CA Prospects

16U California Prospects Rawlings Tryouts at THE DUGOUT. March 11th Sunday 3pm. please share it will not be at Antelope High.

16U California Prospects Rawlings Tryouts at The Dugout 3pm. March 11th. Sunday.

California Prospects baseball program is structured for the SOLE purpose of “player development”, getting your child prepared for his baseball future at whatever level that might be. Our GOAL is to see improvement in the individual’s athletic growth and mental understanding of game situations. Increase their abilities to take practice preparation and be able to apply it to live game situations. Using the confidence they have gained from their hard work, will make them able to deal with success and failure.

CA Prospects Try-Outs/ please share with those who may be interested.

For more info. [email protected] or 916-223-3853

Coach for this team: Tony Aldridge played at American River College under Coach Higgins, and Indiana Tech and Pro ball in Canada.

So last week California Prospects 14U major team competed in one of the best Tournaments in Northern California that was through Perfect Game and NCTB. 20 of the best academies came out to battle and i am very proud to say we our boys came out on top coached by Richie Kimm, Todd Malone, and Devin Lehman. These boys work extremely hard every week and they came out smashing the ball. They went 6 and 0. Scoring 93 runs and only giving up 6 runs. Amazing!! they truly put on a hitting show. Great job CP.

13U California Prospects Rawlings Tryouts. Looking for all 7th graders. March 10th. Sat. 1pm Oakmont High School.

California Prospects baseball program is structured for the SOLE purpose of “player development”, getting your child prepared for his baseball future at whatever level that might be. Our GOAL is to see improvement in the individual’s athletic growth and mental understanding of game situations. Increase their abilities to take practice preparation and be able to apply it to live game situations. Using the confidence they have gained from their hard work, will make them able to deal with success and failure.

CA Prospects Try-Outs/ please share with those who may be interested.

Sat, March 10th @ Oakmont High School 1pm. For more info. [email protected] or 916-223-3853

Coaches for this team:

Devin Lehman played college baseball at Sac State, Humboldt Crabs and Granite Bay Grizzilies.

Richie Kimm: played college baseball at Sac City, Cal State Fullerton and Southern Arkansas University.

Congrats to both are 13U and 14U teams today. Both winning the championship 4-0. Great weekend boys. All your hard work is paying off.

CP win the ship. Beat one of the top teams in the area Chico Aces 7-6 in the semis. Ian Heck throws a complete game shutout against Feba 4-0. Great job young men

Great turnout for tryouts. Thank you for all those who participated.

CALIFORNIA PROSPECTS COACHING STAFF

In the last few years we have grown as an Academy and have accomplished a lot of great things and the future is only looking better. I am very proud to introduce these coaches to our staff.

Richie Kimm
Director of Baseball Operations
California Prospects

Richie joins California Prospects with an accomplished baseball résumé of over 25 years of experience as a player, coach, and baseball academy owner. In high school, he won the Sac. Metro batting title and was named co-player of the year. From there he attended Sacramento City College and earned a scholarship to play at CSU Fullerton. After being derailed for a year by an injury, he went on to finish his college career at Southern Arkansas University where he was recognized as the AIC and South West Region Player of the Year and became an All-American. He went on to be inducted into the SAU Hall of Fame in 2015. After a career-ending injury at Southern Arkansas, Richie returned to his love of teaching baseball which he had discovered in 1988 while instructing at Sac City baseball camps. Pursuing his passion of teaching, he opened Hitting Streak Baseball Academy in 1994. Having a player’s point-of-view, witnessing the impact positive coaching can have on a player’s development, and managing a baseball academy for 20 years has given him the experience and background to strengthen The California Prospects’ goal of providing a program for personal and player growth.

Pat Gomez
California Prospects Pitching Advisor and Instructor
Pat is a former Major League Baseball player who played locally at San Juan High School and graduated in 1986. He was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 4th round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft. Pat played in the Cubs organization from 1986 to 1992 and made his major league debut in 1993 with the San Diego Padres before finishing his career with the San Francisco Giants from 1994 to 1995. After an injury ended his MLB career, he started coaching high school in 1997 and continued through 2010. Pat is currently providing private instruction.

