Why Play For The Outlaws?
The Mizuno Outlaws Showcase Baseball Club is one of the most developmentally focused, and well coached baseball programs in the United States. The Mizuno Outlaws focuses on athlete skill and acumen development by fostering the highest level of competition to prepare our players for their next level.
The Outlaws looks to accomplish 3 Goals:
The Outlaws looks to accomplish 3 Goals:
- Attract baseball players, and families, that want to play varsity, college and/or professional baseball.
- Develop those players through competitive and instructional practices and training sessions, as well as highly competitive tournaments.
- Guide our players through the recruiting and scouting process. For college recruiting we will place our players with college programs that fit their ability, skill level, and academic profile. For pro scouting, we will put them in the best position to be successful at the professional level.
About The Outlaws
"DEVELOP, COMPETE, COMMIT"
The Mizuno Outlaws Showcase Baseball organization develops 11U-18U baseball players through professional coach led practices, training sessions, competitive games and tournaments. We strive to develop baseball performance, baseball acumen, in game skill and team camaraderie throughout our teams at all age levels. Simply put, our purpose is to develop elite baseball players.
Our mission is to prepare our players to be physically and mentally ready to compete at their next level whether it be transitioning to the Big Field, high school baseball, college baseball or professional baseball.
Our vision is to guide every player in the Mizuno Outlaws organization to college and/or professional baseball.
We will accomplish our mission and vision through our development platform and relationships with college coaches and professional scouts.
Our mission is to prepare our players to be physically and mentally ready to compete at their next level whether it be transitioning to the Big Field, high school baseball, college baseball or professional baseball.
Our vision is to guide every player in the Mizuno Outlaws organization to college and/or professional baseball.
We will accomplish our mission and vision through our development platform and relationships with college coaches and professional scouts.
Development
The Outlaws have an outstanding training program to develop the 5-Tool player. Through our TeamBuildr application, we provide our players strength, conditioning, hitting and throwing training programs during the fall, winter, spring & summer seasons. Players will have access to these baseball specific training programs via the TeamBuilder application. They will be held accountable for their completion of the daily workouts by our Director of Sports Performance Kevin Nadeau as well as our baseball coaches.
In addition to training programs, we host player development weekends in the fall, winter, spring and early summer where we focus on position specific and team oriented skills and concepts. These development weekends are usually one or two days where we gather every player in the program together to do a deep dive into baseball player development of position specific skills and in-game IQ.
In addition to training programs, we host player development weekends in the fall, winter, spring and early summer where we focus on position specific and team oriented skills and concepts. These development weekends are usually one or two days where we gather every player in the program together to do a deep dive into baseball player development of position specific skills and in-game IQ.
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COMPEtition
The Outlaws believe in a development-based approach to learning and playing baseball that stresses excellence in athleticism, baseball-specific skills and baseball IQ. Our athletes develop through a program that promotes competition at three different levels:
- Intra-personal (competing with yourself)
- Intra-team (competing with your teammates)
- Inter-team (competing with your opponent)
Push yourself to your limits
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Prove your mettle to the team
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To be the best you must beat the best
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COMMITMENT
Every player in our high school age group receives dedicated recruiting advocates in the coach(es) of his team, as well as the leadership of the organization in Eric Crozier and Marcus Robinson. Additionally, every player at the showcase level in our organization has a ConnectBaseball profile that is leveraged to find the best academic and athletic fit your son at the collegiate level. Based on our years of knowledge and experience, we will assess your son's ability and guide your family through the recruiting process to achieve the goal of playing college baseball.
If your son is a Division I level player and has an eye on playing professional baseball, we will leverage our relationships with professional scouts and crosscheckers to ensure that he is prepared for the MLB draft in the spring of his senior year in high school or after his college career.
If your son is a Division I level player and has an eye on playing professional baseball, we will leverage our relationships with professional scouts and crosscheckers to ensure that he is prepared for the MLB draft in the spring of his senior year in high school or after his college career.
Our Leadership
John DeSimoneFounderJohn founded the Outlaws Baseball Program in August 2014 and has been coaching within the program since. He brings to the program copious coaching experience, including 10 years with various local and travel baseball teams, 3 seasons with VYI Football, and 8 seasons with VYI Basketball. John grew up playing football and baseball, before going onto to play defensive back for the Columbia Lions Football Team ('87-'90).
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ERIC CROzierGENERAL MANAGEROriginally drafted by the Cleveland Indians in June of 2000 out of Norfolk State University, Eric reached Major League Baseball four years later with the Toronto Blue Jays. Eric’s 11 years of professional baseball included stints with New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles. Since retiring in 2011, Eric has been intimately involved with youth and scholastic baseball in Northern Virginia.
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Marcus RobinsonDIRECTOR of OPERATIONsMarcus enters his second year with the Outlaws and first as the lead of the 13U age level. Marcus played high school baseball at Herndon High School before playing four years at Florida A&M University. Since finishing his college career, Marcus has served as an outstanding mentor and coach in the high school ranks. He has served as the Head JV Coach at Westfield HS and currently serves as a Varsity Assistant Coach at The Potomac School in McLean, VA.
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Aidan EdelmanASST General ManagerAidan started with the Outlaws in November 2019. He currently serves as the General Manager, overseeing operations for all teams, coaching teams as needed, and serving as a hitting and fielding instructor for individuals and small groups. Coach Aidan served as a baseball coach and administrator at Koa Sports in Rockville, MD from 2015-2018. Aidan interned at USA Baseball in 2019, running operations for the National Team Championships in Phoenix and providing operational and administrative support during 15U National Team Trials in Cary, NC.
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