In regards to your opening question ...
Which ones should you avoid? Everyone of them your son doesn’t have the ability to catch their eye. When you go fishing do you ask which fish want to get caught? You need a plan.
Step one: A legitimate evaluation of your son’s potential and metrics. Then you decide where to look. But keep in mind you may target college,programs. But you don’t recruit them. They recruit you.
Once you know where you should be looking/gaining exposure make a list of about fifty college programs. Think academics first. If your son is a potential pro prospect he’s been told. I haven’t seen this mentioned. So his education is where his future lays.
Fifty colleges is not too many. Several won’t have interest in your son. Your son will lose interest in several as he learns more about them.
Start with what conference level he could potentially compete. Then pick colleges from those conferences. Write to each college head coach and recruiting assistant. Express interest in the baseball program and the academics. Ask what showcases and tournaments they attend so your son can get in front of them. Include baseball metrics in the email. A two minute skills (not game highlights/no music) video may help. The video is hitting, fielding to his right and left and throwing.
If they respond send another email thanking the program for their response. Contact them again to point out the player will be at certain events. All emails should come from the player, not the parent. It’s ok to help him with content. But it should be in his own words.
I would not just attend events to thrown spaghetti off the wall to see what sticks. What separates your son from all the other talent? One of the best forms of separation is a high school or travel coach contacting the college coach to tell him he has a player of interest. This is assuming the high school or travel coach has contacts and credibility.
The bizarre thing about your list of schools is it ranges from ranked teams, to doormats to NAIA. This isn’t targeting based on talent and potential.
