I am currently a Freshman attending a mid-level NAIA school and I was wondering if anyone could tell me of a summer league that would be a good fit. I was considering the Arizona Collegiate Summer League (I live there when not attending school), but I have heard some negative things about them and was wondering if anyone had experience with them. I am willing to go to pretty much any part of the country to play over summer.
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Play anywhere you can get a roster spot. They are hard to come by.
I agree with floridafan. Go where your going to get a shot at playing. Also, go where you get a chance to get better and more importantly, have fun. In my sons case, he did not get to choose, his HC told him where he was going 3 days after his freshman season ended. It work out great for him and he had a blast. It's nice to play baseball and not have to go to classes as well.
I sent you a pm with some info.
Actually your coach should be finding the right level for you based on your skills and what he sees in you. Have you discussed this with him?
The best thing you can do as BOF mentioned is work with your college coach to help place you in the best possible fit. Good luck and enjoy freshman year!
Sorry for taking so long to respond, I've be busy lately. From what I understand my college coach is not very active into getting players into summer leagues. One of our assistant coaches who played at the school last year said that he has some connections, but I know most of the time summer teams want to hear from the head coach.
Look in the "After High School" section; several threads on summer ball.
Sorry for taking so long to respond, I've be busy lately. From what I understand my college coach is not very active into getting players into summer leagues. One of our assistant coaches who played at the school last year said that he has some connections, but I know most of the time summer teams want to hear from the head coach.
Please read the thread that Hokie started in the "after High School" section. It is very informative and will answer many of your questions.
I am not convinced that the teams only want to hear from the head coach. I believe it comes down to how much do they respect the source. My sons pitching coach has been around baseball for a long time. From his Bio:
quote:managed the Delaware Cows of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League. Earlier, he served as associate head coach at Duke University for 5 years, and was a minor league pitching coach and scouting supervisor for the Cleveland Indians.
He is a 1964 graduate of The Ohio State University. Koblentz pitched for 2 seasons for the Buckeyes and went on to pitch in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ and New York Mets’ farm systems.
He helps place many of the players. The head coach is very involved as well. but two people can contact more teams than just one. Use all your resources, especially if the coach is not very active.
When our Director of Player Personnel talks to college coaches about players for our summer team, I'd guess that at least 75% of the time, he talks with an assistant coach. The opinion of any coach, assistant or head, goes a very long ways with us-we've signed many players based 100% on the coach's word...with a bit of Google used to check stats, previous summer league performance, etc. College coach's generally shoot very straight with us. (FYI, I also look at Facebook to see what kind of stuff guys are posting and have soured on a player or 2 when reading their page...) Some coach's just aren't proactive, and we've signed players after the player contacted us, but always talk to the coach at some point.
Is it already to late for a college freshman to find a summer team to play on? My son's coach (D2) left in October and the assistant coach is taking over as the head coach. He does know that he made the roster and travel squad for his school, but nothing has been said about summer ball. Thanks for any help!
It is not too late! There are those here that may be able to help you. I myself emailed my son's bio to every Summer Ball Team on the East Coast and Midwest when my son's coach failed to live up to his promises made during the recruiting process.
I only got one good bite, but that was all it took. I stayed in touch with that coach weekly looking for updates and for him to pull the trigger. He had a player that had committed to him become injured and was not sure if he would be able to play that season. Once it was determined he would not be there, my son was in.
Played 3 seasons for Fayetteville Swampdogs in the CPL, made All Stars twice. It was some of the most enjoyable ball we ever were able to watch. Wish we could do it all over! Enjoy the Ride!
