@RoadRunner posted:He is 17. Power 5 are mostly done with recruiting his class. It would be a long shot to get P5 offers at this stage of his process. Short guys CAN play D1. Hit the ball!
There are other programs besides P5. Target those. Get your summer ball coach involved in promoting the player. Be on a team that faces stud pitching regularly and dominate. Dominate in front of the schools you have interest, that are still recruiting.
I can’t stress this enough: HIT THE BALL.
Performance is definitely key for everyone but more so for the smaller or undertooled guys. Generally the great body, great athlete guys need to prove they can't hit while the smaller or lesser tooled guy needs to prove he can.
That is why a top international prospect or first round high schooler makes prospect lists after half a year of performance while a 10th rounder needs to rake 3 years to get noticed.
Basically with the great tooled guys you already have a bias and you only need to see a bit of performance and you will believe it. That is why wander Franco became the top rated prospect in baseball in like his first pro year (same could happen to jasson Dominguez if he hits).
And with lesser tooled guys you need to see it more to believe it.
Btw I think this is not even a bad thing. There are tooled guys who can't hit but if a tooled up guy shows he can hit at a lower level it is more likely to translate.
You even see it in the minors. If you have a great tool prospect and he performs in A ball with a decent k to bb rate it is likely he will succeed. On the other hand there are undertooled guys who perform in A ball because they have a good approach but it doesn't scale to higher levels (happens to later round college draftees who dominate rookie ball) so with those guys you need to wait until they show it at higher levels.