Smitty28 posted:cabbage1 posted:Any more than 14 and you are pandering to parents. If you have PO's carry no more than 3 then the rest are position players. You need
4 Outfielders(2 CF min) - 4 Infielders(2 SS min) - 3 Catchers who can play 1B/3B
If you play 30 Games in a season - You need to cover 200 IP and you probably only have 900 PA's
Your 3 best pitchers get 140 Innings So you have 60 left (3 Guys). Your top 7 Hitter get 700 PA's you only have 200 left (5 Guys) - Guaranteed 3 of your top 6 pitchers are everyday players.
High school Baseball is 4 Weeks Pre-Season 7-8 Weeks Regular season. 75% of teams are out after the second tournament game. Asking a kid to give up 200+ hours and then not giving them innings or PA's is really a waste of time. Summer ball is different you play 11+ Weekends and you can play 6-8 Games per week. you need extra bodies especially Catchers and Pitchers. So a quality PO in summer is Gold.
I think your math is off. If you have 4 infielders and 4 infielders and 3 catchers/1B/3B, thats 11 position players. That's the minimum you defined, which implies more is ok - but wait. So then your 3 best pitchers become your only pitchers since that gets your total 14. Anything above these minimums and the coach becomes a panderer?
Or are you going to suggest that the position players with the best arms (SS, CF, catcher) also pitch and put their arm health at risk?
Something else to consider is that you can’t predetermine the exact make up of your team.
We currently we have two D1 catchers but some years you may not have one good catcher in your program.
Our program is currently pretty deep with young outfielders so we had some kid who may normally make one of the teams get cut.
Also, if you can believes this, we are struggling to find a first baseman this season.