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TBH, I'm not really sure Stanford gives a kid a feel for d1 life, other than suffering long, tiring days. If the schools are there that your son wants to be seen by, and those schools think he's bona fide d1, then the exposure couldn't hurt, I guess. I doubt the pitching will be on the same level he'd see at PG events, though. Stanford pitching was mid- to high 80s at best.

Full disclosure: my boys never went to a PG event because they were not dudes on the ball field.  Dudes at the prom, yes, but not on Elysian Fields.  I'm not familiar with I-95.

I would suggest it is time for him to create a list of schools to target that fit his athletic and academic profile.  Reach out to these coaches and share his summer tournament schedule.  There's not really a need to go to a camp unless a coach is showing specific interest and asks him to go.

@Smitty28 posted:

I would suggest it is time for him to create a list of schools to target that fit his athletic and academic profile.  Reach out to these coaches and share his summer tournament schedule.  There's not really a need to go to a camp unless a coach is showing specific interest and asks him to go.

The website Keep Playing Baseball  is a good resource for planning.

The best camp we ever went to was Vanderbilt.  It’s not even close. Corbin is an an amazing coach and motivator. The camp is run down to the minute. We went twice and it was impressive both times. My son was recruited by them, but went with a friend that was not, and they say the same thing.  There are 12-15 other coaches there that help to run it, so exposure is also good.

I'd focus on strength, speed, the bat, and enjoy the heck out of playing spring Varsity ball as a Soph!  Then he'll be prepared for summer club ball.  This will dictate if he wants to play during the Fall '22 season.  If he's truly interested in playing college ball talk to his club coaches about the summer tournament venues the team will be playing in....lots of looks if playing well.

Concurring with Smoke with regard to Stanford with it not being a D1 experience.  If you're not local to the Stanford area why incur the cost if not thinking higher academic schools.  If you're local that's different because there are a lot of west coast schools of all levels.

Playing in those big PG tournaments will give him a sense of his ability and possible looks.  And there will be lots of coaches roaming around!

IF he does reconsider a higher academic school, attending a two day Ivy camp in late summer early fall is a great resource.  There will be plent of other coaches help run the camp as well. 

For my 2022, showcases were limited help. He did well in them and used the videos to get in contact with HA schools he was interested in. He did the I95 during the pandemic, no schools were allowed to attend so they just provided videos and sent them to all the schools they have connection with. The metrics were taken with a stop watch and radar gun. In retrospect, it was the best they could given the circumstances, it didn't help his recruiting, but it was fun to have tape of him dropping tanks in a minor league stadium. His travel program and attending the camps at the schools he was interested did the most with his recruitment. Your kid should use the off season get bigger, faster stronger unless he is top prospect  then more exposure is better. Also, what schools does your kid want to attend? High Academic? the recruitment timeline is different with those schools