I could really use some advice/assistance from anyone who had been down this road or has knowledge. My son, after four years in a Northeast Division I program during which he amassed excellent stats and a number of awards,was not drafted.
He received interest from a number of teams and was invited to one pre-draft tryout where he was told that "they had him being drafted".
He sat in front of the computer for hours and last weekend was a difficult one in our home.
Baseball has really been his life for 18 years and he has worked hard, sacrificed much and achieved substantially. He is getting past the disappointment and personal feeling of rejection and confusion and wants to play more.
My question is what's the best way to get attention as a possible free agent signing and is an independent league a likely occurence at this point in the season?
He has reached out to a Frontier League team that had communicated with him earlier in the event that he was not drafted. He has also contacted a number of the independent leagues to providing them with his baseball bio and info sheet on awards won, etc.
The same scout who led him to believe he would be drafted told my son that he would contact him about free agent openings, even with other organizations, and try to hook him up with an independent team if need be. On Saturday, my son decided to contact him rather than wait, but only left a vioce mail with no return call yet.
Would engaging an agent help in this process? Any other steps people can recommend?
Thanks for bearing with me.
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