Comprehensive training programs designed to develop complete ballplayers at every level of competition.
Your player's development, tracked and shared, not left to guesswork.
Every enrolled player has a personal profile our coaches update through the season: the skills they're building, where they stand, and what comes next, in language sized to their age and level.
Baseball-only communication with your player's coaches, in one place. Ask a question, get real feedback, and stay part of the process rather than watching from a distance.
Included with Diamond Rookies, Travel Development, and our travel teams, so a family that starts at five can carry one continuous record of their player's growth through every stage.
Competitive travel team play across three seasons with tournaments, showcases, and 12 players per team (maximum 13).
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Building on fundamentals with game-situation training. Players at this level transition from drills to live reps, learning to read the ball off the bat, make decisions on the bases, and compete with teammates in structured scrimmage settings that prepare them for travel-level play.
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The foundation of the game, skills and appreciation for baseball. Through play-based instruction, our youngest athletes learn to throw, catch, hit off a tee, and run the bases while developing coordination, listening skills, and a love for the sport that lasts.
Learn MoreComprehensive year-round development, privates, small groups, in-season, and off-season training. Whether a player needs to sharpen their swing, build arm strength, or work on fielding mechanics, our training programs are tailored to individual needs and built around long-term growth.
Learn MoreIntensive camp sessions throughout the year. Our camps combine high-volume skill work with competitive games and position-specific instruction, giving players an immersive experience that accelerates development during school breaks.
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Every player who tries out receives a complete evaluation of their skill set and a plan for how we'd drive their development, whether or not they make the roster. It's not a test; it's the first step.
Learn MoreThe most complete baseball development in NYC, built on growth-driven coaching, objective player development, and an ethos that never stops at good enough. Founded on nearly 20 years of elite-level coaching experience, Diamond Primed has developed hundreds of young athletes with one belief at the center of everything: develop players for baseball and for life.
Four principles that shape how we teach, how we compete, and how our players and families experience the program, and the game itself. These aren't slogans, they're deeply ingrained in our daily standard and permeate every rep, every pitch, and every swing.
What it means to be part of our program, from the practice field to the family group chat.
Individualized Approach
Our coaching adapts to each player. We focus on what sets every player apart, their mechanics, their learning style, their strengths, and their challenges, and we respond with the individual approach and communication that fits them best. That individual plan is documented in each player's Parent Portal profile, so families see the approach built for their player, not a generic one.
Fundamentals & Execution
We are firm believers in the fundamentals of the game and know they are the common foundation of development. But we do not implement a uniform system of development. The uniformity we strive for is in the level of execution, each player will have a unique path toward that goal. That path is developed and implemented by the program directors / coaches and lives in the Portal, where families can see where their player is on it.
Technology & Measurement
We achieve this by taking the time to learn each player deeply, and by providing active, detailed feedback to both the player and their family. We value technology as an aid to development, but not as a substitute for effective, tailored coaching. We use objective measurements, radar gun readings, skill benchmarks, seasonal evaluations, so players and families can see real, measurable progress. But the measurements serve the coaching. The coaching never serves the measurements. A readout can tell you what's happening. Only a highly effective coach can tell you why, and what to do about it. The measurements that matter for each player, and the coaching context behind them, reach families through the on-field instructions and live in the Parent Portal.
What Sets Us Apart
In youth baseball, coaching typically comes from two places: playing experience or formal certifications and academic preparation. Both are valuable, and both bring structure to the process. But the ability to observe how a player's body moves, understand why it moves that way, recognize how it differs from the next player, and communicate the right adjustment in the right way (relational dynamics of movement), that's something different. That's what we bring. And what we see, we share, so families understand the adjustment as well as the player does.
Developmental Continuity
Our coaching staff shares our principles and our commitment to execution. We also share with them the responsibility of continuity, ensuring that each player's individual approach carries forward from one season to the next, one coach to the next, without gaps. That context is held at the organization level, by our program directors as well as our coaches, and the Parent Portal is where it lives, an effective aid to the live, personal on-field communication that every season builds on. Development doesn't reset. It builds.
Our home fields are located on Randall's Island Park, just off the Triborough Bridge (Robert F. Kennedy Bridge) and easily accessible from the FDR Drive in either direction as well as the 2nd Avenue on-ramp. We also hold permits for additional NYC Parks Department baseball fields across Manhattan. We provide transportation to and from our weekday practices and training on Randall's Island, with pickups from the player's school or a designated pickup spot coordinated with the family. Our indoor training partnerships ensure year-round development regardless of weather, and we invest in the tools our players need to train at a high level. We also understand that getting to the field is half the battle for NYC families, so we work to keep access fair and consistent.
