Coachdent, in addition to the focus on a team, as an eighth grader, he is working with a blank academic canvas.
Filling that canvas will mean as much, or more, to his collegiate prospects as baseball. AND, you have the time to really dig in and understand what it takes academically to have the best options. By getting ahead of the college curve, he will not lose options.
Set up a meeting with his HS guidance counselor, pick up a generalist book on colleges, head over to College Confidential - ASAP. Include him (kicking and screaming) in your research and observations. Make sure any learning issues (if) are diagnosed and resolved. Cut him no slack on the academics and make sure he develops study habits which enable him to deal with juggling multiple priorities (baseball and school) - the further a kid goes, the harder the juggling becomes.
It's impossible to predict if he develops into a power D1 player at this point and so many things (in and out of his control) can interfere with a kid achieving his full baseball potential (loss of interest, injuries, girls, friends, grades, life); but, filling his academic potential is within his total control. That part of the puzzle is on the family.
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