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Scout Day Spotlight: Triple Crown Royals

SPRINGFIELD - “It’s about education and the development of kids.”

That is how Dan Moss explains the philosophy of the Triple Crown Royals. It is also a big reason for the success of an organization that started out in 2015 with one 16U team which has now expanded to 11 baseball teams in addition to one softball team.

“It’s about education and the development of kids,” explained Moss, president of the Royals. “We want our players to learn the game of baseball and help them develop the skills it takes to be successful on and off the field.

“With our high-school-aged players, we put an emphasis on education not only of our players but also our parents on the recruiting process. Our goal is to help players reach the collegiate level while providing realistic assessments and feedback along the way.”

Scholarships for players has become the norm with the Triple Crown Royals.

“In a short amount of time I think we’ve shown that we have the ability to correctly assess, develop and promote our players to the level they should be promoted to,” Moss said. “We have had over 50 players commit to play baseball at the collegiate level since our inception in 2015.”

Ohio State, Clemson, Ohio U and Toledo are just a few of the D-I colleges that have signed on TCR players while Ashland, Ohio Dominican and Lake Erie are among the D-II schools inking Royals.

“Our goal is the same every year, get our players in the right events, proactively promote them and help them to the next level, whichever level that may be,” Moss pointed out.

Helping give out those lessons is a strong staff of knowledgeable coaches with the Royals.

“We’ve been fortunate to have former players and high school and college coaches who care about this sport and our players,” explained Moss. “Josh Moss, Mike Kula, Devin VanWinkle and Dan Winter have done a great job with our high-school-aged teams.”

An impressive list of alumni includes Andrew Magno (Ohio State), Trace Hatfield (Toledo), Dan Rutan (Oakland), Colin Sells (Ohio U), Mack Angling (Clemson), Mitch Milheim (Ohio State), Cooper Dundas (Oakland), Jack Metzger (Dartmouth), Adam Fallon (Bowling Green), Tyler Ross (Bowling Green), Hunter Fansler (Marshall) and Jace Middleton (Ohio State).

The hope is that more will move on to colleges as well, help out by exposure from events such as the upcoming PBR Scout Day set for Feb. 12.

“Chris Valentine (PBR Ohio executive director) has been great with us with our Scout Day and providing us with information and insights along the way,” Moss said. “This will be our third year doing a Scout Day and it has helped us with the promotion of our players. We like having quality video and up-to-date metrics on our guys to send out prior to the start of the high school season.”

Come summer the Royals spend much of their time in the surrounding area and states.

“Our youth teams primarily stay in central Ohio,” Moss said. “Our focus with those players is to play quality baseball and continue to learn and develop the fundamentals of the game.

“Our high-school-aged teams play regionally in Ohio and surrounding states. Louisville, Nashville, Westfield, Cincinnati and Cleveland are where we play most of our summer games. We also go to WWBA in October in Fort Myers.”