@Giff posted:Update #2 (PG National and WWBA 17U Nat'l Championship):
The follow-on games saw him overmatched. There was a kid who was 6-7 or 8 from TN throwing in the mid-90's and most of the boys there had never seen anything like that (I think he hit 97 at one point and had good command). There were definitely some studs there but regardless, he didn't do much to garner attention.
In the aftermath the Twins, Guardians and Brewers scouts' reached out and asked for his schedule and the Twins had him fill out a questionnaire. We also received a message from U of Cincinnati, U of Alabama, AFA (again), Naval Academy (again), and Pepperdine. Alabama was out of nowhere, asked for the WWBA schedule and haven't heard anything else.
My son is also talking to U of Chicago who was at the Stanford Camp. Both Chicago and USMMA started the Zoom call by saying, "we know you're probably talking to a ton of D1's but we want you to consider..." We didn't have the heart to tell them that we aren't talking to any. I found it odd that they assumed we were given my concerns I've laid out to y'all but apparently these DIII coaches saw something in him.
Thanks for the update, a few things to add on
1. If he's feeling overmatched - it's not nothing. There is a difference between going to these events and having good ABs barreling balls up without results and having ABs where you feel like a hit was an accident more than it was a result of him being all over the pitcher. Some of the schools you mentioned, Alabama, Pepp, Cincy. That is big boy baseball, every pitcher they see is going to be low to high 90s and they're going to have 3-4 more years of experience than what he's facing now. To play D1 baseball at a high level at least - you need to hit high 80s low 90s pitching all the time. That is why all these coaches go down there for a week - they need to see these bats against quality pitching. People can say what they want about the quality of the WWBA, it's hard to get consistent good pitching locally, and going down there for a week is better than seeing 78 at some local tournament. Now this doesn't mean that your son won't get there eventually, but does he want to go play in the Big 12 or the SEC and find out he needed another year or two to get there?
2. Alabama has a new HC and I would imagine quite a few decommits and anticipation of more transferring out within the next 12 months.
3. This is not meant to discourage but more to put it into perspective. If you have 7 mid major and 1 P5 offer which level do you think is more appropriate for his playing abilities? If 8 D3s are constantly calling/coming to see him and 2 D1s rarely reach out/don't answer every text/email or in a timely manner which set of schools do you think would be better suited for him? The point is the offers speak for themselves.
One of mine had a bunch of P5 offers for 50% or less and a few mid majors offering close to 100%. The offers tell me he's fishing in the right pond. The other had about 10 mid majors close to 100% and one or 2 P5s who kept him on the back burner until they made 25 and 30% offers? Which level would he be better suited for?