I need help

Hey Broken wrist,
Don't sweat it. You should by now have a selection of schools in mind where you believe you fit in both academically and baseball wise. Put together your baseball resume along with newspaper articles, evaluations from any scouts or college coaches and send the package to your target schools. Include short video if you have it. If not tell them you will send it in sept. or oct. This stuff is much more important. Playing in the summer doesn't guarantee college baseball. Grades, what you done for your high school team, and who you are as a person provide the college coach with more info than who you played for in the summer. Good luck and stay focused.

TMIN16

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baseball25

Playing summer or fall ball allows college to see the young man--this is key

TRhit
I beg to disagree with your statement that playing summerball is "key". this young man is injured and cannot play summer ball. My son played on allstar travel summer teams throughout his highschool career(Miami Air Attack, Blue Gray Florida,etc..)and even though he was recruited by several D1 and D3 schools, not one of those letters and phone calls came as a result of playing summer ball. All came from going to Showcases like Headfirst Honor Roll, Perfectgame Academic and summer camps like Yale, Duke and Boston College. Playing summer ball is not the key, getting good grades and getting film to coaches who's program would be a good fit is much more important. In south florida there are many kids that play localy for their high school summer teams and don't get the exposure to the college coaches that you claim is "key" and still sign with great baseball programs. Don't put in this kid's head that if he doesn't play summer ball he won't play college ball because that is not necesarily true. By the way my son turned down two D1 schools to go play for a D3 where he would play right away and get a great education.

Baseball25

I am not here to argue with you but here are a few facts for you to digest

01-- I have been in contact with this young man and he was released by his doctor two weeks ago to begin hitting and throwing--so don't say he wont play this summer--He had hoped to be released for the HS playoffs but that did nto happen

02-- Summer ball up here is key--you, sir are in Florida not in the Northeast where the window of opprotunity is small not to mention the conditions in the spring

03-- Film-- (Video) -- thus will only pique the interest of a coach not get the player a scholarship---


04-- as for me "filling his head" you sir are off base once again-- you have no idea as to how things work here in the Northeast unless you have lived here-- the spring weather is a killer in terms of performance thus summer and fall are in fact KEY !!

By the way,if your son doesnt attend a D-1 program how does he or you know he can't play there right away?

Also by the way my son played Division I ball and summer ball was the KEY for him--his team won a major high profile tournament and he was named MVP in the event--Mo Vaughn and BJ Surhoff had played in the same event and were named MVPs when they played during their HS careers-- YES summer ball can be a key factor

Hey TR
The young man says in his post he will be out 6 months. That puts him coming back in Sept or Oct. at the earliest. You obviously have more info if you've been talking to him and he has been given the O.K. to start playing. If he can play summer ball, he should. My point was that just because you can't play summer ball that doesn't mean you won't play college ball.
As far as your son's accomplishments I congratulate him and you on his success.
As far as my son's decision to go D3 instead of D1 it had more to do with academics than playing time. He will be an engineering major. Although playing time was a factor, it was not the decision maker. Playing time had considerations like roster size, past performance of current starters, scholarship amounts. As we both know where they give you the greatest amount of money, whether it's academic or athletic or both, is where you are wanted and needed the most.
Neither my son's experience nor your son's experience will have any impact on this young man's experience. My point to him was that he shouldn't give up because he may not be able to play summer ball.
P.S. Most if not all the schools that recruited my son are in the Northeast and he will be going to school in the Northeast. I am very familiar with the baseball and the climate in the Northeast.