I am new to High School baseball as I was not blessed with the athletic talent that my son has so pardon my ignornace here. My son made his JV team and and they use him to exclusively pitch. He pitches almost every game as a closer and has an exceptional record so far with a couple of tough saves so he is doing really well in that role. My concern is whether this is also a disadvantage to him. He is a very good fielder, has primarily played SS, 2B, CF on his select teams and very athletic, his weakness is batting and typically falls middle of the road on team stats- this is something that we have worked on for years that he has never been consistently good or bad at. When he has played a position, which has only been a couple of innings this season, he has played 3B. My question is should we worry about him pitching only at such a age (14)? Or just enjoy his success so far as a pitcher and "roll with it."
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