About the Mississippi Mud Monsters

Baseball Lives Here. It Just Got a Little Weirder.

There’s baseball... and then there’s swamp baseball.

Who We Are

The Mississippi Mud Monsters are a professional baseball team based in Pearl, Mississippi, competing in the Frontier League as a member of the West Division in the Midwest Conference. We joined the league as an expansion team ahead of the 2025 season, but professional baseball in Pearl never skipped a beat. With the Mud Monsters, the streak rolled into a 21st straight year - just with a few more whiskers, teeth, and weird little surprises along the way.

Where We Play

Trustmark Park
Pearl, Mississippi

Capacity: 8,480 people... and one suspicious ripple in the outfield pond.

Trustmark Park has been the beating heart of baseball in Central Mississippi since 2005. Now it’s the Monster’s lair - refreshed with new signage, new paint, and new life, while keeping that unmistakable summertime feeling that makes a night at the ballpark feel like home.

Our Story

It all started on September 9, 2024.

That’s when the Frontier League announced that Pearl would be getting an expansion franchise, right after the Atlanta Braves’ Double-A affiliate revealed they’d be relocating to Columbus, Georgia. What could have felt like the end of something became the beginning of something new.

From day one, this team was built for Pearl. Led by owner Joseph Eng, General Manager Andrew Seymour, and Assistant GM David Kerr, the Mud Monsters were created to be more than a replacement. They were built to be a reinvention.

At first, the team was known only as On Deck 2025, a placeholder while fans helped shape the identity. Between September 9 and September 26, 2024, more than 5,600 people voted in the “Name the Team” contest. The final three were Mississippi Mud Monsters, Mississippi Grits, and Mississippi Soul Shakers.

On September 27, the people spoke. And the swamp answered.

The Mississippi Mud Monsters were officially born. The name, the teal and aquamarine color palette, and the logo revealed on October 10, 2024 all sent the same message: this was going to be something fun, something campy, something unmistakably Mississippi, and something entirely its own.

Our Culture

We believe baseball should be:

Unapologetically fun
A little weird
Wildly welcoming
Deeply rooted in the places we call home

This is baseball that belongs to everyone. We’re not trying to copy the big leagues. We’re trying to create something you can’t find anywhere else - swamp-built, Mississippi-made magic with a ballpark full of personality.

Meet Fish

Mascot. Swamp dweller. Local cryptid. Best left slightly unexplained.

Fish is the spirit of the Mud Monsters - strange, slippery, full of attitude, and oddly lovable. He might show up in the stands, on the concourse, or in your nightmares, but like, in a fun way.

Nobody knows exactly where he came from, and honestly, nobody really wants to ask. He’s here. He’s ours. And he’s ready to make Pearl weird again.