I am looking for a fall and summer team for 2020 and was wondering whether anyone has experience being from the Northeast and joining a team in the south for the summer? How the process works, etc?
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Are you an established, top shelf player with one of the top New England travel programs? Did you star in the ISL? Would a pro scout give you a recommendation? Are you a difference maker? Otherwise, why would a southern travel program want a northern player?
If the top teams in the south could identify you as a top player, I'm sure the top teams in the north would already know by now and you'd be playing for them. No need to go south, even the mediocre programs from the north make it down to Georgia and Fl 3 or 4x a year. Programs like Team Elite, 643 and East Cobb have 7-10 teams per age group. I'm sure one of them is willing to take your money, but why? If I'm correct you'll be a junior this fall. By next summer all the southern schools will have their 2021 classes filled. Unless you're trying to go lower level D1 or D3 in the south, it's not worth it. But at that point are you really going to fly down every weekend to get an offer from a Big South school? The airfare, cars and hotel rooms will negate the cost of any baseball scholarship.