@Francis7 posted:The point is, in college baseball, much like HS baseball and MLB, you have 9 starting offensive players and everyone else is there in case of an emergency.
The way college baseball rosters are constructed, it means around 9 position players are basically just cheerleaders riding the pine all year.
It's the same for pitchers. Most college teams only rely on 4 SP to be in their rotation. And there's maybe 4 or 5 main guys out of the pen. So, that means there's 8 or 9 pitchers who are there to maybe mop up in blowouts.
To echo what others are saying: Go somewhere where you have a reasonable shot at being one of those guys who actually play. Otherwise, you're just going to be a spectator and burning off your eligibility.
I think you're just making assumptions here and you're off base.
Last year we had 15 position players appear in at least 25% of games and another 15 pitchers throw 15+ innings. There were mop up guys and there were guys with less than 10 ABs. Everybody has a role.
Yes the lions share of work goes to certain guys - but unless you're not traveling or not getting any work (less than 15 Abs, less than 10 innings), odds are you are somebody who has a pathway to success in the program if you're able to take the next step.