Northwood League

Why do you ask? The President is a friend. Each team averages over 5,000 per game.

a franchise is valued at $1 million. Minor League baseball. Now.

Bob

My son was invited to be on one of the teams next summer

MikeVT,

Yes, my son played in that league for a summer.  I would say it's one of the best in the country, particularly in terms of competition and number of games played.  They play a lot of games and there's very few days off and there's a lot of travel time.  So the caveat here is that there's very little time a player has for any kind of practice development.  Because the teams have games virtually every day and with the travel that they do, players get a very good idea of what it can be like playing in the Milb.

I was hoping that my son would have an opportunity to work with high level pitching coaches. Unfortunately it sounds like there is no time for that. That is a concern. I guess any league would have the same situation I'm guessing. 

To some extent, yes.  With regard to other leagues a lot depends on the particular team and who's coaching.  You just don't get much in the way of much personal coaching.   There's little time for it when you have a 72+ game schedule at Northwoods or even the 44+ game schedule at Cape Cod (note that Northwoods schedule starts about a week earlier than the Cape and also ends later than at the Cape). 

The year after my son went to the Northwoods League he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League where it's pretty much the other end of the spectrum in terms of number of games played, travel time and days off.  And the coach for son's team at the Cap did take some time to help players with some personal coaching.

If one needs further focus on development, going off to a summer team may not make the most sense.   Though keep in mind that it's not uncommon for a pitcher to not participate for the whole summer schedule (something one would want to talk to the team's coach about).

PS: other leagues will have number of games scheduled somewhere between the two I've mentioned.

Mike;

teach your son to teach himself. One of our Goodwill Series alumni, a LHP from a Major College program has the option of Cape Code or Northwoods League.

The LHP  can teach himself. I prefer the Northwoods League, because it will prepare the young man for pro baseball NOW! He will thrive on 5,000 attendance per game.

Bob