Dominican Baseball Camp

Restarting this thread from years ago because my 2022 son just received an emailed invitation from an Ivy coach to attend Ivy Week at the DR baseball camp.  @Sammy is still running them, it appears, and I assume that this summer is a return to normalcy after 2020...?

Has anyone out there had a son in recent years who attended the Dominican Baseball Camp during a summer session?  I'm wondering about its value from a strictly recruiting standpoint.

I think it would be a great experience, but I can't see it having much recruiting  value at all, especially with coaches just coming off a year long dead period.  They are going to get out and see the guys they have committed and look at the guys on their lists.  As an uncommitted 2022, I would focus on camps or tournaments where you know your target list will be in attendance.

I think you can get more bang for your recruiting bucks doing other events. How did they get his info to invite him. Did it come shortly after he emailed a coach? That happened with my son and another Ivy coach for a different event. I'm certain the event is paying the Ivy coach to forward every email address he gets from recruits.

Yes, @TerribleBPthrower, that's exactly what happened. Emailed the coach, and the next day got the invite back.

One of the coaches (not the RC) of an Ivy that my son IS in fact interested in and has communicated with regularly will be chaperoning the trip for a week, hence our interest.  A full week of games in the DR under the watchful eye of three different Ivy coaches, including one from a target school, seemed like a good opportunity for him to show, but if we can get better bang for a much smaller price by attending schools' individual prospect camps this summer, then so be it.

Have they shown any other interest in communicating with him? Have they watched his videos? If it were me I'd want to know that there was some general interest before spending that kind of money and time on it.

I would suggest that Showball would offer the same exposure to the Ivy League head coaches if recruiting is the main focus.  But, if you're looking for an experience to remember, playing ball in the DR for this camp, with Trosky baseball, or a host of others that do it, then I say go for it.

For folks whose sons have attended one of these -- do the kids have a chance to practice speaking Spanish? I was an exchange student in HS myself, and value that experience to this day (30 years later !?!?!). Unfortunately, being an exchange student doesn't fit my son's baseball goals - if there were a DR baseball exchange with some Spanish thrown in, I'd send him in a second.

A friend's 2024 son also got this invite from the Harvard coach. Said he's taking 4 teams of 15 kids. He's not even sure how he got on the list. Either way, his kid isn't a legit recruit. This sounds more like a money grab than anything. Might be a fun experience, but based on your screenname I would run from something like this.

@TerribleBPthrower posted:

A friend's 2024 son also got this invite from the Harvard coach. Said he's taking 4 teams of 15 kids. He's not even sure how he got on the list. Either way, his kid isn't a legit recruit. This sounds more like a money grab than anything. Might be a fun experience, but based on your screenname I would run from something like this.

Good info, thank you.

I just checked my son’s email and he got it too. Probably a paid list from PG or some other travel org. Here is my son’s email: