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:
The Mid-America League announced the inclusion of Fort Scott Kansas as a new team. On March 11, 2025 the League will be in Fort Scott for the announcement.
Fans interested in submitting their ideas for the new team name, any parties interested in tickets or sponsorship options, or anything else pertaining specifically to the new Fort Scott team may contact the Mid-America League through the league’s official website (contact here) or through the Fort Scott team page on this website. The official press release announcing the new team also can be found on the Fort Scott team page here:
This video from KOAM’s YouTube channel covers the Joplin Outlaws joining the Mid America League:
Toward the end of February 2024, the Mid America League announced that Texarkana will be added to the 2024 set of teams. Here are some recent news announcements about Texarkana being named as a new market:
More information can be found on the Texarkana page on this website or on the official league website page for the team:
Last week the new Piney Woods baseball team had a ribbon cutting at the field in White Oak, Texas. Here is a link recapping the event:
Team President David Upchurch and former Texas Rangers’ player Matt Perisho (the team’s field manager) were quoted in the article.
Learn more about the Piney Woods team here:
Earlier this week the new Fort Smith team was formally named the Fort Smith Marshals. Here are videos from the press conference announcing the team name:
You may learn more about the team name and the team here:
Yesterday the new Mid America League team to play in Abilene Texas (Walt Driggers Field) announced the final name chosen from its name the team promotion. The team will be named the Abilene Flying Bison, although on certain games it will play as the Abilene Blue Socks.
Here is the announcement:
https://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/news/abilene-baseball-franchise-announces-team-name-logo/
More DetailsWe found a recent news clip from the BigCountryHomePage YouTube channel which mentioned the upcoming Abilene team in the Mid America League. The news clip covers recent minor league teams in Abilene. Scott Kirk, President of the new Abilene team (team name still to be announced), spoke in this news clip as well.
Yesterday KXII-TV News 12 posted its video featuring the team name announcement for the Sherman Shadowcats. Here is the link to the video if you cannot see it embedded below:
More about the team name announcement, including photos from the press conference, can be seen in the previous post at this link: Sherman Shadowcats team name announcement
If you are interested in tickets, sponsorship, group outings, merchandise and other Shadowcats information then you are welcome to visit the website: Shadowcatsbaseball.com
More DetailsEarlier today, the new Mid America League team’s name was announced. The team will be called the Sherman Shadowcats.
The website is forthcoming (Shadowcatsbaseball.com), and in the meantime all inquiries for tickets, sponsorship, and employment are welcome to go to the league’s website page for the Shadowcats at this link:
The following photos from today’s announcement are credited to the City of Sherman (Facebook post confirmation at this link):
Credits to City of Sherman Facebook post
Also thanks to KXII (mention here) and the Herald Democrat (mention here) for their coverage of the team name announcement.
From the City of Sherman’s Facebook page as well:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1132529301463564
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