Royals to hold tryout camp at Arvest Ballpark

SPRINGDALE, AR- Think you have what it takes to play professional baseball? Are you ready to showcase your talent and have it evaluated by a professional scout?

The Naturals' major league parent club, the Kansas City Royals, will hold an amateur tryout camp at Arvest Ballpark on Friday, June 18th. This camp is for players who were not selected by another major league organization in the 2010 June Free Agent Draft. The tryout will be run by Lloyd Simmons, one of the Royals' Senior Amateur Scouts.

Registration will occur at 8:30 and the tryout will begin at 9:00. Please report promptly for registration in uniform and bring your own personal equipment (shoes, glove, etc.).

Participants must be at least 15 years of age, but anyone under the age of 18 must have parent or legal guardian present. Participants will be required to fill out a medical waiver.

Attendees will be evaluated on several baseball drills, including throwing, sprinting, and hitting. No pre-registration for this tryout is necessary.

This is one of several tryout camps the Royals hold annually throughout the country. Generally, a player signed from a tryout camp is sent to the club's minor league complex facilities in Surprise, AZ before being assigned to one of Kansas City's rookie-level minor league affiliates.

The Northwest Arkansas Naturals are the Double-A Texas League affiliate of the Kansas City Royals and play at state-of-the-art Arvest Ballpark, located in Springdale. The Naturals have a toll-free ticket hotline (1-877-444-2637) for fans to purchase Naturals tickets. Our website, nwanaturals.com offers fans the opportunity to purchase tickets online and avoid lines at the ticket windows by printing their tickets at home or at the office.