Summer College Season: New England Collegiate Baseball League Preview 2019

Introduction

The NECBL is the second oldest of New England's three summer college teams, and it feels very much like a middle child.  The teams have struggled to establish their identity, often splitting the difference between the community come together feel of the Cape Cod League and the low-level minor league presentation of the younger Futures League.

That said, the league does boast an ever growing list of alums in the Majors, though with the proliferation of summer leagues, they do share those players with other leagues.  The season runs from early June through early August with a 42 game regular season.

Summer College Season: Cape Cod League Preview 2019

Introduction

Amateur baseball in Massachusetts is part of the culture.  There are three summer college baseball leagues with teams operating in the Bay State, and they are three of the best leagues in the country.  The granddaddy of them all is the Cape Cod Baseball League.

2019 marks the 134 season of amateur baseball on the cape, the 56th season sanctioned by the NCAA and 34th as a wood bat league.  In 2018 the Cape League boasted 306 alumni playing in Major League Baseball (including stars like Ian Happ, Jacoby Ellsbury and Chris Sale).  1,100 (and counting) players have made stops on Cape Cod on their way to the majors, making the Cape a proving ground for baseball's best prospects.