All is going well with the Butler BlueSox.

The franchise is coming off its best season ever in the Prospect League, set a team attendance mark last year and will play host to the league all-star game this year.

All the BlueSox need now are players.

The team is scheduled to open its fifth season at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday against Chillicothe at Pullman Park with only a dozen of its 28-man roster in town right now.

Butler County’s other Prospect League entrant, the Slippery Rock Sliders, open the season with a six-game road trip beginning Tuesday. Their home opener isn’t until June 4 against the BlueSox at Critchfield Park.

“My stress level is pretty high right now,” third-year BlueSox manager Anthony Rebyanski said. “We’re scrambling around, looking for some temps we can sign to come in and play.

“We’re not forfeiting anything, though. We’ll take the field with what we have.”

The bulk of the BlueSox roster is involved in NCAA Division I tournaments or Division II regionals and is not immediately available.

“That’s part of this,” Rebyanski admitted. “The positive side is this shows we’ve got some good players coming from good programs.”

Among those are Grove City High graduates Alex Miklos and Jason Revesz, now playing center field and catching, respectively, for Kent State in the Mid-American Conference Tournament. Miklos (.248, four homers, 19 RBI) joins Eric Hess (.259 1-18) and pitcher Brett Sullivan as BlueSox returnees from last year.

Revesz hit .214 for the Sliders a year ago.

The lone Butler player on the team is Seton Hill sophomore center fielder Cody Herald. He would not be available, either, had Seton Hill not dropped two games to Shippensburg in their regional championship.

“That’s the way baseball goes sometimes,” Herald said. “A few of us, including me, hit slumps toward the end of the year.”

Herald’s batting average was at .356 before a 1-for-21 stretch knocked it down. He had two hits in the Griffins’ final game to finish at .324 with two homers, 36 RBI and 18 stolen bases.

Herald may be called on to play a middle infield position for the BlueSox until some other players are able to join the team. He played shortstop for Butler in high school.

“Wherever they need me to play, I’ll play,” Herald said. “I want to have fun, but I want to win. I know it’s summer ball, but I want to win all the time.”

The BlueSox finished 33-26 overall last season. While it was their best record ever, they are still seeking their first playoff berth.

“That’s what we’re chasing this year. I want postseason play,” Rebyanski said. “Our players are excited about coming to Butler, playing in this stadium, for this organization and a community that really gets behind us.

“We have a lot of versatile players on this team and Cody Herald is certainly one of them. That will come in handy early.”

The BlueSox have 18 rostered players coming from Division I programs. The Sliders have five.

Slippery Rock is looking to rebound from a 20-40 overall mark in 2012 under new manager Brad Neffendorf.

“Smaller school guys seem to work better for us,” Sliders owner Mike Bencic said. “They’re anxious to play and more responsive to what we want to do,

“We have kids coming here from all over. A couple are actually from Australia, but are going to school in the states. We’ve got kids coming from California, Seattle, Kentucky ... it should be quite a mix.”

Dan Hurlimann, a versatile position player, is the Sliders’ lone returnee from last season. He hit .250, tied for the club lead with six homers and collected 29 RBI.

Originally with Youngstown State, Hurlimann transferred to Brockport (NY) and hit .276 this spring with two homers and 25 RBI.

“He’s a great kid who will do anything for this team,” Bencic said.

Neffendorf said his pitching staff didn’t throw a lot of innings during the spring, “so the option will be there to get them innings this summer.”

“We’re a little inexperienced on the bump, but we’ll be OK there. And our defense and team speed are looking good,” Neffendorf added.

The owner doesn’t mind starting the season with a six-game road trip.

“I think it works better for us,” he said. “We don’t draw well when kids are still in school early in the year, so I prefer the later home games.”

Butler and Slippery Rock will continue to compete in the East Division with Chillicothe, West Virginia, Richmond and Lorain County. The Prospect League All-Star Game is July 17 at Pullman Park.

“This is a competitive league with a lot of good players. I’m looking forward to it,” Neffendorf said. “I think we can compete favorably as well.”