Coaches Adapting To New D1 Transfer Rule

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@22and25 posted:

Man, it looks like some coaches are jumping on this and changing the way their programs manage a roster.  I see an SEC school went out this week and filled some immediate holes with a mid major bat, a mid major arm and a Top 25 P5 arm with almost 190 innings of P5 experience under his belt.  Not to mention the Juco arm they added today. These moves look more like MLB roster moves at the trade deadline than anything we have seen in college baseball.  I expect it will only get more slanted when coaches realize they can cut loose their excess at one position and fill with an experienced college player from another school.  

If this is good or bad will depend entirely on where you sit but the bottom line is that high school recruiting just got a lot more murky….

Are you talking about Auburn?  Those kids have been committed since early Summer, not sure why they are tweeting those out like they just committed.  Maybe they just signed or landed on campus? 

To your point, yes this is how schools are going to recruit moving forward.  In basketball, some of the best up and coming coaches (Beard and Musselman) rely on the portal for a lot of key players.  Baseball and Football seem to be following that trend. 

It makes sense. Why gamble on a 17 year old when there is a polished 22 year old who has already been there and done that?

The studs will always be the studs, but this is not good for the "raw" or projectable kids. If it wasn't true already (it was) players will basically have a year and a fall ball season to prove they belong on the roster. After that, Mr. 190InningsPitched will take your spot.

@PABaseball I am thinking Mr. 190 and his friend Mr. 300 college AB’s is getting the spot and Mr. Freshman recruit is headed to the next level down to prove himself and then look for his own chance to transfer up later.

@22and25 posted:

@PABaseball I am thinking Mr. 190 and his friend Mr. 300 college AB’s is getting the spot and Mr. Freshman recruit is headed to the next level down to prove himself and then look for his own chance to transfer up later.

100%. I would expect even more movement in the next few years assuming the transfer rule is permanent. Getting conflicting info on whether it is or is not.

@PABaseball posted:

100%. I would expect even more movement in the next few years assuming the transfer rule is permanent. Getting conflicting info on whether it is or is not.

The question for a high school recruit becomes, do you shoot low out of the gate with plans to develop and put down a track record then use the one time transfer to move up a level?  Say low D1 to Mid D1 or Mid D1 to P5?  If you shoot high out of HS and burn your one time transfer going down then you are never going up….

It has changed the look of the SEC.  Many of the SEC teams have brought in 5-7 transfer guys this summer.  That means 5-7 freshmen will get cut or redshirted immediately.  If you were not an active part of the plan last year, you are in trouble in most of these schools because they are bringing in players who have already played and many of the SEC guys played P5 and even about 30 that I know of played SEC ball.  It will greatly change the recruiting game because you can look at the roster at the end of the season before and still not know with the recruiting class who is coming on campus that fall because of this.  You don't like coach or don't like playing time or don't like where your team finished, then get in the portal and go to a new coach, or maybe more competitive team.

Yep, as I said in my OP….high school recruiting just got a whole lot more murky….  Those displaced SEC high school recruits are going to end up somewhere too…

To be competitive.

One solution is "Freshman" baseball.

A Team Coach will be named "Player Development Coordinator" with responsible of schedule and funding of the Freshman Team in addition, the assignment of the Freshman, Sophs and Junior teams players to College Summer Leagues.

Bob

Player development program seen walking down freshman athletic dorm hallway.  "Oh but we love you and besides, P5 schools athletic aid agreements are guaranteed for four years!"

Where do you think the SEC / P5 programs are getting the scholarships to get these players? And it rolls downhill.

The days of non-P5 taking the CWS might be over—I don’t see Coastal Carolina, Fresno State or Cal State Fullerton competing at the highest level in this environment. Maybe they need a separate division for mid-majors. One thing that may happen is Jucos become a lot more attractive to rising freshmen—if you know you are going to transfer after 2 years anyway go to a school that caters to a two-year career. Financially Jucos are a very attractive option in California with good follow-on opportunities to a state run four year. Keep grinding!