Here is the short version of our transfer story (the long version can be seen in the "How much is too much on the Fall Roster" post )
-2019 RHP recruited by mid Major and verbally promised a spot in summer of Junior Year
- on NLI day-all of a sudden son gets Academic Aid only . But since Previous years team had 40-42 on the Fall roster he felt it wouldnt make a difference -so he "commits"
-Son shows up to School in Late August and finds there are 60 on the fall roster with a ton of transfers.
-Son realizes during fall semester (along with a lot of life issues) that this School isn't a good fit for him academically (too easy/location) and athleticlly (too many kids this year and even more next year)
-After fall practice he gets the "you can redshirt if you want " speech but you will not be able to practice with the team and........you can try again next fall.
-within 1 minute he decides he is out of there.
-within 3 days he has school put him on transfer portal
-gets a lot of schools that he never heard of contacing him from the portal- from juco, D2 and D3 and some D1 (wanting for the following fall) .
-son also sends out emails to local Jucos and a few D1's
-He gets home from fall semester(winter break) and we visit some local top jucos immediately . It is there that son finds out that if he goes Juco he must get his associates degree before he can transfer back to a D1 (4-2-4 rule). Being that he doesnt want to spend 2 years in Juco , he drops that idea.
-the night we get back home from local Juco tour ,within 1 hour, we decide to do a "very Quality" emailing to select D1 coaches that he thinks may be a fit for immediate transfer now mid year.
-send out email in the middle of the night on a saturday night
-surprisingly we get a very very good response immediately on the emailing with all kinds of situations wanted and desired. some now , some not sure, some for next summer etc... It seems that many still need pitching(so all those people who say is it too late for my 2020 or 2021 ? - the answer is NO it is never too late for pitching) . We got some very surprising responses from a few P5's too so - it just shows you about the need for pitching..
-after many calls and conversations, son fly's out to visit another mid major D1 school 2k miles away on xmas night with wife.
-coach meets them and all goes very well. Seems like a great fit. Son and school rush to get transfer docs done/transcripts /admin stuff etc...
-10 days later I drive out with my son to new school and move him in-a fun 2k mile journey which included some crazy weather.
-son moves in and immediately goes to classes and practices .
-Son, The New school and old school prepare a waiver to get son to maybe play this spring without sitting out(a very long shot)
-Old Coaches see waiver letter that son wrote and get a little upset...
-Eventually everyone gets over it and they submit the waiver letters
-3 weeks later(currently)-son is waiting on the NCAA to hear what happens, In a normal world :it appears to be a slam dunk on our side but ... based on the NCAA world: it appears like a super long shot
-We are all very happy either way 
- school is a great fit.
A lot of lessons learned and many we are still learning.