Affordable family fun & professional baseball! 3x New York-Penn League Champions and proud member of the Frontier League, an official partner league of Major League Baseball! The team focuses on creating a family-friendly entertainment experience across the backdrop of high-quality, professional baseball. The ValleyCats were a long-time affilliate of the Houston Astros and competed as a member of
the New York-Penn League for 18 seasons. 93 former ValleyCats players have reached Major League Baseball, including 4x batting champion Jose Altuve, World Series MVPs George Springer and Ben Zobrist, All-Stars J.D. Martinez & Hunter Pence, Cy Young Award Winner Dallas Keuchel, 2020 World Series participants K**e Hernandez and Ryan Thompson, and RHP Andrew Bellatti, the first ValleyCat in the team’s Frontier League-era to reach the highest level of professional baseball. Bellatti was one of a league-leading 10 players signed from the team’s 2021 roster in their first year as a member of the Frontier League. Since their inaugural season in 2002, the Tri-City ValleyCats have welcomed over 2.6 million fans to The Joe! On the field, the team has won eight Stedler Division titles and three New York-Penn League Championships! The ‘Cats have also hosted the NYPL All-Star Game twice during that span. The league’s signature event was held in Troy in both 2008 and 2017.
2022 marked the club's 20th season in the Capital Region, and 2nd season as a member of the Frontier League of Professional Baseball. With Field Manager Pete Incaviglia returning for his third season at the helm, season twenty-FUN of ValleyCats baseball is set to start at Joseph L.
