Welcome to Play Pro Baseball
Welcome to Play Pro Baseball, a Phoenix, AZ club baseball organization specializing in youth player development.
Welcome to Play Pro Baseball, a Phoenix, AZ club baseball organization specializing in youth player development.
To develop the skills of youth baseball players, helping them achieve their dreams of becoming professionals.
Play Pro Baseball is run by Head Coach and former Professional Shortstop, Christian Lara, who focuses on the development of 8U-18U players through baseball camps, private & group instruction, team practices, and tournament play.
Through Play Pro Baseball, Coach Christian shares the same love for the game with his players, coaches, and parents that his Dad shared with him as his youth coach growing up in Venezuela. Coach Christian thrived on that passion in his own career, developing into a promising young Shortstop in the Red Sox and Dodgers organizations, where he earned multiple Minor League honors, including two Minor League Player of the Year Awards (2004 & 2006). It is this love for the game and wealth of knowledge that allow Coach Christian’s players to develop their own love and passion for baseball, in hopes of achieving their professional dreams.
While Play Pro Baseball teams compete to win at the highest levels, Coach Christian’s true heart always lies in the growth and development of his players. Club opportunities exist at all skill levels, from development of players as young as 6-years-old, to 18-year-old professional prospects.
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While a few months remain to close out the 2023-2024 season, Play Pro Baseball is already looking ahead to next year! We expect to have many returning great players from this season but plan to add to our growing ranks of hard working and development focused athletes. Additionally, we look to play above the AA level next year with any team we feel is ready, as gauged by this season’s successes and future roster talents. With this all in mind, Play Pro Baseball is planning multiple tryouts from late spring until late summer 2024, in preparation to begin next season’s practices in early August. More specific details will be published as we approach these dates, but tentative tryouts for 9U-15U teams are as follows:
Late Spring Tryout -
Friday, May 17, 2024
Indoor at Banner Physical Therapy (2nd Floor Downstairs), 4141 E. Thomas Rd., Phoenix, AZ, 85018
9U-11U........5:00 - 7:00 PM
12U-15U......7:00 - 9:00PM
Mid Summer Tryout - Indoor at Banner Physical Therapy following Summer Baseball Camp, June 4-6 and June 11-13, 2024.
Late Summer Tryout - Indoor at Banner Physical Therapy around the last week of July or first of August
Please follow this page in the coming weeks and months for updates to these details!
Updated 4-20-2024
Not sure if your youth player is ready to join a club program? Opportunities exist with Play Pro Baseball at all skill levels from 6-year-olds just learning to pick up a bat to 18-year-old Major League Prospects. Coach Christian and our Play Pro Baseball Staff use their baseball knowledge, vast experience, and extensive professional contacts to determine the right development path and game playing opportunities to help your player learn, grow, and excel in the game of baseball. Where other clubs may just be focused on winning games to look good, we take the most pride in watching our players work hard, overcome challenges, and gain the confidence needed to take their game to the next level. If Play Pro Baseball sounds like the club for your athlete, we would love the opportunity to show what we are about!
In season tryouts are consistently available by appointment with Coach Christian. Interested candidates can generally expect to schedule with Coach Christian during club practice times on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
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