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Reply to "Haverford"

It simply doesnt matter if a player is at a D3 or a D1: if he has pro-potential he will be found and drafted/signed. It doesn't matter whether he plays in a college quasi-MILB stadium or on a field without dirt basepaths, he will be found. 

(If the player won't start for a "low HA D1" he's not likely to move to the next level, anyway.)

If baseball has earned a player the leverage to get admitted to that HA school (regardless of division), the family has done its job. [And the HA definition I'm using is extremely narrow.]

Focus on the opportunities a college offers him for life after college: internships, grad school options, employment options. Focus of what the college offers him during college: being taught to critically think, being taught to communicate clearly in writing and orally, fulfilling (as best as possible) his intellectual potential, becoming a leader, finding and exploring new heretofore unexpected interests, socializing opportunities, building post-college networks, and the rest which matures him. That is what a decade of baseball focus has earned for the overwhelming majority of college players; going pro is for a small minority (and within this group the vast majority will be working in the real world within just a few years of the draft, anyway).

Where will your son thrive (as best can be guessed for a teenager)? Some in small LAs, some not; some in rural areas, some in cities.

Baseball got him there, so figure out where the best springboard to his intellectual success and future employment lies.

Imo.

 

 

Last edited by Goosegg
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