Joel Manfredi
Head Coach
Joel was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 63rd round of the 1994 MLB June
Amateur Draft from Lincoln High School (Stockton, CA). He played three years in the Dodgers organization as a 3rd baseman and catcher. During his time with the Dodgers, he had the privilege of being coached by Mike Scioscia and Mickey Hatcher. He has coached at multiple levels including Little League, high school, Merced College, and the Western Major Baseball Leauge in Canada. He is currently a head coach and instructor for California Prospects.

Greg Zanolli
Head Coach
Greg graduated from UCSB in 1990 with a minor in Athletic Coaching. He started his coaching career after he accepted an internship when joining the coaching staff for the NCAA Division I UC Santa Barbara Gauchos’ baseball team. When he moved into the Sacramento area, he got involved with local youth baseball beginning in 2002 to 2012. Greg moved on to coaching high school baseball in 2011 and is currently coaching as a Varsity Assistant Coach at Oakmont High School.

Tony Aldridge
Head Coach
Tony was an accomplished high school baseball player being named one of the top 80
prospects in Northern California. After high school, he played baseball at American River College then headed to Indiana Tech University. In 2006 he was named 1st team All League and a NAIA All-American. He started his coaching career in 2009 at the high school level and continued until 2014. In the past few years, Tony has coached and provided private instruction for various academies in the Sacramento area. While coaching teams for Calfornia Prospects, Tony will be providing instruction at The Dugout.

Jason Barth
Head Coach
Jason played locally at Woodcreek High School, graduating in 2001 and going on to NCAA D1 Fresno State from 2001-2002. He found his love of the game and saw how the game of baseball brought joy to young players while he was an instructor at The Dusty Baker School of Baseball. After his playing career finished, he took his passion for baseball and continued to pass on his knowledge from 2014 to the present.

Jason Ott
Head Coach
Jason played at Bella Vista High School earning All League and continued his baseball career at Sierra College. He has almost 20 years of experience coaching at the high school level, starting in 1995 at Bella Vista (8 years), then to San Juan High School (9 years), and finally Granite Bay (2 years). After leaving the high school level, Jason got involved in travel baseball and has run a travel team for 5 years with great success. He is currently coaching the California Prospects 12u major team.

Chris Cottingham
Owner of Major League Performance and Strength
California Prospects Strength and Agility trainer
Chris will be joining the staff as the program's strength and agility trainer. After he finished up
his baseball career at University of Nevada-Reno, he worked for three years at Functional Athletic Specific Training (“FAST”) with many Division I UNR athletes on sport specific and overall fitness training. Three years ago, when opening MLP, he fulfilled his lifelong passion for fitness and performance-based training.

California Prospects baseball program is structured for the SOLE purpose of “player development”, getting your child prepared for his baseball future at whatever level that might be. Our GOAL is to see improvement in the individual’s athletic growth and mental understanding of game situations. Increase their abilities to take practice preparation and be able to apply it to live game situations. Using the confidence they have gained from their hard work, will make them able to deal with success and failure.

CA Prospects Try-Outs
FREE : Please share to those who may be interested

Sat, May 13th @ Oakmont High School, 10:30am
Registration starts at 9:45am and all players must be registered by 10:15am
Tryouts begin at 10:30am
14U 16u 18u teams.
Varsity Field

May 20th, Sat @ Oakmont High School, 10:30am
Registration starts at 9:45, must be registered by 10:15am
Tryouts begin at 10:30am
9U, 10U, 11U and 12U
JV Field

Our 2016 teams:
18U placed 1st in 5 AAA/Major tournaments over the summer. Competed against incoming Jr. Colleges
14U Major Team finished the season ranked in the Top 5 in Northern CA, winning 6 AAA/Major tournaments
12U Major Team also finished ranked Top 5 in Northern CA, placing 1st in over 5 tournaments.
12U AA/AAA has won 3 tournaments last year.
10U Team has been a 9 year team that has been playing up, developing their skills

For more information, contact Ken at [email protected]

Finally outside getting some must needed practice in this beautiful weather. 8th grade boys and 10U team. Got at least 3 hours of work in. Great job. Keep grinding away. Hard work does pay off.

10U CP team. Look how handsome these boys our and smiling too. Picture day with Orangevale Pony Baseball

California Prospects 12U team goes 2 and 0 today. Beating Hard 90 5-4 and also West Coast Premier 8-1. Lots of great plays and great hitting in the second game. Good luck the rest of the way. Here are some great videos of the CP boys contributing to their wins today.