Looking for some guidance here from those who are more experienced.
Son is LHP/1b, 2007 graduate who is a rising junior. He is 6'0", 225 lbs, hits for average and power. He has a 4.0 gpa. He has decided to forego football this year to focus his off season efforts to develop as a pitcher and to aggressively continue to work on his hitting.
We live in a very tough area for baseball. No High School baseball, no fall ball of any sort, no indoor facilities, no private instruction available (although we are driving 4 hours one way to meet with a pitching coach, but can only do that once a month or so.)
Almost everyone from this area that goes on to play baseball in college does so via the JUCO route. In fact my '05 is just starting at a JUCO in Kansas. However, I cringe at the thought of my '07, 4.0 student having to go the JUCO route, I just cannot imagine that working for him academically.
I am looking for advice/suggestions for fall showcases that would provide maximum exposure given the time/distance/$$ constraints. We are willing to invest in his future, but do not have an unlimited budget. Would love for him to be able to go to something like Jupiter, but those seem to be local teams that travel to play in the larger tournaments.
At the moment, he is working on his own, and will continue that throughout the fall/winter in preparation for next summer. But I thought that others who are more experienced and familiar with what is possible might have some ideas as well.
Thanks, in advance.
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) and although he only threw 3 innings in a 8:00 am game, still got letters/calls from a few DI's, a bunch of DII's and numerous JUCO's. Best thing he/we ever did in regards to being seen. Two thumbs up!!