College Hosts Top Baseball Prospects 

About 100 top high school baseball players from Southern California and Hawaii worked out in front of MLB and college scouts as part of the Milwaukee Brewers Area Code Baseball Tryouts June 30 to July 2 from 9 am to 4 pm at Carr Field. Westmont has hosted the annual event, which is free and open to the public, since 2010. 

The first day of tryouts included Tri-County players catcher Tyler Wertz from Valencia High and right-handed pitcher Weston Haley from Nordhoff High. 

Following the three days of evaluations, scouts choose the top players to return on Sunday, July 6, beginning at 9 am.

The Area Code Games, featuring the nation’s top 240 high school players (from the class of 2026 and 2027), will play August 6-11 at Blair Field in Long Beach. The tournament serves as the beginning of a year-long interview process culminating with the MLB Draft the following summer.

Notable Brewers Area Code alumni, since Westmont began hosting the event, include Max Fried, Lucas Giolito, Dominic Smith, and Jack Flaherty.