Reply to "HS baseball vs Travel/showcase team"

GoldenSombrero1,000+ posts

Originally Posted by Mizzoubaseball:

If your son is so good, why is he "only" on the freshman team?

I don't think people outside California quite understand the programs out here. We have kids getting D1 scholarships who got ten at-bats their junior year. My 2018's Varsity team is currently ranked #20 in CIF and has ZERO freshman or sophomores on Varsity, and only two Juniors with more than ten AB's after 16 games.

At any good school in Orange County there are at least three teams w/ 20+ kids, and the best schools have FOUR teams w/ 20+ kids (Freshman, Frosh / Soph, JV & Varsity). These are schools with 1800-3000 kids, and 80-100 freshmen trying out annually. Many a great travel ball player is cut from the HS program. Not saying its right or wrong, but its the reality of So. Cal high school baseball. So yes, there are plenty of "good" freshmen who "only" play on the frosh team.

4/9/159:53 PM

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