How early is early?

nope this is the perfect time!

congrats

gametime

It is the right time in your junior year--this way they can follow you thru the fall of your senior year---from your post I assume that you want to sign early if they want you

One word of advice: don't cut off your options in case things don't come together as you desire them to

Always keep your options open. Have a plan B, C, D... Many things occur that are out of your control..

I'm a sophomore is this age to early to be contacting coaches? thanx

oriole


are you playing varsity?

http://www.hsbaseballweb.com/recruit_timeline.htm

that should help out a bit or at least it should

well i played Jv last year as a freshman and 13 of the 15 varsity players have moved on..... so theres a good chance i will play varsity. Hopfuly. Will that still help or should i wait until i know for sure?

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Originally posted by TRhit:
oriole

are you playing varsity?

TR you had mentioned this in another topic and said that unless you play Varsity you shouldn't contact colleges.

I'm going to copy what I said/asked in that post. I just want to know what your thoughts are on this.

From prior post
TR...I'm kind of on the fence with this. I don't think it hurts to start the process. Possibly show some interest, let them know of showcases you have or are planning to attend. The reason I say this is that as we've seen on a number of topics

1- High School stats and season can/do have minimal impact on recruiting
2- Due to talent levels of some schools (and coaching decisions) many Sophmores do play JV.
3- JV or Varsity you are probably going to start the process in the Summer/Fall after your Sophmore year anyway. Based on rational of waiting till your Varsity a player may wait until Spring of his JR year which I feel is later than you would want to.

Just since my son started the process, it has sped up tremendously, with that in mind I do not see the harm in starting the process of contacting school. I probaly would start with introductory letter and than e-mail as primary contact with phone call a little later. your thoughts?

To oriole 21 I would start now I do not see the harm but others as you see above may disagree.

according to the recruiting timeline it says atten a PRO TRY-OUT CAMP. what are these camps? trying out for a team, or a showcase type event?

man, orioels you were dealt good. i am a sophmore outfielder and there are about 5 or 6 junior outfielders on varsity so i may not get a spot until senior year which will be terrible. but i will work hard to get on at least by junior year.

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Originally posted by cub1jon:
according to the recruiting timeline it says atten a PRO TRY-OUT CAMP. what are these camps? trying out for a team, or a showcase type event?

Here is a link showing some of the 2005 open tryouts. Not all are always listed, there are also invite onlys. Local papers will sometimes have them listed as well. With these you need to be 16.

MLB open tryouts

say that you just want to play some baseball but really want to play and you want to go to the pro try outs just for the fun of it. is that ok?

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Originally posted by cub1jon:
say that you just want to play some baseball but really want to play and you want to go to the pro try outs just for the fun of it. is that ok?

Not sure if I understand but... the tryout is simply that a tryout for a Professional organization. Can you go sure...but not sure what your purpose is. If its just to have fun thats not the place. Each tryout is run differently but the ones I've seen have from 50 to 100 players show up.

They time you in the 60 (after that some tell you have a nice day and you are done)

Then they will warm-up and outfield than infield will field and throw. (One position only)

If you pass muster you get a few swings

Pitchers are in the bullpen.

If you are serious and have some skill I would recommend attending. If you are going to show up in sweats or jeans or not take it serious do yourself and everyone else a favor and play catch with friends that day down at the park.

What if you are a pitcher and do not run the greatest 40 time, will they hold that against you?

maybe I missed something Gametime,
how did they contact you to show interest??

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letters/email

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Originally posted by gametime24:
What if you are a pitcher and do not run the greatest 40 time, will they hold that against you?

No, at the tryouts we were at the pitchers all threw.

ok, congrats on the letters & emai, that's a great start - - they can make A call to you in March, then weekly calls beginning July - you can contact them anytime

good luck

hey gametime did u put your name out there, or did the coaches find you?

a few contacted me because I attended two pretty large showcases, but the ones I am most involved with I wrote a brief email/letter to explaining my abilities at schools that I thought were reasonably close to where I live and that I could play at.

what yr were u in sophomore or a junior????

I am a junior