Magnolia ballplayers may soon have a new place to chase the next line drive, shave a tenth off a pop time or settle a little friendly batting-cage trash talk. D-BAT is planning a new indoor baseball and softball training facility at 14668 FM 1488 in Magnolia.
Plans call for a 14,850-square-foot, one-story athletic facility representing an estimated $1 million investment. The building is expected to include indoor training space along with a pro shop, office and restrooms, with construction currently scheduled from November 20, 2026, through November 1, 2027.
A baseball brand born in Texas
There is a fitting Texas connection behind the name headed to Magnolia. D-BAT traces its roots to North Texas, where brothers Cade and Kyle Griffis founded the company in 1998 after Cade began traveling to different cities giving private baseball lessons.
The brothers eventually opened their first academy in Addison with a simple idea: build an indoor facility that could match the quality of the players training inside it. D-BAT says that first operation started small, with six employees, before the concept grew well beyond North Texas.
Today, D-BAT says its network has grown to more than 170 locations, making the Magnolia project another Texas chapter for a baseball and softball training concept that started right here in the Lone Star State.
Built for players who want more reps
D-BAT facilities are built around something baseball and softball families understand immediately: reps. The company offers batting cages, professional instruction, camps and clinics, while its pro shops carry equipment and apparel. D-BAT says its cages use real baseballs and softballs rather than lightweight practice balls.
That indoor setup matters in Texas. A cage does not care if a summer afternoon is pushing triple digits, a thunderstorm rolls across Montgomery County or winter practice gets dark before dinner. Players can keep swinging, throwing and working year-round.
And the competitive ceiling can get pretty high. D-BAT’s own history highlights major-league names and prospects who have trained through its system, including Texas baseball royalty Clayton Kershaw, along with players such as Ben Zobrist, Dylan Bundy and Jordan Walden. That does not mean every kid walking through the Magnolia doors is headed to the big leagues — but it does capture the environment D-BAT has built around getting better one rep at a time.
Magnolia gets another place to compete
For Magnolia-area baseball and softball families, the new facility could mean fewer drives elsewhere for cages, lessons and indoor practice. The project is planned along FM 1488 near Magnolia High School, putting dedicated training space close to a community where Friday nights may belong to football, but spring weekends can disappear just as quickly into tournament brackets, doubleheaders and one more bucket of balls.
D-BAT’s current national directory already shows a heavy Texas footprint, with academies stretching from Amarillo and Lubbock to San Antonio, Houston-area communities and East Texas. Magnolia would add another pin to the map — and another place for local players to walk into the cage thinking the same thing ballplayers have thought forever: give me one more swing.