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My 2016 son just finished his Freshman season where he played the entire season on the Varsity team. He had limited time at the start of the season but by the middle he was the starting 3b and played every inning all the way through. He is still only 14 and was facing mostly upperclassman pitchers so his batting ave. was pretty low (.152) but his OBP was decent (3rd on the team at .350). He had some positives 7 for 7 sac bunts, hit by pitch 7 times, 7 walks in 67 plate appearances. So my question is should these stats be included in sites like berecruited or left off until he gets older?
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Hi Joel,

Leave them off.  In fact, I'm not sure its such a great idea to have a berecruited type website as a freshman unless he is a true standout among his piers regionally (not just locally).  He is likely to show a lot better in a year or so. 

 

Additionally, there will never be a time when anyone recruiting your son will want to see the type of detail-level stats you are stating.  Just top-level highlights.  While the high % of successful sacs and lots of HBPs may have helped your HS team, its not something a recruiter will care about.  In fact, stats in general will most likely take a distant back seat to the eyeball test when your son is older and has earned his way to the right events where the owners of those eyeballs will be in attendance.

They'll be looking for speed, arm strength/velocity, power, pure hitting ability against top level pitching, mental strength, clean mechanics, projectability, someone who is a gamer and ignores whether he is playing against upperclassmen or not, etc.

 

Also, PLEASE don't forget to enjoy and appreciate the HS years and allow your son to do the same. 

Your son is at a very good age for benefiting from what HSBBW has to offer... hang around a while.  For now, his focus should be on honing his skills and maximizing his athletic potential as well as helping his team win any way he can.  If he wants to help his recruiting cause, have him start figuring out what his interests are aside from baseball so he'll have a better chance of narrowing his school search when the time comes.  And don't forget the grades.  There's far more academic $$ available than baseball $$. 

Last edited by cabbagedad

Joel,

 

I’ve put together packages of historical stats for several players so they could give them to potential recruiters, and I’ve done it both ways. The trick is to make sure to segregate them from the total so the person looking can tell which were made and the general level of competition, But to be honest, most don’t give much of a rat’s patoo what a kid does until becomes a regular starter on a team equivalent to a HS varsity team.

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