fenwaysouth posted:22and25,
I'll bet you a dozen doughnuts (raspberry filled) if this same guy (don't know who he is) is still running over a 7.0 in a few years, he will not be the starting shortstop for "the top Big 12 and some SEC teams". This guy was most likely recruited for his bat. MIFs are recruited first as they project to be the most athletic. Almost all of my son's D1 position teammates were recruited SSs in high school. However there can only be one SS in college. In college, typically the incoming freshmen were given a chance to hit college pitching and play the OF until an infield position became available. If the freshmen didn't hit, well then they didn't play the OF. This happens in a lot of places. My son's travel teammate played at South Carolina back when they were winning back to back national championships. This guy was the #1 catcher in Virginia when he was being recruited. He was a physical specimen. When he occastionally found the starting lineup it was in the outfield. Same deal.
Indyball,
Don't concern yourself with the recruiting noise of other players and parents. Players and parents tend to exaggerate. Focus on your son and his goals. Your son will have eyes on him next month at PBR and you'll get a sense of where he fits. Your son "hits well and has gap power. 4.0 honor student". If this is true there will be opportunities for your son to find a fit somewhere. The college baseball universe is pretty big. You just need to know where to look, and get the necessary exposure to the schools that are looking for your son's skillset. Keep asking questions that are relevant to your son, and don't concern yourself with others...it is not worth your time and distracts your son from the end goal.
Good luck!
I hear ya, and I am sure you are right but the topic of conversation was what gets recruited right now. Of course a 6.50 60 with a 90 plus if velo and 105 exit gets offered but to say without 2 of those 3 you land on a watch list for later seems to be an over generalization. This kid has no measurables in the range of what you stated and is not a giant body. He can just flat out play the game. ++defender with a solid bat and game IQ through the roof. Call it intangibles or maybe they see projection in him, whatever it is, pretty much every college coach that has watched him play has offered him, without the prerequisite measurables.
The kid could absolutely be a bust without further gains but whatever he is doing now they all seem to like it...a lot.
And for PG and PBR to both have him as #1 in a state full of guys with better measurables that tells me it's not just these coaches that are looking beyond the stats. Will eye popping stats get you offered quicker, sure but pushing the idea that only eye popping measurables get offered is simply not true. Can you get offered without some off the charts measurable....it appears so.