I Need Summer Baseball Advice

The purpose of college summer ball is to get on the field, get reps and get better. For pro prospects it's also visibility. After you improve your game you can probably start in the better program the following year. You already know you're on their radar.

I would personally play in the league where you can get the reps especially since you are only a freshman and will have later summers to attract the pro scouts. You want to show them a polished outfielder, not a guy who runs poor routes and doesn't set up for throws properly and such. Use this summer to BECOME an outfielder, because it doesn't happen overnight. Some people feel you can just stick any bat out there and they are an outfielder but it will cost games with this attitude. The leftfielder on our team was in your position last year. He has a great bat but although he was charged with only a few errors, there were many flyballs that the wrong angle led to doubles and triples. He worked hard and now he is a very passable leftfielder but his prior rep still leads him to be replaced defensively by a better fielder late and that costs him some of his at bats too. On a lesser team I don't think this would be a problem but when you are on a top team the coach will take advantage of every little gain defensively late in games.

Go where you will play. It's how you get better. Part time action in the summer is never a good thing and ought to be avoided at all costs.

Go where you can play. Then decide that you are to work on your defensive skills in the spare time that you have along with conditioning hitting ect the usual items you should work on.

My point is plan to work on these on your own or with a good coach since what I have seen in the summer leagues is there is not much coaching that goes along with it other than games.

Game time is great but sounds like you need the extra time on those defensive skills since you have made the switch.

only reps matter.

Take the ab's

Are you a baseball player or a baseball sitter unless you clapping from the dugout Ned's work too