Hi, I recently graduated from high school and am going to a D1 school with a mid-major baseball program. As of right now, I am not on the baseball team, and I have a pretty unusual route that I traveled to even be inquiring about getting on the team. Here's my story, and I swear I am not a troll...
I played very competitive baseball from about 5th-8th grade. However, due to a variety of personal reasons, I did not play competitive baseball during my high school years, neither on my high school nor my club team. However, I recently began training my baseball skills again, and discovered that I have more talent than I thought. My best spot is as a lefty pitcher. Despite not really playing for 3+ years, during my first throwing session back I was in the 75 mph range with reasonable accuracy and also had a good breaking ball. There were a few things that still needed work, mainly my stamina (arm got tired pretty quickly), but I believe that if I continue to work out on a regular basis, by February (when the college baseball season starts) I think I should be able to throw in the 80s, and command my fastball, breaking ball, and changeup well. I am 6' 1" and 160, although I could probably put on more bulk once I start working out more.
My main question at this point though is, what the hell am I supposed to tell my college coaches??!! I have no stats or game video to go off of from the past 4 years, but based on what I've read on here, especially as a lefty, I think I may have the raw talent to at least walk on. My school also has a club team, should I try doing that for a while before trying to get on the varsity team? Or if I try to get on the varsity team now, how should I go about trying to prove my talent to them? Set up a tryout session of some sort?
I apologize for all the questions, but any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!