My initial thought was to visit the school without baseball to see if your son even likes it. You've stated that it is a step up academically, but not a dream school....understood. The coaches interest is not overwhelming. Sometimes you have to take your kids to a school just to check it out....more times than not my kids walked away surprised or impressed with how much they didn't know about a particular college. However, I like BOF's idea better thereby testing their interest and pro-rating his baseball $$ time there.