Need some advice for my 2018 catcher.
Background…he is having an amazing senior season at a big public High School in Southern California. Batting .527, 20 RBIs, thrown out 9 out of 11 runners. Pop time below 2.0. He played for a high level club team, behind some very heavily recruited players. We have always told him he needs to pick a college that he would be happy with even if baseball was not in the picture.
He is trying to decide between attending a top D3 baseball program that wants him or try to walk on to the low level D1 baseball program at the school he really wants to attend. The D3 program has amazing baseball, amazing coaches and he likes the players. He just really wants to go to a bigger school. The D3 school is slightly smaller than his high school. The D1 school, the coach initially said last year that if he got in, they would give him a try out for a walk on spot. My son is admitted to the school with academic money. However, the coaching staff is not responding to his emails. We are planning on attending an admitted student day when the team is home and stay in town on their days off as well. The roster for this team does not have any players from California on it. Is it that the coaching staff believes players from Southern California will not want to attend an East Coast School?
Do players that finally have the opportunity to play their senior year and perform well, have opportunities to “walk on” to teams? Is there recruiting for uncommitted seniors after the MLB draft, when some players opt out of playing college ball?
What are your experiences / reality of players being able to walk onto D1 teams?
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