We believe families should be as connected to their player's development as the coaching staff. Through our Parent Portal, every family has full individual access to their player's highly detailed developmental path and the execution of that path, updated by our coaches throughout the season, with direct coach-to-parent messaging in the same place. Our communication is centralized, consistent, and designed to keep parents informed, not just about schedules and logistics, but about what their player is working on, where they're progressing, and what comes next. When families can see the process, they trust the process.
Diamond Primed is not just a laser focus on developing baseball players. Every player and every family that joins this program becomes part of ours. We strive to help build relationships that go deeper than lineups and box scores, and our hope is that through those bonds, we become a community that shares more than the best memories on a baseball field. We share the best of each other.
The people behind the player development, experienced, invested, and committed to doing it right.
Head Coach & Director of Operations
Jose Marte is responsible for the program's overall structure, from league play and tournament selection to practice logistics and transportation. How those pieces come together is guided by one measure: how well the season serves the players' development and the way families experience it.
That same standard is driven by his passion and ability to develop baseball skills and character in every one of our teams and players. He doesn't coach through a uniform system. What sets his approach apart is the ability to see how a player's body moves, understand why it moves that way, recognize how it differs from the next player, and deliver the one adjustment, in the way that reaches that individual, that actually moves them forward. The standard he holds is uniform in the level of execution it demands.
He was coaching and developing players at the highest levels of the game in New York City before a true travel baseball scene had taken shape here, and over the past 17 years he has had the privilege of working with hundreds of young ballplayers from the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side, and across the city. He looks forward to working with many more as they start or continue their baseball journey.
Head Coach & Director of Player Development
Vicente Marte serves as Director of Player Development, leading training across the program, from private lessons to small-group and situational, game-based work. His particular strength is preparing players for the most demanding competitive situations, because he has led teams of every age through them. An elite head coach and a master of in-game strategy, he brings the standard of high-level competition directly into how players train.
He can be as competitive and demanding as the game requires, yet he also knows how to teach the game with a soft touch for younger players, always meeting each player where they start and building from there. He is unique in making the repetitions, and the focus they demand, feel like the sandlot, while still making every training situation as real as the game itself, because he knows he will be right there with these players when those moments arrive for real, and that shared experience is exactly what the training is preparing them for.
As with our program, the standard he holds is uniform in the level of execution it demands.
Head Coach & Logistics & Schedules
Raymond Blanco has coached with Diamond Primed for over five years, working with our younger players on the fundamentals of the game and on maintaining a positive outlook in any circumstance the game presents. He has been instrumental in keeping the program’s "never give up, never give in" mindset alive. Raymond grew up in the game from an early age, on the ballfield with his dad and his brothers, and he brings that part of his life, and the value of family the game gave him, onto the field every time he steps on it. He holds players to the same standard and coaches within the same method that runs through the whole program.
Head Coach & Lead 60/90 Coach
Adrian Blanco has coached with Diamond Primed since its foundation, working with our older players on the 60/90 transition and the big-field dynamics that come with it. He has led our 60/90 teams into pitched battles from South Carolina to Maryland, New Jersey, Connecticut, and up and down New York State, and he emphasizes discipline and respect at every turn, for the game, for teammates, for coaches, and for parents. Adrian grew up in the game surrounded by family and led by his dad, and that sense of family runs deep in how he coaches. He understands that the bonds formed on the field, between teammates, coaches, and parents, can last a lifetime. He holds players to the same standard and coaches within the same method that runs through the whole program.
9U/10U Coach
Angel Almonte coaches our 9U and 10U players, with a real gift for helping them feel comfortable and confident in game situations. He emphasizes the fundamentals of clean mechanics while helping each player find their mental and emotional balance, and this past spring he helped guide our 8U/9U team to a tremendous season. He holds players to the same standard and coaches within the same method that runs through the whole program.
11U Coach
Edwin Ponce coaches our 11U team, bringing joy and positivity in equal measure. He motivates players to play the game with heart, purpose, and intensity, all while keeping a big smile on their faces, and he lifts the team’s experience through the tough games and the grind of a long season. He holds players to the same standard and coaches within the same method that runs through the whole program.
We also have a terrific roster of assistant coaches, made up of several current and former college players.
