collegebaseballrecruitingguide posted:Son played on a powerhouse high school team. The only guys who played varsity as freshmen were guys who were physically mature and had the skills to match (oh, and often they had been held back a year), and they were rarities. These guys typically were either drafted or were all-American caliber players. Son’s freshman year of HS we had the “man-child” who of course performed well due to a physical strength advantage. His swing was terrible and he could only play 1B. All the “smart” parents already had this kid pegged as an early D1 commit and a 1st round draft pick. He never really developed much beyond his freshman year and ended up going to a D3 school, got no D1 interest at all. Grades were not an issue, kid was a prototypical genius. Maybe he chose to go D3 due to the school, but I tend to think it was due to the fact his skill set did not match what was needed to play at the D1 level at a high academic school, whether P5, Ivy or Patriot League.
I do expect the kid to cure cancer, however.
Was he early or late age cutoff?