Hey guys, I'm a baseball player from the Lehigh Valley region in Pennsylvania and I have a slight dilemma and a question or two.
To start off I'm 5'9 / 5'10 and 125-130lbs. I'm doing all I can to gain weight but it's just not coming this is hurting my chances when it comes to baseball already. Both my freshman and sophomore years I was cut from my JV team because I was "too small" even though last year I went 20/20 in the cage (only one to do so) and threw strikes at a decent speed of 75-80 mph. Since then I've gained very little weight due to metabolism but have picked up a few MPH. Also due to my family's money situation I've not had the opportunity to play travel ball. I'm already discouraged when it comes to trying out this upcoming season because I feel like no matter what I do, the HS coaches will find a reason to cut me. It's very frusterating since everywhere I've played I've been told "You have what it takes" when it comes to playing some level of college baseball. When I was in 7th grade a college baseball coach walked up to my dad personally and told him that I was the best pitcher at the camp and that he could definitely see me playing division 2 or three college baseball. The past two seasons I've played in the local rec league which is believe it or not pretty talented and being one of the younger players in the league it presented a challenge. The past two seasons I've struck out 106 in 64 (35 in 29 innings and 71 in 35 innings) innings while only walking around 35-40.
Hitting wise, I'm not a power hitter by any means, I'm mostly a singles guy with some speed but I also draw tons of walks. My batting average has been around .350-.400 not totally sure but I've walked around 40 times each season.
Also my one teammate this past season who played rec ball and senior legion played one year of JV but got this past year and was still invited to two combines. The one thing which questions the legitimacy of my HS team as well is various players who are very good were cut while they took a 5'2 130 lb kid who did not play at all and apparently showed nothing throughout the season which makes no sense on the "too small" thing I was told when I was cut.
My question is if I get cut this season is my dream of playing some level of college baseball over?
Yeah if it is I'll be disappointed but some times things are not meant to be.
