College Summer Leagues

Dan1122;

do you have an opportunity to visit the teams in the Prospect League?

Make a trip and discuss with the team your son's interest. Have you explored the Valley League?

Bob

What NCAA division is he in?  Will this year's summer coach give him a recommendation?

How many innings does he project that he will pitch for his college season?  That would impact how much pitching he can do in the summer.  The college coach should be in communication with the summer team about this.

Dan what state are you in and what level is he? D1 d2 etc

For timing - keewartson was assigned to the Northwoods League shortly after he arrived to college his sophomore year, around the first week of September, for the following summer. 

Same as @keewart. Son played for NWL this summer. His head coach made the phone call shortly after he arrived on campus and he had signed his contract by late fall for the following summer. I would start reaching out by this fall.

Top leagues offer a variety of different length contracts, from a few weeks, to half a season, to a full season.  Teams do not stay the same over the course of the summer; some players arrive late, some players get injured either in college or during the summer, some show up with more innings from college than expected, some leave for other reasons.  At the start of the summer, teams will add players (especially pitchers) to make up for this, and by the end of the season, many summer teams are scrabbling for whatever players they can get, even in NWL.  My son's contracts were coach-organized in the fall in the past 2 years, but they changed as circumstances changed.

Dan - You are getting good advice here. Since the college coach is not proactive, I suggest that your boy figure out which teams he would like to play for and begin communicating with those coaches a few days after playoffs.  My boy's college coach was not helpful but the boy was able to get on the teams he targeting by doing this. NECBL in 2021 and NWL this year. Coaches will be receptive if a kid will market himself and be assertive. Good luck.

Our coaches asked each player where they wanted to play next Summer, not if. A couple of guys said they did not and were told to rethink that.

Every player  that was not hurt or was  returning was assigned to a team

Our son played in his collegiate league's all star game the other night. It was a wonderful end to his youth baseball career as he now prepares for a collegiate career that starts in a few weeks.  I was shockingly more emotional than the wife, I reflected on his journey to this point and could not stop talking about it with her. It did creep into the realm of eulogizing at times but she did pull me back.  I was a lurker looking for insights on my 8th grader now I am one of many here memorializing their son's journey through HS. I will be joining the college parents and as with the HS journey, I will be prepared thanks to all that have contributed.