So son 16U is choosing this year to play on a college showcase team that is very affordable. The coaches have an excellent reputation and college connections. The issue they are not playing that many games but practicing quite a bit in the fall and summer. My son is also doing an extensive baseball conditioning program which is fairly time consuming.
Also unless something drastically changes in HS there is a strong chance my son (sophomore) will be given the choice to play on JV as a starter or on varsity and never leave the bench. Son already told me he would choose varsity. We are not in a competitive league.
I had a discussion about my son with a well respected coach with about 30 years experience who said he definitely has the ability to play in college but he still needs development to see where he fits.
Son's aspirations are D3 somewhere in the Northeast or possibly competitive club ball at a local D1 known for its academics.
So I guess my question is do you think that playing only about 50 games for the entire year is enough at 16U. Most likely he would play in about half. I concerned mostly him still needing very much the development and reps especially with live pitching. He will however get a good amount of practice and does alot on his own.
In the past we had always sought out more in game reps because his teams practiced less.