You're not the only one. I too have a 2024. I would agree about feeling like emails that son sends are completely ignored.
From what I can tell the overload of players in conjunction with the transfer portal is definitely pushing the recruiting timeline back for 2024s. I get the feeling schools are waiting to see who they can get from the portal before turning their eyes toward the HS players. Maybe I'm just telling myself this to not go crazy.
I know we're targeting the right schools. Took son to a school's camp and he came away with strong interest. Now it's a matter of taking him to other camps. Seems like the schools he's interested in have camps this month and next. Hoping they'll react the same way the coaching staff did at the interested school.
By the way, the school that has expressed interest in him was one that he had contacted earlier. They had only responded with a generic "please come to camp" response. It was if they didn't actually look at the stuff he sent them. Son overheard the coach at the camp say, "This kid hits with this much power and has that 60 time?! How is this kid not already committed somewhere?!"
I often ask myself the same question, but deep down inside I know one of the big reasons is a lack of exposure. I don't believe or have the means to pay for PG/PBR showcases. We live in a fairly rural area. His travel team doesn't travel far. There were no scouts at tourney games last summer. He didn't have much playing time for his HS team and his HS stats aren't reflective of his ability. His HS coach doesn't reach out to college programs on his behalf. His travel coaches are younger and don't have nearly the clout of someone that's been involved with baseball for years. Had a lot of parents within the state see my son play for the first time recently and comment that they were blown away with his abilities. They had heard he was a good player, but didn't put much value into it since he wasn't getting much playing time for his HS team. So I would definitely say your son needs to be playing. The more he plays the more people can evaluate his ability.
There's a kid in our area that has participated a several PG/PBR showcases and throws up solid measureables. However, I don't actually know if those numbers translate to an actual game because he hasn't had much playing time for HS or for travel. He's already indicated that he's transferring HS, so maybe he'll get enough playing time this next school year for me to actually find out.