Reply to "What % of high school baseball players can hit home runs?"

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homeruns posted:

Theoretically speaking, if a kid can hit as I described, but only played 1 season of high school ball, and played rec the rest of his life, would it still be possible to play college ball or would colleges dismiss him on the fact he hasn't played against much quality competition.

You ask that question as though you believe every college pitcher throws 90+ with filthy “stuff” and every college batter hits lasers all over the park every at bat, and nothing could be further from the truth.

The answer is, if a college coach feels a player will outperform other players vying for the same roster spot, it won’t matter what level he played. Here are so many different levels of college baseball and so many college teams, virtually any player who had the skills to still be playing as a Sr in HS could likely find a college roster he could get on someplace.

6/11/1611:19 AM

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