Championship and semifinal finishes, documented.
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Diamond Primed Baseball, NYC
Our upcoming seasons, programs, and registration windows.
Travel · Spring
First week of April – First or second week of June
League and tournament play with weekend games and weekday / Saturday practices. Teams practice twice per week with games on Sundays and select Saturdays.
Starts in AprilTravel · Summer
Third week of June – First week of August
Three league games per week (weekday & weekend), three weekday afternoon practices, plus local and out-of-city tournaments.
In SeasonTravel · Fall
First week of September – First or second week of November
League and tournament play with weekend games and weekday / Saturday practices. Teams practice twice per week with games on Sundays and select Saturdays.
Registration OpenAll Ages · Year-Round
Year-round · In-season & off-season
Privates, small groups, and seasonal training, from off-season conditioning to in-season sharpening, built around each player's development.
EnrollingSaturdays · Ages 6–8
Spring (April – June) & Fall (September – November)
Game-situation training that moves players from drills to live reps in structured scrimmage settings, preparing them for travel-level play.
Registration OpenAfterschool · Ages 5–6
Spring & Fall seasons
Play-based introduction to throwing, catching, hitting, and base running, building coordination and a love for the game.
Registration OpenTravel · Tryouts
October 22 – November 12 · Randall's Island (2027 season)
Open tryouts before each season. Players are evaluated on core skills, coachability, attitude, and competitive character. Every player receives a written evaluation, and roster decisions are communicated within one week.
Tryouts OpenCamps · Mar / Jun / Aug
March · June · August school breaks
Intensive, immersive camp sessions combining high-volume skill work with competitive games and position-specific instruction, accelerating development during school breaks for players ages 5–14.
In SessionAnswers to what parents ask us most.
We offer programs for players ages 5 through 15. Diamond Rookies, Introduction to the Game starts at age 5, Travel Development, Diamond Fundamentals covers ages 6–8, and our travel teams serve ages 8–15. Year-round training is available for all ages.
We use maintained field locations across Manhattan, including Randall's Island Park and Central Park, for outdoor practices and games. During fall and winter months, we train at indoor facilities with batting cages and training aids. All locations are selected for quality, safety, and accessibility.
Yes, we hold open tryouts before each competitive season. Tryout dates are published on our site and communicated through our team channels. We evaluate players on skill level, attitude, and coachability, and work to place every player in the right development environment.
Travel teams typically practice 2–3 times per week with games on weekends. Development programs and camps have set schedules published in advance. We're transparent about time expectations so families can plan accordingly.
We use a dedicated team communication platform for schedules, updates, and alerts. Coaches are directly accessible for questions and concerns. Season calendars are published in advance, and we hold regular parent check-ins throughout the year.
We've been developing players in NYC since 2009. Our program is built on core principles, Tradition, Inspiration, Passion, and Respect, that shape everything from how we coach to how we communicate with families. We focus on the complete player: skill development, baseball IQ, and character. That commitment to doing things the right way is what sets us apart.
Kids can start as young as age 5 with our Diamond Rookies afterschool program, which introduces baseball through play-based instruction focused on motor skills, coordination, and fun. Ages 6-8 who are ready for the next step move into our Saturday Travel Development program for structured fundamentals and live game situations. There's no wrong time to start, we meet every player where they are and build from there.
Our home fields are at Randall's Island Park, just off the RFK (Triborough) Bridge, with additional practices and games at Central Park's North Meadow and other NYC Parks Department fields across Manhattan. For weekday practices and training on Randall's Island, we provide transportation with pickups from each player's school or a designated spot. Travel games and tournaments take teams across the tri-state region. We're always transparent about locations and schedules so families can plan.
Recreational leagues offer community-based play with a focus on participation. Travel baseball at Diamond Primed is a competitive development environment, small rosters (12 players per team, max 13), dedicated coaching, top-tier tournaments, and a year-round approach that treats every game as a chance to grow. Travel is for players and families ready to invest in serious development.
Yes. Our Diamond Futures Camps run during March, June, and August school breaks. They combine high-volume skill work with competitive games and position-specific instruction, an immersive experience that accelerates development. Camp schedules and registration are announced in advance on our site and social media.
Program fees vary by age group and season. We're committed to transparency, all pricing is communicated clearly during registration, with no hidden costs. Contact us for current rates for Diamond Rookies, Travel Development, Travel Baseball, training, and camps. We want every family to understand exactly what they're investing in.
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