Reply to "One Perspective on this fall in college baseball"

RJMHSBaseballWeb member since 2007

I casually know a kid who was a Gatorade POY and PG top fifty prospect. We met when he was used to recruit my son to the academy he was connected.

He went off to a top ranked program. He started slow, hit .120 in thirty something at bats and transferred. He felt the pressure of being a freshman competing against an entire roster of potential pro prospects. The next summer I asked him what happened. He said you have to stay on top of things mentally and emotionally.

He knew he could play. He ended up being all ACC at his second school. He was drafted in the top twenty rounds. What happened at the first school was he started poorly, started feeling sorry for himself and got homesick. Once he was within Acela distance of home he was fine knowing he or his parents could hop on a train anytime.

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