My 16-yr-old son is starting varsity catcher on his HS team, an excellent player, but one of 4 on a highly competitive summer team. He's playing well, in the regular rotation, but other catchers have alternate positions - 1B, 3B, pitching, etc. He insists that, after catching-only the last 4 years, picking up a second position isn't viable. But it's clear he'd get more at-bats & playing time with an alternative role. While he does DH in some games, he's certainly not getting the playing time he needs.
Should we push him to re-learn outfield/3B or 1st as he played in earlier years? Is he just a focused guy who knows what he wants? Or is he bone-headed (my vote)? Too late to change the summer line-up, but what about going into his junior year of HS (and that all-important rising-senior-summer)?
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