Professional Baseball Development League
Founded In 2024
The “Teams” page on this website is now updated for the current list of Mid-America League teams scheduled to play in 2026:
Here is the list of teams:
This week the Mid-America League named the Beaumont expansion team be the Beaumont Oil Barons. Here is the team’s new website:
https://www.oilbaronsbaseball.com
Here is some of the media coverage of the new team name, including 12 News from Beaumont:
BEAUMONT, Texas — The Beaumont Oil Barons are the new semi-pro baseball team coming to Southeast Texas, officials announced Tuesday during a press conference at the Spindletop Gladys-City Boomtown Museum.
The team is part of an independent professional league and has been in development since last year, with Lamar University spearheading the effort to establish semi-pro baseball in the region.
The Oil Barons will provide local access to professional baseball without requiring long-distance travel, according to general manager Mike Marek.
“You don’t have to drive, you know, long distances to get, go to a sporting event, you know, obviously there’s great baseball here, there’s great baseball here at Lamar, but we want to be an extension to that during the summer,” Marek said.
The team will compete against other cities in the independent league, including Abilene, Texarkana and Joplin, Missouri. Home games will be played at Lamar University’s Vincent Beck Stadium.
Response to the team has been positive since the initial announcement in May, with many fans expressing excitement about having a local team, Marek told 12News.
The team’s schedule, roster and ticket prices have not yet been announced. — full credit for this news clip to 12 News Now (click here)
Below are YouTube videos about the team name announcement: