Tonight’s PECOS League All-Start Game will have a distinctly CWL flavor. Managing the Mountaineers, an assemblage of the best players from the Roswell, Ruidoso, and Alpine teams, will be CWL Instructor Chris Paterson. Eight CWL alum are on the all-s
After a successful 2011 season which ended with over sixty percent of the league’s ballplayers receiving pro or college offers, the California Winter League has announced its expansion to eight teams. Joining the Canada A’s, the Coachella Vall
After the second season of the California Winter League wrapped up, four players are fighting for roster spots on MLB teams. Two players, Beau Brett (Los Angeles Dodgers) and Jonathan Johnston (Oakland Athletics) were affiliated with big league teams w
For the second consecutive season, the California Winter League saw over half its players receive contract offers to play professional baseball. During the 2011 campaign, 66 out of 104 players (63%) received playing offers from pro teams or college offers
Keith Castillo, former USC catcher and member of the California Winter League’s Canada A’s, has signed a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays. Castillo tore through CWL pitching, batting .368 with a home run. He was also a perfect 6-6 on stol
It turns out even a five-time Major League All-Star knows a thing or two about failure. Just ask the California Winter League’s Russell Dixon. When the Houston Astros released Dixon, merely two days before the end of Spring Training 2010, it was persona
Behind the right arm of Matt Walker, the Canada A’s topped the Palm Desert Coyotes 9-2 to claim their first CWL title. Walker threw a gem, pitching the whole game for Canada while surrendering only eight hits and striking out seven. The A’s brought ch
In the fall of 2006, Alex Cowart arrived at Adrian College (Adrian, Michigan) as a member of the Adrian College baseball team. As an incoming freshman, he did not know a single person. The first person he met was fellow freshman and third baseman, Chad
Palm Springs, CA – February 18, 2011 – Playoff excitement was in the air on Friday in Palm Springs, trying to displace the threatening rain clouds, as all four teams played for a chance to make it to the championship game. In the first playoff game, t
