The Sluggers Academy 18-under Cardinal team is one of the premier fall baseball teams in the country. The Senior team plays a highly competitive schedule at some of the finest venues in the country. In past years, the team has played at some of the best college baseball facilities in the region, including Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas State, Arkansas, Wichita State, Oklahoma State, and Oklahoma. This year the team will play a similar schedule including the Arizona Fall Classic in Phoenix. The Arizona Fall Classic is one of the premier baseball tournaments in the nation. Over forty teams participate in the tournament that is held at the spring training facilities of the San Diego Padres and the Seattle Mariners. In the past, over 150 college baseball programs are represented as well as every Major League Baseball organization
The 18-under Cardinal Elite team also plays against some of the best high school teams in the country, as well as some of the region's best junior college programs. Excluding the trip to Phoenix, all games are played on Saturdays and Sundays. Most trips will allow players and families the chance to leave Saturday morning and return Sunday evening. Each player is responsible for their own travel costs, but the Sluggers Academy will handle all of the players' travel arrangements.