I think we can take more care on how we phrase things here. I know how JUCO and HA can come up in the same sentence. I feel I know exactly where Texaslefty is coming from. First baseball kid? probably. It's hard to know exactly where he fits right? Physically he will look the part if he is 6ft3+. And he's a lefty. All we are told, when he was young, is how much of an advantage being a lefty is. But I suspect "84" might really be 80-84. I know because I do it too. So hence the JUCO thoughts. D1's aren't sniffing around but you don't know absolutely for sure how it will turn out. So you say maybe he just needs time to develop at a JUCO. But I suspect my kid academically is a lot like your kid. It is probably not a good fit to be at a JUCO no matter what. And I suspect, with the changes in college baseball, the Ivy's will be getting a lot of "drop down" interest in the years to come and those spots will be even harder to get. So again, train somewhere where he can optimize his mechanics and stay healthy. Then see how it goes. My kids team has a few kids where that extra 2-3 inches of growth really changed things for them. But if it is high academic D3, so be it. He would still be an amazing kid to be able to combine that level of academics and athletics. And nothing says he can't transfer if he just happens to turn out to be a freshman D3 All-American pitcher.