Well final cuts were last night and my son was cut. The roster was 15 and they had 12 on the team...so the final 5 kids were trying for 3 spots. My son and the other 8th grader were cut and they kept the three freshmen.
The coaches called each kid into a room to tell them individually whether they made it or were cut. They told my son he scored near the top of the group (including the kids who made the team) for hitting and fielding, but he was pretty slow and they want him to work on conditioning and speed for next year. They graded all the kids in each area on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being best...my son got 4.8 for hitting and 4.9 for fielding, but 1.5 for speed. He ran the 60 in 9 seconds.
We still have other baseball workouts and tournaments to get to the next 8-9 weeks before summer ball starts.
So he'll stay busy.