begin in April. Five year olds get their first chance to swing the bat while 12 year olds swing for the fence. Ball players are broken down by age brackets into either T-Ball, Instructional, AA, AAA and Major divisions and play amongst their peers. Older children have the opportunity to play in either the softball seniors league or the baseball Babe Ruth league.
Placement
Please note that the league has restructed all of divisions. Younger players and all softball players will be placed based on grade. Older baseball players will be placed by age to maintain compliance with our governing organizations (Cal Ripken & Babe Ruth Baseball)
The list below covers the common placement of children and the sport they are playing. The divisions are determined by either grade level or age or in certain levels both. Grade level is based on birthdates from 9/1 through 8/31. Age is determined differently for baseball and softball. Baseball ages are based on players ages as of April 30th of the current year which is mandated by USA Baseball. Softball ages are based on players ages as of December 31st of the previous year based on ASA rules. For an age determination chart please click here. Pre-K and Kindergarten children will play T-Ball. The league is the final determining authority on placement with most important factors being: player's safety, player's ability to succeed, sibling placement and division size.
We take requests for player/team and player/player placements up through the T-Ball and Instructional divisions as we all know its more fun to play with your friends. Once a player hits the minor division level or above all players are placed into a draft so that every team is competitive and balanced. Requests to play with friends are generally not honored at the minor level or above. If there is a specific need to have children placed together then please contact the commisioner of that division.