I've searched & read the forums but my son & I haven't really got a handle from reading those posts what to think.. Appreciate any/all advice.
My son is 6'-3" 220lbs 15y5m old HS Sophomore. Lucky to be blessed with size - is still growing & has big broad shouldered muscular frame. 1B/RHP/3B - but fastest 60yd dash is like high 7.8's (& more like 7.9-8.0 typically) thus far. Yet still can often steal bases even at college showcase games vs all ages as he anticipates very well & knows when (& not) to try it.. He is also very solid defensively. Hits the $#! out of the ball & arm speed currently from 70's IF to low 80's pitching with a few different offerings, though does NOT want to be a PO - Pitches primarily for HS & to be a potential 2 way player.
But - still - he's S L O W.. And I can't see him getting THAT much faster.. Maybe a few 10ths - hard to see... Seems pretty obvious D1 is out for him just on speed alone. (& he's not hung up on that - he just wants to play somewhere & would rather start D3 than sit D1 bench)
Still, he's starting to make a list of possible schools he/we can afford & possibly play at - and it makes targeting said schools tough as we don't know what athletic level schools REALISTICALLY could have interest in him. D1/D2/D3 (and we joke, maybe there's some new "D4" or "D5" schools that like slower runners.. lol)
Do you think (playing/starting @) a D2 program is out for him? That's really what he thinks/wants/hopes at present.. but we want to be realistic..
What 60yd dash time would you say he needs to get to in order to actually PLAY as a 1B/RHP at SOME/ANY given level of college?
THANKS!!