quote:Originally posted by BobbleheadDoll:
This is correct Many RS players are placed but it doesn't mean much.
My view is that getting placed for the summer is extremely important. It is evidence of a committment from the coaching staff to the continued development of your son... for the 2009 baseball season.
While there may be variations, the coaches I know work very hard to identify those situations that will permit their players to have the best experience, exposure and potential to improve. They want them to be better when they return the next Fall.
Trying to read into items like these placements is like trying to read tea leaves. Whether your son travels in 2007 will depend on how well he competes and performs in every practice/scrimmage until Feb 22. It will also depend on how others who are competing for playing time perform in practice and scrimmages.
What your son can do is play every day at his peak and never get tired or mentally lazy.
His job is to make the coaches decision a hard one on 2/22/07. What happens next summer isn't going to impact playing decisions from February to June.