The Edmonton Prospects are a dormant
collegiate summer baseball
Collegiate summer baseball leagues are amateur baseball leagues in the United States and Canada featuring players who have attended at least one year of college and have at least one year of athletic eligibility remaining. Generally, they operat ...
team based in
Edmonton
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...
, Alberta, Canada. They play in the
Western Canadian Baseball League
The Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) is a collegiate summer baseball league based in Saskatchewan and Alberta that descends from leagues dating to 1931.
History
The league can trace its roots back to 1931, via its predecessors. The South ...
. The team was founded in 2005 as the Edmonton Big River Prospects but moved to the Edmonton suburb of
St. Albert after only one year of use of
Telus Field
RE/MAX Field (formerly Edmonton Ballpark, and Telus Field) is a baseball stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It has served as home to several minor league baseball clubs; its last affiliated tenant was the Edmonton Trappers, a AAA Pacific Coas ...
with the
Edmonton Cracker-Cats
The Edmonton Capitals, originally the Edmonton Cracker-Cats, were a Canadian professional independent minor league baseball team that played between 2005 and 2011 in several leagues.
The Capitals are based in Edmonton, Alberta, and are currently ...
of the
Northern League. They took a leave of absence from the WMBL for the 2008 season before returning in 2009 under their current name.
Prior to the 2012 season they played out of John Fry Park on the south side of Edmonton. In 2012 the Prospects began playing out of Telus Field, which was renamed
RE/MAX Field
RE/MAX Field (formerly Edmonton Ballpark, and Telus Field) is a baseball stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It has served as home to several minor league baseball clubs; its last affiliated tenant was the Edmonton Trappers, a AAA Pacific Coast ...
in 2017. The Prospects played the 2021 season as a
road team. In 2022, they played most of their home games at Centennial Park Field 9 in
Sherwood Park
Sherwood Park is a large hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Strathcona County that is recognized as an urban service area. It is located adjacent to the City of Edmonton's eastern boundary, generally south of Highway 16 (Yellowhead Trail), ...
, and they plan to move to the
Myshak Metro Ballpark
Myshak Metro Ballpark is under construction in Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada. The baseball park is the home of the Edmonton Prospects, a Western Canadian Baseball League
The Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) is a collegiate summer bas ...
in
Spruce Grove
Spruce Grove is a city that is west of Edmonton, Alberta in Canada. The city is adjacent to the Town of Stony Plain and is surrounded by Parkland County.
With a 2021 population of 37,645, Spruce Grove is the ninth-largest city in Alberta. T ...
when this new park opens.
Because of construction delays on the new ballpark, the team will not play in 2023.
See also
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List of baseball teams in Canada
The following is a list of currently active Professional, Independent Professional, Semi-Professional & Summer Collegiate baseball teams in Canada. It includes the league(s) they play for, and championships won.
Professional (Major League Bas ...
References
External links
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Baseball teams established in 2005
Baseball teams in Edmonton
2005 establishments in Alberta
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