Just Thinking

Great post,my son is a tool all the time i just don't know which one on any given day LOL.Actually he's a good kid, OK student,and 3.5 tool player.

While I don't always agree with you, some of the above I do, especially about not being so uptight about things you have no control over.

Every situation is different, and everyone should understand what's ahead of them when making a decision. If a player wants to work their butt off to get the schollie from the D1 he dreamed of playing for,when he may or not be D1 material, that's his decision. If a player wants to work his butt off to get drafted out of HS only to find out that the round he is drafted in isn't what he thought it would be so he's off to college anyway, that's his decision also.

In the end, you got to do what you got to do (legally I hope) to prove yourself right and others wrong or just to reach your goal. But in the end, only that person will be in the situation to say, I made the right decision, or I made the wrong one and live up to that decision. That doesn't apply to just baseball, but everything you do in life.

JMO.

Help; can you describe what 5 tools means I know speed, arm strength others are?

Thanks

I realized I was getting a little nutz over some conflicting advice.

Especially - your son has to work baseball 100% vs, you son needs to play baseball, giving it 100%.

He is definitely the second. His speed is not, um, shall we say, quick. Fielding and Hitting have landed him starting positions consistently. Arm strength and accuracy are his strongest suit. I need to sit back and relax - he is only a hs freshman!

the five tools:

speed, hit for average, hit for power, arm, fielding.

someone will probably give you a more complete answer.

I think that one's perspective and where they are in life affects how they look at this question. I know I stressed much more than I should have when son was going through the recruiting stuff. However, that was then and now is now. I didn't know then what I know now, so looking back with hindsight is much easier.

I was at the pediatrician with my daughter a couple of years ago and made a comment to our pediatrician about "how can you work with all these new parents that think every new thing is the first time you've seen it or every time they spit up, they should call the dr., etc.". He said "we've all been there at some point or another. Yes, we have. When we're beyond a certain point of some journey and have the wisdom it provided, it's easy for us to say something is too much, etc.