JV TEAMS

Good question.   I'm not aware of any D1 schools that have a JV baseball program.

I don't think D1 schools have JV teams. I know that NAIA schools do.  I think it can be a good situation for some kids to play JV.  Especially if its play JV or not make the team.  One thing to consider is that playing on the JV team does count as a year of eligibility.

A good number of d3 teams have JV. They play a reduced schedule and sometimes it is used as an extended bullpen or mound time for varsity pitchers that have not gotten innings in. 

A local NAIA school in our area has a JV team with upwards of 40 kids on JV alone.

 

I know a young man who is going to attend this school and he talked to the coach. The coach said he see's him on JV the first year, and if he progresses and works hard he will have the opportunity to get on Varsity year 2.

 

I told him to go through several years of the JV roster and see how many move to Varsity. 

Here is a link to the NCAA Baseball website. It's easy to browse for schools. If there is a JV team, the roster would be listed.

 

ww.ncaa.com/sports/baseball/d1

http://www.ncaa.com/sports/baseball/d1

I'll bet it wasn't many. I'll bet the number was even smaller if they didn't make varsity soph year.

       
       

I looked at this tears and last years roster. JV had quite a few Juniors and Seniors. If those kids get much playing time, it is not a good sign, for the Freshman and Sophomores on the Jv roster.

I've seen JV teams at NAIA and D2 schools.  They are sometimes nothing more than a money maker for the school.  I know a guy who was the head coach at fairly successful NAIA school.  Part of the reason he left is the school required him to recruit for a JV team, even though he didn't want one.  It was rare that a kid recruited for the JV team was ever elevated to the varsity team.  The primary purpose of the JV team was to bolster enrollment and bring in tuition dollars.  I know a kid playing JV ball now who says it is essentially the same at his school.

 

I'm sure not all schools do this, but some definitely do.

I think it's something you would have to check out school by school. A NAIA school I used to live near and one of my HS teammates attended used their JV much like HS does. With the exception of absolute studs almost all freshmen and most sophomores played on JV. My ex teammate was a NAIA all american catcher. He spent two years on the JV. Why? Because the kid infront of him was a all american. The backup catcher on varsity was actually the number 3 catcher and the coach wanted his number two getting more reps. Like I said he used JV a lot like a HS coach does.

The NAIA school a friend of mine attended used its JV as basically club baseball to get more kids to come to the school.

I wouldn't definatley check out the history of the school in each case.