GaryMe posted:Handcontrol posted:I feel your pain. Going through a similar experince with my 2019 MIF. Broke his wrist during sophommore HS season and missed entire travel season rising Junior year. Son had not yet showcased as we were "waiting for something to show". Came back with a moster Highschool season this past year led conference in batting average and extra basehits. Had some nice success at WWBA and WIlson tournament. Was planning on doing a couple top showcases but then hurt tendon in his wrist sliding, completely unrelated to last years break and out 6 weeks. Had a few D1's wanting one last look and hes' been out last 4 weeks with at least 2 more to go, and currently playing football with a cast. It looks like D1 options are not likley with his timeline. The positives is he has been offered a spot at many very good D3 baseball schools, but that's not what he wants. At this point it looks like Juco is his preferred rout "betting on himself" as he wants the D1 experience.
Best of luck to your son, it's a long lonely road back from injury.
Tequila...hope everything works out well for your son. Fingers cross.
Hand Control - Does he want to play baseball or football? Is he a football prospect? I would think that nursing a wrist injury and playing football don't really match up well? If my son was getting D1 interest and was rehabbing a wrist injury, the order of priorities would be 1) Rehab 2) get in front of those D1 baseball coaches asap when healthy 3) Telling the football coach he'll be back when priorities #1 and 2 are accomplished.
Just my opinion
Garyme - He could be a FB prospect, he missed last FB seasson with broken scaphoid in wrist. likewise he's a very good wrestler that's gotten unsolicited college interest. All that said he absolutely wants to play basbeall at the highest level possible. I agree he needs to focus on getting healthy and showcasing baseball as soon as possible. The reality is with his current injury the specialist said he can play football with the cast padded and no further harm to wrist. Swinging a bat full speed because it's his ECU tendon will take the longest to get to. Probably at least 5 weeks to get to that point. He has communicated with his FB coach that when at footbal he is 100% commited to the team, but may need to miss a game or two for baseball showcase/visit becasue that's his college focus. Coach was very understanding and agreed to this which based on what i had heard was not likely to be his response. It's definitely been harder for him to train baseball enough being a 3 sport athlete in a large school/state, partially why he's very open to Juco. He's 5'11 165lbs 6.9 60, 86 infield, 88 exit velo and physically still growing. He's a good all arouind athlete with his best tool being his bat, he catches alot of barrels against good pitching. Feedback we've gotten from some respected folks and verigfied by calls from rc's is he's currently if healthy a regional mid major D1 prospect. If he goes Juco for a year with his continued physical maturity, focused only on baseball, lifting, and eating he likely will have his pick of schools potential power 5 money. Of course being healthy is most important.