The Rochester Ridgemen are part of Athletes in Action Baseball and they compete in the New York Collegiate Baseball League. The NYCBL, founded in 1978, is a summer wood bat league sanctioned by the NCAA and partially funded by Major League Baseball. The league gives college players who have not yet signed a professional contract the opportunity to develop their skills at a higher level of play, gain experience with wood bats, and be evaluated by scouts. The NYCBL is located in scenic Upstate New York.

Teams play a 42 game regular season schedule with games beginning in June and ending in the last week in July. All games are 9 innings, with most doubleheaders scheduled on the weekends. The All-Star game will be played in early July, and the League Championship Series concludes in the last week of July.

Many current and former Major League Players have spent a summer playing in the NYCBL including the players below:

• Hunter Pence
• Tim Hudson
• Brad Lidge
• Brendan Harris
• Steve Kline
• Jeremy Accardo
• Dallas Braden
• Rajai Davis
• Scott Sauerbeck
• Brett Carroll
• Lou Merloni
• Josh Kinney
• John McDonald
• Tim Naehring
• Scott Cassidy