GARY, Ind. — The RailCats will host their annual Open Player Tryout at U. S. Steel Yard on Thursday, May 3. The tryout is free and registration will begin at 9:30 a.m. for position players and 11:30 a.m. for pitchers.

Players who are trying out must bring their own baseball equipment, including cleats, gloves, wooden bats and catcher’s gear. Upon arriving at U. S. Steel Yard, players should enter through the RailCats Entry Gate on Stadium Plaza – between Fourth and Fifth Avenue – and head to the field for registration. There is no need to pre-register before the day of the tryout.

Five players who participated in the Open Tryout have gone on to play with the RailCats including outfielder Mike Coles, a Hammond native who made the team as a rookie in 2006 and won four league championships with other clubs before returning to Gary this season. Current RailCats pitcher T.J. Wohlever and former pitchers Andy Weeks (2010), Chris Pfalzgraf (2009) and Dan Soria (2003-04) also signed with the ‘Cats after being discovered at the Open Tryout.