@adbono posted:I agree with @Danj but I would describe JuCo differently than a detour. I would describe it as a period of development and definition. When (almost all) kids come out of HS it’s guesswork as to what kind of player they will be in college. Call it projection if you want but it’s no more than an educated guess. From the POV of the 4 year school, two years of JuCo ball provides a lot of data and eliminates a lot of the guesswork. From the player’s POV JuCo provides 2 years to bet on themselves and prove the players value to a 4 year school that overlooked them. Essentially it’s chance to raise their stock in the eyes of 4 year college coaches and prove they belong. Those 2 JuCo years also serve as a reality check for many players as the performance (or lack thereof) of a player when facing JuCo competition is a much better predictor of which level of 4 year college baseball is appropriate than HS or travel ball.
d1baseball.com and PBR have been spending a lot more time highlighting JUCO.
On twitter, Noah Sharp, unofficial voice of juco commits @_TheJBB
He does a good job promoting Juco, https://thejbb.net/