Recently a post similiar to this was on here and I almost piggybacked on that one but decided against it. What would you do? Here is the question: 2019, RHP, 6' 3", 175 lbs, 88 mph (PG), was the go to guy in highschool ball in spring (but coach never over used), as soon as that season finished played on a college showcase team where he would pitch 5-6 innings (averaged ~60-65 pitches) a week on a weekend trip to various colleges (fun but nobody saw him). Also did one PG tournament with this team (got a nice write up in the PG tourn. blogs). This was almost every weekend June through mid July. As soon as that ended picked up by a travel team to play at PG WWBA 16 (the most productive 30 pitches of the whole summer), and PG 16 U Championships in ATL. Has been invited to play on that same travel team for fall with a few "warm up" tournaments before going to Jupiter. Contact: 1 mid/upper D1 via travel coach. This would be an easy decision if he were a position player. But as a pitcher in order to be at the top of his game, he will have to start throwing and ramping up AGAIN this year in the next few weeks to be ready for the fall season. One other important thing to know is that we are in a warm weather state so his highschool season (practices) will begin in January. So he basically was pitch ready for about 7 straight months. Knock on wood....no injuries, but over the summer would definitely need rest/ice, etc... between starts. He/we are leaning toward complete shut down and hitting the gym, running, etc... to get ready for a very important spring/summer 2018. WHAT WOULD YOU DO??
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