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The first day of the Frontier League's open tryout at Consol Energy Park and Washington & Jefferson's Ross Memorial Park was rained out Monday. The tryout will be condensed into one day with the draft to follow. Players are scheduled to be on the field Tuesday at 8 a.m. for 60-yard dashes.

Washington has two picks in the first round. The Wild Things hold the No. 2 overall selection, which was acquired in a trade last year with the Chillicothe Paints (Washington traded the 10th picks in the first and second rounds last year for Chillicothe's first-round pick in 2009). The Wild Things also own their own first-round pick, which is No. 7.

There were 220 players who showed up at CEP Monday morning. Another 15 had preregistered but were no-shows. There are some interesting names on the player list, including two former Wild Things, pitcher Alan Stidfole and outfielder Rob Vernon, at least one player with Triple-A experience and another who made it to Double-A. There are 93 pitchers and 56 outfielders in the tryout.