quote:Originally posted by RJM:Did every player on your sons Legion team go D1? This is the case with many 17U travel teams. By the way, showcase ball is not 13U daddy ball.quote:Originally posted by wogdoggy:quote:Originally posted by PGStaff:
I believe that Legion stat about 50% of the MLB players having played Legion. At one time it might have been higher and it will continue to drop because things have changed.
Problem is that most all of the younger MLB players did not play Legion. Most all the top draft picks over the past 5 - 10 years have played travel/club baseball. For every Legion player you can name drafted in the top 5 rounds, I will give you 10 who played elsewhere. In fact, I will give you 25 names.
It's odd that so many don't (or won't) understand this. Understand that most HS draft picks come from 3 or 4 states. Illinois is a great baseball state, but it is not among those 3 or 4 best states. Also, if you look at the rosters of the top college teams from th top conferences, you will see that nearly every player came out of travel/club baseball.
There really is no argument regarding any of this... It is a fact! As always there will be a few exceptions.
BTW, I have nothing against Legion Baseball. I grew up with it and my kids played Legion. One son would be among those 50% that played in the Major Leagues. Things have changed in a very big way since then! But believe what you want!
travel teams and your travel elite teams arent any better than the legion teams especially in our district..if you think they are you are just kidding yourself..there really is no arguement Its a fact...the reason you are seeing more of these so called elite travel teams is because daddy can pay up the 2 or 3k and get his kid on the team..in legion ball you take the best two or three kids from maybe 4 high schools and make a team..BY INVITE..not a dad with 2k in his pocket who pays for his son's exposure..illinois is the 3rd or 4th best recruited state for baseball,,and it has to do with grades..any coach would rather pick the talent where he knows there will no be an academic problem down the road.
not every kid went d1 as a matter of fact only a few went d1.lotsa d3's ..didnt hear of any d2's.I'm sure you can take 2 great kids from illinois a few from indiana a couple from ohio,,pay for plane tickets to jupiter and have a great team..So what? what does that prove? cherry picking a few kids from each state and making a super team? even if my kid were that caliber player i wouldnt cough up the money for that.My kid is a YOUNG freshy in college and wants to play for legion again..he loves playing with his friends and enjoying the game having fun and not worrying about the next level..like his college coach told him..IF YOUR GOOD ENOUGH,,I'll get the pro scouts out here to see you.It doesnt matter how big the stage is ,,for example you dont have to go to jupiter florida with some cream puff cherry picked team to play d1.a local showcase we attended had over 100 scouts there and a few pro scouts as well..one kid who is 6 foot 2 and still projects well that throws 90-92 got picked up by the pro's.