US Edition‘We’re Super Excited’: Women’s Pro Baseball League Prepares for Its Open Tryouts in DC
WASHINGTON, D.C., JUL 18 – Mo’ne Davis joins over 600 women trying out for the league, with only 150 players to be drafted for the inaugural six-team Women’s Professional Baseball League in 2026.
- Mo’ne Davis will try out at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., from Aug. 22-25, with over 600 hopefuls and the league set to debut in summer 2026.
- Having first gained fame in 2014 at the Little League World Series, Davis’s early success with 70 mph fastballs and her subsequent hiatus until 2020 fuel her current mission to revive women’s professional baseball in America.
- Tryouts will include drills, athletic testing, live game evaluation by former major league and women’s coaches, and select 150 players for the October draft.
- “I’m just not done playing at all,” Davis said, while over 400 players registered for the tryout, Siegal noted.
- By summer 2026, the WPBL plans to debut with six teams, with next month’s tryouts feeding its October draft, and WPBL said these will be the first women’s pro baseball tryouts in over 80 years.
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‘We’re super excited’: Women’s Pro Baseball League prepares for its open tryouts in DC
Baseball has been part of Justine Siegal’s life since she was a child. Even after her brother stopped playing and was told by a coach to play softball, Siegal chose to stick to the game she loves. Siegal carried that love into adulthood, becoming the first woman to coach for an MLB team. Now, she is one of the co-founders of the Women’s Professional Baseball League, which is looking to make professional baseball for women into a reality. “I love…
Former Pa. Little League star to try out for new women’s pro baseball league
Mo’ne Davis, who at 13 became the first girl to pitch a victory — and a shutout — in the Little League World Series, will be one of more than 600 players to try out for the Women’s Professional Baseball League.
Little League trailblazer Mo’ne Davis trying out for Women’s Professional Baseball League
Former Little League star Mo’ne Davis making an attempt to get back into baseball. Davis, 24, will try out for the new Women’s Pro Baseball League at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., from Aug. 22-25.
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