I have some tough decisions to make..

What high school age travel teams play in the spring in New Jersey? What college programs hand out starting jobs to high school juniors?

I play for the NJ Marlins, we participate in many winter/spring tournaments in February and March which I participated in. From now til the end of the HS season, we have 8 games set up and scouts will attend them. I don't want to give the specific colleges, but 2 are from PA, one from SC, two from IL, and one from ME. When they told me about offering me a starting job, I was surprised as I would only be a freshmen and im only a junior now.

make sure that you are listening to what they, recruiters, are saying...not hearing what you want to hear. It is very unlikely that they are offering you a starting position at your JR year. More likely that they are telling you you have a shot to compete for a starting position......if not, get it in writing. Good luck.

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Yeah if they are saying they will promise you a starting job when you first arrive on campus then you need to run away really fast from there. Like lefthookdad said - it might be a case where they are saying you have a CHANCE to start then that's fine. They are saying if you have the ability to start then you will.

If I were you I would slow down a little and start putting more serious thought as to what you want. First thing to consider is academics - what do you want to major it and does that school offer it. Even if you're not sure what you want to major in you still probably have a few ideas what you want to major in so find schools that offer all or at least most of them. Second thing is go watch them play - by seeing them on the field you see the style of play, ability of players you will be competing against and other things.

It is a tough decision to make on where to go to school but take your time and consider everything. Read this site daily and talk to people on here who have went through this already.

Yeah, i think i am moving too quickly. I am just feeling like i am in a rush because i am all of a sudden being recruited. I am average in school, Im visiting the d1 school during my spring break, literally nervous but anxious

I agree, slow way down and relax. There is no rush right now. Continue to produce and things will work out and probably more offers will come. Read the other thread about a hasty decision signing a NLI.

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The D3 schools are offering me starting jobs as a freshmen

Are you sure they didn't say "if you hit .840 you can start for us"....that's not saying you will start because you know you wouldn't hit .840 in college.

They think im an all star player but im not. They assume im great by only seeing my breakout performance. But im not lying, they really said they could immediately give me a starting job

chris---give me a call and lts see if we can get you straightened out

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Chris....you gotta believe you are an all star type player to make it at any level of college ball! Take those great results and build. Keep working harder then those around you and give it some time as it doesn't even sound as if you are sure where you fit. This will be your junior summer, unless you have an offer from a school you know you want to attend, work, work, work and find your best fit.

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Chris you have received good advice so far and I am sure TR will help you get a perspective. First, pick a school that you want to spend the next four years at regardless of baseball. Although you will be spending a lot of time practicing and playing, you will be spending a he ll of a lot more time in class, studying, eating, working on projects, and hanging out with kids at the school. Your education is first; baseball is just the icing on the cake.

Go to some D1 games and take a close look at the players on the teams and think about where you would fit in this world. Do the same with some of the other non-D1 programs. This will give you a pretty good idea on where you fit in the whole baseball hierarchy.

No school is going to offer you a spot on the field. They will offer you the OPPORTUNITY to play. Whether you are on the field will depend on your performance and the performance of those competing with you for those 9 slots. Just because it is D3 does not mean you will play as a freshmen. My son’s D3 program has two freshmen getting any playing time. You will figure this out when you walk out on the college baseball field and there are 34 other guys looking you in the eye and they all want one of those 9 spots.

There are lots of variables in this process and it takes a lot of time, effort, planning and evaluation picking a school. Costs, location, majors offered, school size, coaches, all come into play and you need to be sitting down with your parents and discuss these issues.

Good luck!

PS: Remember that coaches are "used car salesmen" during the recruiting process. Not that they are not all honest, but they may tell you things you want to hear. It is up to you and your parents to sort out the fact from fiction.

Chris ... In what manner did college coaches approach you while they're busy with their college season?

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GotWood, you are a real hoot!!!!