Pirates Baseball is a premier youth travel baseball organization that specializes in the development of players from 8U – 14U. Our primary goal is to prepare every player for baseball on the field but also prepare them for life off the field. Our mission is to prepare each player and team for current and future successes.
Pirates players will have the opportunity to use T’s Academy as one of the home facilities, along with the Rosemont Dome for team practices and additional work. Pirates Baseball is a direct feeder program for Windy City Baseball Club for 15U-18U. One of our goals with Pirates Baseball is to provide the best instruction and staff to create a cohesive transition into a ballplayers high school career. Pirates Baseball will help prepare and develop players for their high school careers while Windy City Baseball Club will look to continue that progress towards an opportunity to play at the collegiate or professional level.
Youth development in sports is about much more than just the sport itself. How do you keep players engaged? How do we teach them about leadership? How do we motivate them to fight through adversity? All of these questions should be at the forefront of any parents mind when choosing a travel or club sports team. We choose to guide players in these areas of their life and in their pursuit to becoming the best baseball player they can be.
“THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR HARD WORK.”
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“Mike Trout”
“Nolan Arenado “
“Hitting with A-Rod, Pete Rose and Frank Thomas”
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"The Pirates Baseball organization is lead by a former professional baseball player from the Miami Marlins organization who passes his knowledge and love of baseball onto the boys. The program has allowed our son to mature both as a player and as a young, responsible man. While working with specialized coaches and his team coach, he has developed people skills, discipline, and respect. Through structured practices and organized drills, we have seen our son's skills significantly improve. More importantly, he has picked up valuable life lessons taught and demonstrated through team building. But not only do we feel strongly about this program, our son absolutely loves it because he too has seen the impact it has made in his life. We would highly recommend Pirates Baseball to anyone who is looking for an organization to take their son to the next level."
“The Pirates organization has the coaches who have been through the recruiting process and know what it takes to give players a chance to play and succeed at the next level. The Pirates organization has been and will continue to be a foundational partner for Elite Level Prospects.”
"If your son wants to reach his full potential as a baseball player, I highly recommend T's Baseball Training Academy. In addition to the top-notch facilities and equipment available for training, every instructor my son is exposed to displays the knowledge, passion, and energy to coach and mentor players to reach their full potential. As a parent, I am extremely pleased with the progress my son has made as a player and with the amount of fun he has with his teammates, at practice, and during games."
“Pirates Baseball is the ideal program for all youth and high school players looking to improve their fundamental skills, increase their athleticism and develop their leadership skills. As former players and current coaches, we understand the value in improving with every single practice. Coach Curry and his staff have a successful, fun way to ensure the skill development and training at each practice translates to on-field success.”
“I had the opportunity this past offseason to run a one-day hitting clinic at T's Academy. It was evident within the first couple minutes of being there that there was a culture of growth, competitiveness, and excitement around the facility and with the players within the Pirates organization. The staff has done a tremendous job of fostering these ideas and because of that, the players will be strapped with these lessons for the rest of their lives. This will carry them to be successful at whatever it is that they end up doing. I am looking forward to next offseason where I will hopefully have the same opportunity to come back and run another clinic!”
“As a current college baseball player at Illinois Wesleyan University, Ryan Curry has helped me immensely with my swing. Coming into college, hitting was not my strong suit. After working with Ryan throughout college, I have become an important part of the my team's lineup hitting in the clean-up spot. Ryan has a great deal of knowledge about the game of baseball but from my hitting experience with him, it is obvious that he is able to help any person perfect their swing. He is one of the main reasons for my success at the plate throughout my college career.”