Have a question - has do you balance "silence" with productive discussion of skills and maybe get some insight into where other parents see their kids fitting in at the next level. As I have said before, I am now comfortable saying that 2017 can play at the next level, however the range at the next level is quite large. I'm not talking about the one sided discussion where you simply gush on about your son's abilties, but rather how do you lay out all the positives without sounding like "that" dad?
I have my standard story when it comes to non-baseball folks (along the lines of "he just seems to keep getting a little better so we'll just have to see where he ends up"). Had a short discussion over the phone with a local JC coach (he was calling to confirm attendance at a local event) several weeks back and found myself rather uncomfortable in trying to outline 2017 abilities as I kept thinking the coach was tired of hearing these stories. I probably undersold 2017. In this case, the coach was able to see 2017 in action, but I keep thinking about discussions I might have with a baseball educated "stranger" and how would I realistically outline abilities to possibly get some realistic feedback from "stranger" without him ever setting eyes on 2017.
