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Reply to "I can't get any attention or interest from coaches. 2021 RHP, 87 MPH FB"

You have to get in front of the coaches and perform well. Period, end of story. Sucks to say this, but if you aren't able to do that through summer ball, then your chances of getting to ANY college program beyond JUCO goes down exponentially. JUCOs are filled to the brim with guys who are sitting at your numbers. Most JUCOs are not feeder programs to D1 programs, there are a few top JUCOs that get studs who just needed more time to figure things out academically or who blossomed late and were overlooked or had an issue (academic, legal, etc) and got dropped from a commitment to a D1/2/3 program. There are far more JUCOs that are "meh" as far as quality whose players will "graduate" to D2/3 or NAIA programs. Nothing wrong with that, but you need to be realistic in your expectations: If you aren't getting D1 action now, you will need to IMPROVE in JUCO ball to get D1 looks there.

Now, you could get a look if you are well connected. Personally know a kid whose father is former MLB all star and he picked up the phone and his son is committed to the P5 school before the call is over. No visit for a camp, no showcases. Just a well-connected Dad who vouched for his son. If you don't have this kind of connection, you and your parents are going to have to get really creative and work very hard creating a marketing strategy to get your name out there. How bad do you want it? Are you willing to go to any program in the US? Is a scholarship a requirement? Can you help yourself out with great grades? 

There is a bright side here, Swagg. This summer is your year-group's sweet spot for recruiting. Yes, there are already 2021 commits already, heck there are 2022 and 2023. But the summer after your junior HS season is when a majority of your recruiting action will happen, so you need to get connected now to a program that is playing a stronger summer schedule. You need to communicate that schedule to the coaches at the programs you are targeting at the end of your HS season. You need to follow that up with game times and field locations for every game that you will be pitching in. You need the coach of your team this summer to be able to speak about your skills, academics, what kind of teammate you are. The time to get cracking on this is yesterday.

Recruiting is not easy. Don't take anything you see on this website lead you to believe it is easy. There are some posters on here who kids were/are blue-chip players who didn't really have to work hard to be seen because their skills were at a level that they spoke for themselves. That's maybe like 500 players each year coming out of HS. The next 500-1000 are good players who are well connected and attended showcases, camps and recruiting events. After that, the next 1500 or so (talking D1 numbers here, approximately) had to work their tails off to get a spot. Per Perfect Game, there are 4,600 2020 player committed to play D1/2/3, NAIA or JUCO baseball in there system. By comparison, there are only 1,241 2021 commitments. Those numbers should give you hope.

You can do it, but don't close the door to ANY possibility to play beyond HS if it presents itself. It's tough to get to an NCAA affiliated program. People pay thousands of dollars to recruiting services to help them. You are competing against that, people putting their family resources to work for them. 

Also, be careful what you wish for. Of the class of 2019 players who committed in my area, 20% either went to the schools they committed to and got cut, or never went to the school they committed to to even start classes in the Fall. There were kids who went to P5 programs who are now at JUCOs, kids who weren't all-league who are now starting for their D1 schools. It's just crazy out there. Just keep trying!

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