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Westport Youth Travel Baseball (WYTB) is excited for its Spring 2026 season. There was strong competition to make these rosters, which led to difficult decisions to be made by the respective coaches.

Please see below for program information and rosters for the Spring 2026 8U through 12U WYTB teams. The size of rosters for the various WYTB varies based on the specific needs and circumstances of the applicable team. We will subsequently communicate with appropriate families regarding the older age group.

Communications: Parents of players on the rosters below will be contacted soon via their email addresses on file with WYTB by their teams' head coaches to welcome them to the team and provide relevant information regarding the season, including information regarding assistant coaches and expectations for the Spring season. After you hear from the coach, please send him any additional or alternative email addresses for communications going forward, which will be coordinated by the head coach or parent team manager, as applicable.

Roster Acceptance/Pricing: A parent of each rostered player will receive an email requesting a deposit of $800 to secure a roster spot on the applicable team, which will be credited against the player’s full registration fees for the season. WYTB will invoice parents for the balance of the fees due before the start of the Spring season.

If a parent declines on behalf of a player, or fails to accept, a roster spot secured by the deposit within 7 days of receipt of the email, coaches will consider the invitation forfeited and will reduce the size of the team or reach out to the parents of another child to fill the spot. Final pricing (which for certain of the teams are expected to include the costs of a tournament) will be communicated in the Spring when the coaching staff for each team finalizes its respective program.

Rostering and registration for a Spring WYTB team will not be processed if there is an outstanding balance in respect of participation on a prior WYTB or Westport Little League Baseball or Softball Fall or Summer team, including a summer District or Tournament team. As a reminder, if a player becomes injured or is otherwise unable to participate, we will not credit or return any deposits or registration fees subsequently billed or paid as they are allocated to fixed costs, and we intend to pay our coaches.

As with prior seasons, there will be separate tryouts in June for the Fall 2026 WYTB season. Playing on a Spring WYTB team does not mean a player will make a Fall WYTB team.

Commitment Letters/Code of Conduct: Participation on a WYTB team requires commitment from players and parents. All players invited to join a WYTB team, and their parents, must sign and return to the applicable head coach the attached Commitment Letter, which sets forth the player's commitment to the team and the player's and parents' obligation to abide by certain requirements and a code of conduct. Failure to comply with the commitment letter/code of conduct may result in a player being suspended or removed from the team or a parent prohibited from attending the team's organized baseball activities.

Additional Teams: Given the many talented 8U, 9U and 10U eligible players who tried out for our Spring teams and demonstrated potential, we have rostered White and Blue teams at the 8U, 10U and 11U levels.

9U Developmental Team: Given the many 9U eligible players at tryouts who demonstrated potential, IST is independently offering by invite top performing players who were not selected for the WYTB 9U teams the opportunity to participate on its 9U developmental team that will feature a skills-based focus. IST professional coaches will coach this team. To the extent that the coaches consider the team ready (especially regarding pitching) to play competitive games against teams from other local towns, they will schedule up to 6 games (unlikely to be doubleheaders) against these other teams. As is the case with respect to the WYTB teams, players on this team must also play Westport Spring Little League Baseball. Late Fall and Winter training will be offered to players on this team and consist of hitting, fielding, team training and fitness development. Glenn Katz will contact parents of players who qualified for this team.

Roster Fluidity: In certain circumstances, we will offer players opportunities to play games at older or younger levels for more playing time or additional reps with another team. These determinations will be made solely based on team needs for games and coaches’ recommendations on a case-by-case basis in their sole discretion.

Spring Little League Baseball: All rostered WYTB players eligible to play Westport Little League Baseball are required to register for, and be full participants in, Spring 2026 Westport Little League Baseball (which is also required to participate in any of Westport’s District or other baseball programs this summer). Scheduling of WYTB games will not conflict with Westport Little League Baseball games. Registration for Spring Westport Little League Baseball is expected to open in December, with information to be circulated via email and posted on the Westport Little League Baseball website.

Winter Training: Various late Fall (approximately between Thanksgiving and Christmas) and Winter (expected to begin in early January) training for the teams will be offered. These team workouts are designed to ensure that players are developing their baseball skills to prepare for the Spring season, bonding with their teammates and acclimating to their coaches and their coaching philosophies and approaches. In addition to the late Fall and Winter team training, dedicated sports fitness, pitching/catching training will be available. Each head coach will send an email explaining the schedule for this training with a link to register for such training sessions (billed separately) to all rostered players.

Tournaments: The curriculum for certain of the WYTB teams contemplates teams participating in at least one baseball tournament, which may be a Perfect Game tournament. Players and parents have been very enthusiastic about these tournaments, which provide good opportunities to add games against different teams, and the bonding experience among parents and players playing in them. Tournaments can be expensive, are typically non-refundable, fill up quickly and require a substantial time commitment from the coaches. Therefore, coaches will be identifying suitable tournaments in advance to book for the applicable teams taking into account their understanding of players' scheduling conflicts and competitive ability. It will be challenging to find a weekend that works for everyone. Once we register and pay for a tournament for a team, we expect parents to honor the commitment as it is not fair to others if a team cannot field enough players to play competitively.

Feedback: Head coaches will be available to provide feedback regarding your child from the Spring WYTB team evaluations, including explaining why he or she was not selected for inclusion on the roster of a particular team or to discuss areas in which the player can work to improve. You may contact Glenn Katz of IST at istkatz22@yahoo.com to coordinate to receive detailed feedback about your child from the applicable head coach as observed by the evaluators during the try-outs. Please understand that in selecting rosters for teams, there were many difficult decisions made by the coaches. This opportunity to discuss your child's performance with a professional coach is for you to solicit constructive feedback about your child—it is not a forum for parents to make abusive or negative comments. In prior seasons, we have seen players who did not make WYTB teams in the Spring become strong candidates for selection on future WYTB teams with continued practice and development in the areas identified by coaches at try-outs.

Uniforms: Coaches will communicate with parents when and if to bring in your child to ASF be fitted for his or her uniform should he or she require a uniform. Please do not contact or visit ASF until your coach contacts you to inform you when or if to bring in your child to be fitted for a uniform.

Congratulations to the players who made the WYTB teams. They and you should feel very proud. We look forward to a terrific Spring season.

Best wishes for a happy and healthy offseason and hot stove season.

-- Westport Youth Travel Baseball

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