Soph. in HS - question

Assuming he fully recovers, the fact he has no statistical paper trail from his freshman season and this summer shouldn't matter at all. Stats are almost immaterial. College coaches want to see him play.

It seems as if you are focused on stats. At least for the recruiting process, don't be.

And if he is healthy now, there should be zero impact from the fact his injury kept him from playing these last few months.

I agree with Rob. Not having freshman stats means nothing and HS stats don't mean all that much. People will be more impressed with how he looks obtaning stats than the stats themselves.

IMO the most important year is Junior year. Have him ready to be at his best then. Don't rush things!

Thanks Rob and fillsfan, much appreciated! We are going this fall to the PG Underclass in Ft.Myers plus to a Wake Forest tournament and a couple in the Indiana area, Valpo college and U.of Indianpolis. Hope this jumps starts his new lease on playing baseball.

Eric, just like they said above, do NOT get caught up in stats. It will drive you crazy and eventually you will pound it in your son's head by your actions (verbal and nonverbal) that stat's are all that matters. They're not kidding when they tell you that HS stats don't mean a hill of beans to college coaches. It/they only mean you are a player. What they want to see is your son participate in a showcase/tournament and show those skills. They might contact the HS coach to discuss coachability, attitude, work ethic, etc. but that's about it.

Trust me when I tell you to PLEASE take a deep breath and relax the next 3yrs of HS ball. In a flash it will be over and you will want to look back and know you enjoyed watching him on the field playing rather than keeping up a pointless stat book!

I agree with everyone that High Stats/Summer stats do not mean much and that College coaches want to see them play...


However why is it every college coach that has sent communciation to my son asks him to fill out their questionnaire that ask for their Stats????

Dad43:

Let me put it this way: HS stats can be used like a correlation coefficient in regression analysis. Not to get too geeky, but if A and B are correlated, you can't conclude that A caused B, because correlation doesn't prove causality. But if A and B are NOT correlated, you can certainly conclude that A DOESN'T cause B.

Same with HS stats. If Johnny has great hitting stats in HS, it doesn't necessarily mean he can hit in D1 college. But if Johnny has lousy hitting stats in HS, it is pretty darn sure he can't hit in college.

So college questionnaires ask for HS stats because they will afford recruiters the chance to screen out some players.

ROB

I undertand your point but if Player A plays for a large classification school and faces strong competetion and bats .280 and Player B plays for a smaller classification school and faces weaker competetion .350

Does that mean the .350 hitter will be a better college hitter than the .280 hitter?

Maybe you already answered this with the Regression analysis explanantion.....when they started to use regression analysis in Math I switched to history

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Does that mean the .350 hitter will be a better college hitter than the .280 hitter?

Of course not. But it is entirely possible that neither would be able to hit a lick in college.

Early rounder from our strong HS league is hitting under the Mendoza line in pro ball. Kid from the same team who was probably drafted only because they saw him while watching the early rounder is approaching .300 in the same league.

No way to predict with any certainty.

Unless he is on Varsity none of his stats matter anyway