Reading about the tryout / evaluation process in other places only makes me sad and frustrated with my kid's school.
Largest classification in state. I believe 3,100 students. Baseball hot bed. Just 2 baseball teams JV and Varsity. Here it seems your highschool baseball future is decided at a 2 day tryout in the fall.
Run a 60, throw a pull down into a net, take 5 balls either infield or outfield, 8 swings off a machine, and throw a bullpen if you are a pitcher.
Around 80 tryout in fall and about 40 make it..Those players practice and play a short fall season.
Spring tryouts appear to be just for show. Returning players attend but don't have to do much if anything. They don't bother to see who's improved or been coasting. There is no off season team workout program.
After this week's 2 day "tryout" all returning players made it... They added one varsity PO that was new to the school.
Just sad because I 've seen a lot of good players we grew up playing with get discouraged and have either quit or transferred. And it's hard to argue with them.