Best for the team or player?

As long as its not putting the player's future in jeopardy (e.g. having a future college pitcher catch when he doesn't pitch...unless your last name is "Fungo" ), then it seems to me its just fine.

I'd probably have the player play what is best for the team in crutial games, but in uncrutial ones make sure he gets reps in at his better College position. just my take on it

His best college position as determined by who?

Many a hs player will be moved to a different position when he hits college.

Don't be surprised when one college coach looks at him and sees a middle infielder, while a different college coachs looks at him and sees the right fielder he desperately needs.

It matters not where they play on a HS team ---the college and pro scouts see the talent and know what they want to do with it in the future

Talent is talent no matter what position it is playing at

very good points by AParent!!



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Great points. We had four different colleges looking at my son at four different positions. He ended up choosing a school that wants him to play outfield, but he won't see the outfield in HS or in Legion. I think they look at your abilities and how they will fit at their particular school.

Do you think most major college position players were at some point shortstops?

Good topic.

My 2007 was the Varsity SS as a freshman. The coach, a former D1 and minor leaguer changed him to CF afterwards because he said colleges and scouts would move him to the outfield anyway.

As he matures, it looks like he may go from CF to corner OF by the time he plays his first college game.

In our HS, we have an adequate defensive replacement for SS, unfortunately, he also displays the old-time traditional bat for a SS.............NONE!!

I used to work with a D-I coach who pretty much recuiting shortstops and then converted them to other spots, reasoning that they were the best athletes on their teams. At the mid-D-I level, it worked for him, too, and he had enough success to move to a top baseball conference.