Quakes Baseball Academy: Cost, Alumni and What to Expect

Quakes Baseball Academy in Lake Forest, California is a private instructional facility with 21 plus years of operation and one of the strongest documented MLB alumni records of any Tier 4 facility in this directory.

Quick Facts

Field	Detail
Location	Lake Forest, Orange County, CA
Founded	2003
Tier	Tier 4 Elite Training Facility
Draft Picks	8 confirmed
Website	quakesbaseball.com

Notable Alumni

Eight MLB draft picks are individually named on the official alumni page: Danny Espinosa (Washington Nationals), Blake Taylor (Pittsburgh Pirates), Chasen Ford (San Diego Padres), Brett Krill (San Francisco Giants), Aaron Wirsch (Baltimore Orioles), Tyler Rahmatulla (St Louis Cardinals), Kurt Heyer (St Louis Cardinals), and Matt Budgell (New York Mets).

Access Model

Quakes is confirmed not open to the general public — enrollment is by referral and tryout only. This is a meaningfully different access model from most Tier 4 facilities, which typically accept walk in clients for lessons and cage rental.

Showcase Camps

The program runs showcase camps featuring Ivy League college coaches, providing a distinct recruiting pathway for academically strong athletes.

Sourced from quakesbaseball.com as of July 2026.