Play-up Rule

Options for play-ups are as follows:

A player that is one league age (refer to league age definition above) below may elect to play-up into the league directly above for the entire season, beginning with 8U Coach Pitch and extending through older leagues.

• Example: a baseball player is 8 years old by May 01 but with a birthday on August 27. He is eligible to play up into 10U Division in the spring season (but not 12U) even though he will not be 9 years old until August. This applies to all age groups EXCEPT 4U. A player that is not yet 5-years-old by May 01, cannot play-up an entire season into T-ball. Additionally, in the example above, if the player is still 7 years old on May 1, he is not eligible to play-up into 10U. Again, to play-up an entire season, the player must only be one league age below. These decisions should be well thought out by parents/guardians before the online registration is filled out. That said, our registration programs will only allow a play-up registration of a player one league below (again, beginning with 8U Coach Pitch).  During registration, you will see an option for "Play-up (age)" in the "League Age" form field.  Please fill this out accurately so league age will be reflected appropriately in our reports.

A player may be selected to play-up in a game-by-game scenario in the event a team in the league above cannot field a team. In this case, the temporary play-up player simply must be in the league directly below the league that he/she would play-up into for a particular game (does not have to be one league age below as in the rule stated above). This applies to all leagues equally, with one exception, a 3-year-old 4U player may not play-up in a T-ball game. 4U temporary play-up players must be 4 years old. In all other temporary, one game play-up cases, the "one league age below" rule does not apply.  Other conditions in this rule are:

• The play-up player must not miss his/her own team's game in order to play-up with a team in the league above (you can't skip your game to play-up in another).
• The play-up player must bat last and play outfield in the play-up game. No exceptions.
• The coach using the play-up player must report the play-up player to the opposing coach and umpires before the game starts.
• In all leagues and divisions, including 6U T-ball and 8U Coach Pitch, we may allow 10 (sometimes more if necessary) players to play defensively, however a complete team is technically nine players. If a team in T-ball or Coach Pitch has 11 players but is missing two players for a particular game, the Coach is not eligible to call up a play-up player. In all leagues, the entire roster bats in the lineup and a team will not have to take an out for missing players, unless the team is reduced to eight players. In that case, the team is eligible to utilize a play-up player.
• No more than three play-up players may be utilized at one time on one team.