2013 RHP Son battled a nagging shoulder injury all summer and velocity and performance suffered. With Dr's approval he tried to pitch through it as it was more of nagging pain/arm slot issue than a pull, tear or serious injury. Schools that were following him have moved on. There are still a few who have seen him pre injury that are still following him but nothing firm for now. Fall has been much better and velo is up but not back to where it was. He's 84-87 were it had been consistently 88-90. JUCO's are interested and calling quite a bit and he has a couple good offers.
As far as going to a JUCO is concerned what are the transfer rules? Can he attend and transfer after first year? Could he even transfer at the semester of his first year before baseball even starts? He has a 3.0+ GPA and a high 20's ACT. I know this sounds not fair to the JUCO's but they have told him that they understand his situation and would not have a problem if he did decide to transfer.
At this time last year he was in PG's top 250 for 2013 with a 9 showcase rating and reciveing lots of interest and invitations for Junior Days to Big 12, ACC and SEC schools and now he's looking at JUCO. Very discouraging that schools that have seen him pitch well and light it up just kind of turn their back and move on.
A couple of Mo Valley schools who know him and are still following him (and where he would love to go) have told him they want to see where he is at after a winter break and see if he can get his mojo back for his senior year. They claim that they always have spots open up and always have a couple of late signees??? So I guess where he's leaning at is to sign with a JUCO now and hope that he can still get into a four year school later. Again the JUCO's have told him that this is OK with them and is permissable and that a JUCO signing is not binding if an NCAA School offered later. This is all new to us and would appreciate any help.
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