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{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox Minor League Baseball | name = Frederick Keys | founded = 1989 | city = Frederick, Maryland | misc = | logo = FrederickKeys.PNG | uniformlogo = Keys cap.PNG | class level = [[Collegiate summer baseball|Collegiate summer]] (2021–present) | past class level = [[Class A-Advanced]] (1989–2020) | current league = [[MLB Draft League]] (2021–present) | conference = | division = | past league = [[Carolina League]] (1989–2020) | majorleague = Unaffiliated (2021–present) | pastmajorleague = [[Baltimore Orioles]] (1989–2020) | colors = Black, orange, yellow<br>{{color box|#010101}} {{color box|#FC4C02}} {{color box|#FFD100}} | nickname = Frederick Keys (1989–present) | pastnames = | mascot = Keyote | ballpark = [[Nymeo Field at Harry Grove Stadium]] (1990–present) | pastparks = [[McCurdy Field]] (1989) | leaguenum = 4 | leaguechamps = {{hlist|1990|2005|2007|2011}} | divnum = 5 | divisionchamps = {{hlist|1990|2005|2006|2007|2011}} | owner = Attain Sports and Entertainment | manager = [[Preston Wilson]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Baylow |first1=Gus |title=Keys Announce 2025 Coaching Staff |url=https://www.mlbdraftleague.com/frederick/news/keys-announce-2025-coaching-staff |website=Frederick Keys |publisher=MLB Draft League |access-date=April 15, 2025 |language=en |date=April 15, 2025}}</ref> | gm = Slater Fuchs<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/amateur/frederick-keys-name-slater-fuchs-new-general-manager/article_a93f4392-f044-542c-b0e1-f6825e973998.html |title=Frederick Keys name Slater Fuchs new general manager |newspaper=[[Frederick News-Post]] |date=June 11, 2024 |access-date=June 21, 2024}}</ref> | website = {{URL|https://www.mlbdraftleague.com/frederick|mlbdraftleague.com/frederick}} }} The '''Frederick Keys''' are a [[collegiate summer baseball]] team of the [[MLB Draft League]]. The Keys are based in [[Frederick, Maryland]]. The franchise is named for the "[[The Star-Spangled Banner|Star-Spangled Banner]]" writer [[Francis Scott Key]], a native of Frederick County. A new team mascot "Frank Key", short for Francis Scott Key, joined the current mascot, a [[coyote]] named ''Keyote'', at the beginning of the 2011 baseball season.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Mascot Frank Key Joins Keys|url=http://frederickkeys.mlblogs.com/2011/03/30/new-mascot-frank-key-joins-keys/|website=Unlocking the Keys|access-date=18 January 2017|date=30 March 2011}}</ref> The Keys were purchased from Maryland Baseball Holding, LLC by Attain Sports and Entertainment in January 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-bowie-baysox-frederick-keys-change-ownership-20220113-o45mokkd7zfotmrliqhqlewkru-story.html |title=Orioles' Double-A team Bowie Baysox, former affiliate Frederick Keys change ownership |first=Nathan |last=Ruiz |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |date=January 13, 2022}}</ref> Home games are played at [[Harry Grove Stadium]]. Prior to [[Major League Baseball]]'s reorganization of the minor leagues following the 2020 season, the Keys were a [[Minor League Baseball]] team that served as the Class A-Advanced affiliate of the [[Baltimore Orioles]] from 1989 to 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cooper |first1=J. J. |title=Frederick Becomes Sixth Team To Join MLB Draft League |url=https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/frederick-becomes-sixth-team-to-join-mlb-draft-league/ |publisher=Baseball America |date=December 9, 2020}}</ref>
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