The Wareham Gatemen headed to Fenway Park on Monday to showcase their skills in front of major league scouts.

"They've got all the [Cape League] general managers and scouts coming out there," said Gatemen Head Coach Cooper Farris, explaining that the Fenway Park workout is an annual event. Scouts "sit in the stands and they get to watch all ten teams."

Cole Sturgeon of the University of Louisville and Ethan Gross of the University of Memphis are the only two Gatemen players who will be eligible for the draft next year. Both played on the Gatemen's championship team last year.

Unless a player is drafted out of high school, professional teams can't recruit them until they either reach their junior year of college or turn age 21.

"The rest of them have to go back to school before they can be drafted," said Farris.

Reached before heading to Fenway on Monday, the younger players were still excited to participate, and hoped to catch the eye of a scout who will remember them when they become eligible.

"Yeah, I can't wait," said Will Coursen-Carr of the University of Indiana. "I'm just a pitcher, so I won't be doing much. ... The hitters do everything and we shag fly balls."

Coursen-Carr said he wanted to "just have fun and practice catching [balls] off the Green Monster."

"I remember watching the 2004 World Series and how cool it was," he noted.

Outfielder Adam Toth of Baylor University is a Texas Rangers fan, but said he was thrilled to have the chance to work out at Fenway.

"I'm excited about it. I know it's going to be a lot of fun," he said before the workout.
"It's one of the greatest ballparks ever built, so it'll be cool."

While it was his first time doing a workout at Fenway, he says that events such as this are par for the course when you're at the top of the college ballgame.

"I've done this thing called 'area code,' which is kind of the same thing," Toth explained, adding: "but never at a professional ball park."

According to Farris, the workout is something of a final audition in front of the scouts, many of whom already have at least some familiarity with the players they're watching.

"Mostly, scouts have already been down watching them play games and stuff, this just sort of solidifies their decision," said Farris. "They're getting them in the ranking order for next's year's draft."