3and2Fastball posted:It's amazing how much kids change from 13U/14U to 17U. I look back at some of the best players from our state (Wisconsin) in my son's age group (2021 grads) and:
the best player is still the best player, but now a PO and commited to Arkansas
the most electrifying player from that class I saw isn't even playing Baseball anymore, and is commited to the U of Wisconsin football program as a running back
another kid stopped growing and while he'll still play college baseball he won't be the slam dunk SEC player he looked like and instead will likely be a mid major kid or D2
The best Shortstop from that class is now a CF. Still a great hitter but uncommitted as of now
another great middle infielder is trying to decide between basketball & baseball, not really working on baseball year round at all
Meanwhile 3 other kids who were kind of undersized & talented but not getting lots of hype in 13U/14U are a catcher now commited to Notre Dame, a shortstop now commited to Alabama, and a CF now commited to Michigan...
In other words, it's all over the place & hard to predict
So true....my son played all over the country at 12U. The best 11u/12u player we saw was from PA. He was probably 5'7, 130 at the time and throwing in the low-mid 70's. Looked him up a couple years ago to see if my son would run into him in college. He was a RB at a D2. and was 5'9, 180