To sign or wait.

Kisling,
I don't think anyone can tell you what to do.

However, I know if it were my son and he was going to sign, for the sake of signing, I would advise him not to.

Just because your velocity has improved doesn't always mean more opportunities. You have to decide if this is the right place for you, with or without baseball.

If you decide not to sign, you need to get out and be seen more this year, contact schools, be proactive. If you don't want to take that challenge, do the work that has to be done, then sign.

Maybe some of the coaches reading this up your way can give you better advice.

Kisling,

If a D1 school is "very interested", I would not take that lightly.

I think this board sometimes creates the misconceptions that every ball player has dozens of offers to consider, the luxury of musing over those offers until they are all in and then make a decision.

That ain't the case in the vast majority of situations.

And, TPM, is right, those offers are generated, many times, as a result of the ball players efforts.


The D1 is showing relatively early interest,and with your indecision, could move on.

If there are uncertainities in your thoughts about the D1 school, maybe you should wait.

But, if the D1 "seems right", then it might be, and you should be prepared to move quickly.

If you snooze you might lose.

kisling

What other interest have you had that has been sincere?

You never want to sign for the sake of signing---if you throw as you say you do there should be more colleges interested in you especially here in the Northeast---

I personally don't think that most recruits have dozens of offers to consider. It's the right offer that counts, whether it is 1 or 12. I strongly believe that the recruit should dictate his choice by having other schools to compare it with. For some reason recruits and their families believe if an offer comes through, it might be the only one he will ever get.
If the player makes an effort to do what's needed to have opportunities and nothing comes along, I can understand. It's fall, lots of things happen up until the next signing period.

Kisling has not indicated other interest he has had, just wanted to know whether he should consider this school that has shown interest.

By all means YES, is my answer, but only IF he feels it is right, which I get vibes it's not. Just because it is a D1 school does not mean it's right (a large misconception here that D1 schools are the best).

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Just because it is a D1 school does not mean it's right (a large misconception here that D1 schools are the best).

I think so too, TPM.

Sage advice from all the above.

You have to ask yourself where do you want to get an education in your academic area of interest, where would you like to play baseball (program fit), and which school/community offers the environment you're looking for as your overall college experience. The size of any potential scholarship $$$ really has to be looked at within the context of the first three criteria. I.e., if you were offered a full ride to a school you didn't like, would you take it versus if you were offered only books and a preferred walk-on at your dream school would you sign there? Remember that it's not about bragging rights ... it's about the life experience you will have.

Plenty of quality players sign late, though it's a little more dependent upon late changes in a program's roster and recruits (e.g., players become academically ineligible, decide to transfer, college JRs get drafted, committed HS recruits get drafted, etc.) that open up late roster slots.

Simply put: if you get an early offer from a school that has everything you're looking for and is a great fit overall, sign and don't look back, just enjoy your senior HS season; if you're a quality player in both makeup and skills that doesn't sign early and you have a great senior season ... colleges will still come knocking.

I have seen the right offer come in the middle of summer as well as see the right fit happen for early signing in November

This past year we had more early signings than normal but we also had more kids sign later than usual

You never want to sign for the sake of just signing ---that is a HUGE MISTAKE

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Sage advice defined....

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You never want to sign for the sake of just signing...

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You have to ask yourself where do you want to get an education in your academic area of interest, where would you like to play baseball (program fit), and which school/community offers the environment you're looking for as your overall college experience.

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this is something i've always wondered about. If you normally gain a respectable amount of velocity on your fastball each winter, and for example me being on the borderline of D-II/D-I, wouldn't waiting prove to be smarter because you'd be throwing harder in the spring and be able to field better offers from better schools?

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this is something i've always wondered about. If you normally gain a respectable amount of velocity on your fastball each winter, and for example me being on the borderline of D-II/D-I, wouldn't waiting prove to be smarter because you'd be throwing harder in the spring and be able to field better offers from better schools?

Provi Celtics 08. You may be correct in your way of thinking but many will argue that way of thinking..
#1 you assume greater velocity is better and many will argue that.
#2 You assume a D-1 is better than a D-2 and many will argue that.

Provi,
You seem to relate throwing harder to getting better offers. How much more velocity do you think one would gain that would make a difference? Some pitchers gain, some don't, some start off with less, end with more, vice versa.
There's a lot more coaches look for than 1 or 2 more mph on the gun.
The whole idea is to find the school and program you are comfortable with regardless of whether your top velocity is 82 or 92, D1,D2,D3, JUCO, etc.

Kisling, what you need to remember is what i sbest for you. Not only are you going to play baseball but you need to consider the education that will follow. Baseball is a brief accomplishment but a quality education will stay with you forever.