Summary: The California Winter League is where free agent players come to get signed before the start of professional spring training. Players work directly with MLB scouts and independent league managers for a month in Palm Springs, CA. The goal of the CWL is to get players signed to professional contracts before spring training begins and help them develop before they report to their pro teams. Over the last 14 years, the CWL has seen over 850 pro contracts offered to its players. Whether you are a professional player looking to get a jump on the competition before reporting to spring training or you are right out of college and looking to jump start your professional career, the CWL will help you GET BETTER AND GET SIGNED! Andrew Starke has been the sole President and Owner of the Palm Springs POWER Baseball Organization since its creation in the fall of 2003. The POWER franchise is the parent company of the California Winter League as well as the Palm Springs Collegiate League, thus his responsibilities cover all day-to-day operations of those aspects as well. Mr. Starke currently serves on the Palm Springs Hospitality Association Executive Board. In addition to owning the POWER, CWL & PSCL, Andrew works part time as an associate scout for the Philadelphia Phillies and has done so since 2010. On the field, he was a four-year scholarship basebal player and graduate of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, with a degree in Business Administration. Throughout college he not only earned All-Conference honors as a player but was also a member of the Atlantic Sun Academic All-Conference Team. Andrew and his wife, Vicky, have three children, their two sons, Christian and Caleb, and their daughter, Charlotte. Mr. Starke is very proud of the accomplishments and growth of the POWER organization over the past 16 years and looks forward to keeping baseball here at Palm Springs Stadium for many years to come.
