@BaseballDadBig4 posted:Thanks for honest feedback. We never pushed our son to play ball. He just loves it and declared along the way he wanted to play at the next level. We are not athlete producing parents despite being former D1 athletes ourselves. We value academics, so we know he will be fine, but he has to chase his dreams. Once we learned how competitive this process had become, he put in everything he could to improve. To his credit he's put on weight and improved his play. We won't be heartbroken if he applies to college the old fashioned way, but he will.
When did he decide he wanted to play at the next level? What has he done to try and get there? Lift, pitching lessons, long toss in the off season? Of this decision was made recently then you never know what can develop if he works really hard. If he has been working really hard and is still only throwing 80, might not be good. Where is he physically wise in terms of maturity? Is he done growing, still looks like he will add height? Lots of things to consider