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Advice for Incoming College Freshman
Going off to college is exciting, know there is a whole new baseball world that's waiting for you is even more exciting. I just finished my freshman year of college and I wanted to share some of the things I wish I had known/ I learned. Disclaimer: This is written from a players perspective of college baseball, so there will some things that parents probably won't want to know about. Understand that you are a freshman: It doesn't matter if you're the number 1 recruit in your class or a...
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Great post. We don't get the perspective of the current player enough here... thanks for doing that.
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Excellent post, one of the best I've ever read here. Great advice. I'll add one thing...get your school work done. Freshmen year is the toughest adjusting to the work load.
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That is an awesome post and I really enjoyed reading it. From my perspective it was on the mark on almost every point.
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Wow! That’s one of the best posts ever made here. Results may vary based on the demands of your degree. But there is time for a social life. All the teammate and baseball stuff is dead on. I was standing outside a hotel one night when a university logo’ed bus pulled up. On the bus was a friend and former teammate of my daughter I hadn’t seen in a year. We chatted for a while. Then she was called. She smiled and said, “I may be leading the country in scoring. But I’m still a freshman. I have...
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Ok, I'm in my 50's and I believe I was just put away by a 19/20 year old who is in more touch with baseball reality than I could ever be. And to think my kid distorted the truth a bit when he told me how college was.... . Great post.
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Thanks for the insight! I’ll be sure to share with my soon-to-be college freshman!
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Had my jr. to be read it and he said it was remarkably accurate. Now we're giving it to his frosh to be little bro.
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Blud15, Priceless! ! We need more of your hands-on wisdom! Keep posting!
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God bless you BLUD15. Son who just finished frosh year as well felt it was very accurate + from the heart. Thanks for sharing your wisdom with those that are getting ready to face what you just went through!
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Hey BLUD15! Anything on texting your parents every now and then?
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They are going to need things form y'all and y'all will need to know things from them. I wouldn't expect daily communication because things do get busy during the school year but several conversations a week is about the norm, I would say.
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This is great and so very timely for me! Thanks Blud I'm copying and emailing to my 2019 son who leaves in a month! Great advice.
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Required reading for all rising Freshmen! Thanks so much for the post, and all the best to you!
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My son (rising college Soph, just like you) read it, agreed with everything. Very good and accurate post. Best of luck to you this year!
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Thank you! This is so awesome! My son will be a freshman this Fall and I’m sure it will be helpful.
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Fantastic post and concur it should be required reading for any incoming freshman. Well done!
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Great post. I'm guessing that at nerdy D3 colleges "your mileage may vary" on some of these points like social status and parties, but there's alot of universal truths there too. I passed it on to my rising Frosh. Thanks!
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My son had official visits with 3 “nerdy” HAD3 and one HAD1. One of those nerdier D3’s was the biggest party school he saw and it totally turned him off.
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I think the thing that surprised our whole family is how much there are actually two teams in college baseball — a team of pitchers, and a team of everyone else. My son headed off to college with a teammate from HS. They lived on the same floor, about three doors apart, one is a pitcher, one a MIF. We would ask our son "how's the SS doing?" "I don't know, never see him." Heard from the other boys parents that they got the same thing in reverse. Just something we really didn't expect.
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Great post!!! My son only communicated when he needed something! lol Other than that "crickets"!
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You can't believe how hard balancing school and baseball is, in a nutshell. Your basically working two full-time jobs.
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With all due respect, the biggest party weekend I ever experienced in my college years was on the Harvard Yard my Freshman year with high school friends from there, Dartmouth, Brown, Princeton, and Williams. Partying is virtually universal on college campuses of all stripes, colors, and levels.
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Mileage may vary with any STEM major at any level. I know what my kids put into being science and math majors and playing. Engineering is more challenging.
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Party school? Dartmouth is located in Hangover, NH according the the students. Every school is what you make it.
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This was a great post and I’ve had my future freshman read it. Thanks for the assist.
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Don’t wreck a scooter and stay outta the HC’s office. (son wasn’t great at either)
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I have searched this site and the web but really can’t find much info. I know all schools have fall ball and this how the team is finalized. Is there a schedule any where, is it mainly inter squad? The NCAA site said the coaches get 8 hours per week, is that right? Any info would be appreciated.
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I went back and looked. Our fall schedule was announced Aug. 31 and included three JUCO games and an intrasquad tournament, along with a scout day.
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It will depend on the school. You might want your son to ask the coach if they are planning to post a schedule on their website. The reason why I'm recommending your son do it is for him to show the coach that he is taking responsibility and very interested in knowing everything about the program. Also, if this is his first year in college, it will also give him the opportunity to mental prepare for the fall.
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I thought they played JUCOs,,,,,did it list how many games total, including intra squad.
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Showed this to my 2019 who just returned home from his freshman summer session. He agreed with every point. Thank you for sharing BLUD15!
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I will add that in the fall, you will probably need baseball pants and a ball cap. From my sons experience, Uniforms were not handed out till the team was decided. In fall he used his own Baseball pants and cleats. A ball cap from HS or a Summer team. what ever he had handy. And whatever Dry fit shirt was clean. Once the team was decided and cuts were made Uniforms and hats would be supplied. He still used his own Pants for practices through out his college career. This probably pertains...
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Thank you , Some great advice here... Just sent it my 2019
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I didn’t read all previous posts, but: get prepared to compete against guys who are as good or better than you wrap your mind around losing time at a position because you are young capitalize on every moment you are given to perform outwork everybody else, regardless of any stigmas associated with being a “try hard” dont be “that” freshman
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Incoming Recruiting Class Analysis
With all the discussion pertaining to changes in recruiting landscape (transfer portal, NIL, head coaching changes, etc) , over the last 2 weeks we did an internal project to understand the incoming recruiting class. Here is a 1st glance of our findings. Total Players is total number of new players on that season's roster Freshman - we've tagged true freshman vs covid or redshirt freshman Transfers -we've reconciled players that have transferred into new school Feedback appreciate.
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Once the season starts, we will be able to get better numbers. I think the numbers for PAC12 will be close. The majority of the CCCAA Juco players go D2
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If I did the math correctly, that is an average of 16 new players per team each year with an average of 45% attrition (roster turnover) rate. P5 sports ... get them in, chew them up, and spit them out.
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Looks like Washington went only had 2 transfers for the 2023 season vs 2022 season
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Thanks CBI. Yeah I know the two big D2 conferences in CA are rostered very heavy JC and there are a few Pac schools that don't typically go that route (and that MANY CA JC players go all over the country at various levels). But I'm still used to seeing quite a few rostered on many of the other Pac schools, including those in the Pacific Northwest.
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Interesting data, thanks for sharing. Seems like fairly consistent ratio's across conferences and a general shift toward transfers but not a huge jump. The two things that stand out to me (OK, maybe a bit of captain obvious) is how little ACC makes use of Juco and that Pac12 is trending away from using Juco's with the West Coast always being such a hotbed of talented JC players.
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Note, the 2022 insights are based on the spring roster, so how many recruits did cut after the 2021 fall season
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Its almost like its a business. Every recruit should have ZERO excuse to as what the landscape is currently.
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Here is an up-to-date summary for P5 Incoming recruiting class for 2023 season