@CollegebaseballInsights posted:IMHO, it is not about hanging with the traditional powers from other regions. The question was specific to Northeast, whereas they are competitive and they have a pipeline.
The pipeline does not have to be to a P5, but are they moving student athletes to the next level.
The challenge of the northeast schools is the limited number of D1 Jucos. E.g RCSJ-Gloucester and RCSJ-Cumberland are D3, that should move at least to d2 and be a feeder system to some of the D1 schools, e.g Delaware
I don't disagree with anything you're saying.
But good and competitive is subjective - the schools mentioned are good and competitive for their region/division but would not be as competitive on the overall national scale. D3 Juco National champ ≠ D1 juco champ. If there is going to be a thread of competitive programs you need to add context