NE exposure

You might want to try the Blue/Grey classic (impact sports), or the Lynn Invitational, both in the northeast.

Bristolcountyeagles

You also might contact the teams playing in tournaments at Diamond Nation to see if they need players, especially if your son is a pitcher.Teams playing at the Battle at the Border tournament
(http://www.pcbattleattheborder.com/) in June may also need additional players.

Perfect Game Sunshine Northeast is beginning of June. You can contact TRhit from here, his team plays throughout New England-Mid-Atlantic area and he may be able to help. Also, collegebaseballcamps might have a few p/c showcases in CT coming up.

Franklin Pierce University holds an exposure clinic in July. Several other colleges from New England are in attendance and the cost is reasonable.



FPU Clinic Brochure

The Franklin Pierce clinic was one of the worst I have seen.

There were about 120 players there. It is a moneymaker for the team.

They had the pitchers throw at 10:00 in the morning on the s****r field and then do fielding. A great deal of time was wasted as most of the players stood in the field while one player hit. Then there was more fielding.

The pitchers did not actually pitch until 5:00 in the afternoon. All the pitchers looked prety spent by the time they got to throw off the mound.

Showcases like the one at St Johns and Assumption are much better with games where the players can actually show how they play.

Can someone tell me where in Pennsylvania the "Atlantic 100" is and who is sponsoring it? I haven't heard of it.

BaseballByTheYard

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Can someone tell me where in Pennsylvania the "Atlantic 100" is and who is sponsoring it? I haven't heard of it.

BaseballByTheYard

Is it this?

http://www.allstarbaseballacad...showcases_top100.cfm

It sounds like Momof1b has the right one. The Mid Atlantic top 100 is a well attended showcase. I have had several friends whose sons have attended and have nothing but good things to say about it.

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RJM - If you have anyway to get him to the Yankees Area Code tryouts, they are another key place to get exposure. Besides the fact that they are free, the amount of scouts and the type end up being comparable to SelectFest (I can't compare to the Mid Atlantic Top 100 as my son did not attend). Best of luck to your son.

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RJM - If you have anyway to get him to the Yankees Area Code tryouts, they are another key place to get exposure. Besides the fact that they are free, the amount of scouts and the type end up being comparable to SelectFest (I can't compare to the Mid Atlantic Top 100 as my son did not attend). Best of luck to your son.

Aren't Area Code Tryouts/Games for Juniors Only?

RJM - There will be over 100 coaches at Headfirst on Long Island in August. I know a couple of kids who went to that showcase post graduation and entered school in January instead of September. Those kids are eligible for the spring. One is starting at short for his Centennial League team.

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Originally posted by birdman14:
RJM - If you have anyway to get him to the Yankees Area Code tryouts, they are another key place to get exposure. Besides the fact that they are free, the amount of scouts and the type end up being comparable to SelectFest (I can't compare to the Mid Atlantic Top 100 as my son did not attend). Best of luck to your son.

Aren't Area Code Tryouts/Games for Juniors Only?

I think you might be right. It would be something to check out if going a PG year. Not sure of that is the case here?

There are many ways to get exposure the best being, play on a quality summer team that plays in events that coaches attend. If you have interest in a specific school, call the coaches and ask which events they will be at. Just like a summer team, all colleges have set recruiting schedules for the summer.

PG showcases are still the best and I personally do not believe that over 100 schools attended this one event in LI. Selectfest has been a great event for years and the tournaments at Diamond Nation are growing in popularity amongst college coaches and teams. Have an idea of where your son fits academically first and foremost then on to evaluation as a player.

Area Code, ECP tryouts are free to the player and are very heavily scouted. They are invite only and every year there are a few underclassmen invited. It is very competitive but worth it if you can get that invite.

Showcases we have went to and felt were beneficial:

Perfect Game NE
Getmynameout.com showcase
UCONN Summer camp in July

Great to know about the UCONN Summer camp. My son was planning to attend that this year.

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Great to know about the UCONN Summer camp. My son was planning to attend that this year.

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Junior had a great time. Well worth the money. Getmynameout.com was a good value. There were about 30 scouts at the one we went to. Mostly D2, D3 and some D1's.

Perfect Game was more oriented towards higher level players in my opinion but still worth the experience.

Do you have a link to UConn's July camp? I searched their website but can't find it. Thanks.

http://www.getoffthebench.com/summerschool.html

This is the one my son is attending. It is run by Coach Penders from UCONN. Hope it helps