GaryMe 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.
Thank you! Finally someone willing to speak the truth! I personally think 15 is the perfect number. “Asking a kid to give up 200+ hours and then not giving them innings or PA’s is a waste of time” is the truth! I am so tired of hearing the “but they know their role and accept it” argument from people on this board. Thanks for posting this.
But isn't that what you are asking at least 6 players to do with your agreement that "15 is the perfect number"? Know their role and accept it? 9 start. Even if you have a few PO's, there are still very necessary and important role players. Even the PO's most likely would prefer to be more than PO's particularly in HS ball. And some of the starting 9 may very well not be playing the position they would prefer either. Regardless of whether we're talking 13, 15, 20, 22 or whatever the roster number for whatever the reason, everyone needs to know and embrace their role. Without this, a team won't reach it's potential.