adbono posted:This thread is equal parts amusing and annoying. So much nonsense. Georgia is a really good baseball state that produces a lot of good players. But no HS program is so deep that a "player that would start on Varsity as a freshman at other comparable schools" is playing JV as a junior at your school. JV can be such bad baseball that the stats that go along with it are meaningless. I always get a giggle out of hearing someone try to build a case for a player based on JV stats. It can be different for pitchers, but as a position player if you aren't a Varsity starter as a sophomore (in most programs) or a junior (in elite programs) your odds of being recruited to play college baseball are slim. "Better than average Varsity players" are not what colleges are looking for. They are looking for standouts. A standout player is noticable on every ball field he steps on - whether its HS or travel ball. In the case of the OP it sounds like one of 2 things : either the HS HC is an idiot or BBDAD98 is delusional. I guess either one is a possibility.
Bragging on JV stats and an 8th grade swing when the player is a high school junior would be a tip.
Another poster is correct about travel versus high school. The college attention comes from travel. Colleges coaches politely asked how the high school season went. It was nothing but conversation. The only high school stats they were interested in were GPA and SAT scores. The only conversation with high school coaches was about citizenship, leadership and work ethic. High school coaches are around players more day to day than travel coaches.