South Florida Collegiate Baseball League
West Boca Snappers: Summer Collegiate Team in the South Florida Collegiate Baseball League
Championship pedigree
The winningest franchise in league history
Other programs talk about culture. The Snappers have a trophy case, and a dynasty that proves it.
The Snappers are a collegiate summer wood bat team in south Florida, with players who have left here for professional organizations. Summer league baseball roster spots are open to college players who want live at bats, real innings, and a summer of competing against premier talent.
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2024
- 2025
Five SFCBL championship seasons. Back to back in 2024 and 2025, against a league that now fields teams from West Palm Beach to Miami.
A summer with the Snappers is a summer in a clubhouse that expects to be playing in the League Championship. That expectation is the thing most collegiate summer baseball teams cannot offer a player.
Summer Collegiate Baseball in South Florida
Summer collegiate baseball in south Florida means wood bats, college coaches in the stands, and a schedule built around getting college baseball players real innings. The West Boca Snappers play in the South Florida Collegiate Baseball League, a wood bat summer league that fields teams across the region and gives players national exposure.
The Snappers are run by the same people who run XLB Training, a year round player development program. That is the whole reason the winning is repeatable season after season. The staff in this dugout spend the other nine months of the year running player development for a living, so nobody here is guessing at what a college coach wants to see in September.
The goals are important and we take it seriously. Get a college player into a lineup, keep him healthy, and give him a full summer of at bats before he reports back to his program in the fall. That means a real summer schedule, host family housing close to the field, and coaching that works on the two or three things his college staff asked him to fix.
Where Snappers players go
Players leave this roster for professional organizations
For a college player planning their summer, this is the only proof that matters. These names are guys who came through our program and helped lay the foundation of the culture we are built on today.
Drafted and Signed after a Snappers Summer
- Cory Acton University of Georgia, 2020 Snappers Drafted 2022, Atlanta Braves
- Matt Svanson Lehigh University, 2020 Snappers Drafted 2021, Toronto Blue Jays
- Tom Archer Lynn University, 2018 Snappers Drafted 2019, Chicago White Sox
- Francisco Urbaez Florida Atlantic University, 2018 Snappers Signed 2020, Cincinnati Reds
All time SFCBL records set in a Snappers uniform
- Francisco Urbaez, 46 hits in 2018. Third most in the history of the league, out of Florida Atlantic University.
- John Pichman, 41 RBI in 2018. Second most in the history of the league, out of the University of Tampa.
The league runs a scouting pipeline from the top down: its Commissioner, Nick Presto, is an area supervisor for the Kansas City Royals.
Three ways to be part of the Snappers
A collegiate summer baseball team runs on three groups of people. Players who want the innings, families who open a room for the summer, and local businesses that keep the lights on.
College players
One application, one page. Tell us your school, your position, and what your college staff wants you working on this summer. The team reviews applications as they come in.
Host families
A host family gives a player a bed and a place to eat for the summer. It is the single biggest reason a collegiate summer baseball team can put a roster on the field at all.
Sponsors
Local businesses back the team with the support that keeps summer league baseball roster spots funded and the Snappers playing a full SFCBL season.
Follow the summer season
The schedule and the roster live here on this site. Both fill in each year as players sign and the league sets its dates. League-wide standings and stats stay with the SFCBL, and the schedule page links straight to them.
Roster spots are open
Play your summer season with the Snappers
One application. It goes to the people who actually run the team, and we read every one.