Thanks! Appreciate the input. I pushed my oldest son pretty hard to use baseball as a tool to get into a great school and it worked. Unfortunately reality for him at this school was not his cup of tea and he blew out his arm freshman year. Total disaster but he’s in a better spot now thankfully.
I took a softer approach with my youngest. Explained timelines to him, presented his options, told him he had all the financial backing he needed. I am a former DI player and understand the recruiting options.
My youngest is an insanely hard worker and he is super pragmatic. He always said why would I go to a showcase when I don’t have numbers yet to show? Always told him projection is key but then again he was always the youngest in his travel age group and he is only now maturing.
Of course now he thinks he has something to show, I.e exit velos in live ABs 95-96 mph off upper 80s pitchers. It’s not unreasonable for him to get close to 100 EV because he is still maturing and growing.
if he has a great senior year I’m afraid this desire to play in college will only grow. Seems like Club at one of the larger schools he’s applied to might be best. Not a JUCO fit and D3 probably not a fit either because of smaller student populations.
oh well. Feel like a damned if you do or damned if you don’t Dad at this point. It’s nice to see him grow to love the process and the game and maybe that’s just fine.