What to do?

You will never increase your opportunity to pitch if you do not accept the opportunity to be on the team. If you close this door it may not open again.

Accept the opportunity and work your butt off to become a valuable component of the team.

Absolutely stay on the team! Pitch, work hard and see what happens....maybe it'll "click" for you this year, next year, or in 3 years but make them kick you out of the game!!

This young man did not make the team last year as a junior.

Perhaps he just does not have the talent. Throwing in the low 70's does not bode well, even for a LHP

Still can become a better human being by being a member of a team and working hard.

Beats hanging out at the mall everyday.

He has to make the team and he did not make it last year

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Talked with the coach and he said if i made it and possibilty only pitch an inning the whole season would I be happy.

Sounds like the coach has layed it out there for you.

Maybe suggest you would be happy in a role as the team's LOOGY.

Good Luck

The difference between being the ace and taking up space is one injury....tendonitis, rolled ankle..who knows but it happens every year. The bigger question is "are you prepared to put in the effort over the winter to advance your game and challenge the other guys?". Keep in mind the #2 is probably working just as hard, so you have to outwork him, and the #3 and so on.....On the first day of practice you will have your opportunity to show what you got....it's up to you whether that is what you got in Fall Ball, or whether it is something much more. My two cents...work your tail off and you got nothing to lose.

First you need to answer that question.

Sounds like a very steep path you're choosing, but it doesn't mean that it can't be done. As most of the folks have said here, if you can make the commitment to work your rear end off, you may get a shot. I would be curious, though, about the number of seniors that were in front of you last year. Did your competition graduate, or is it in your grade?

To tell you a quick story, four or five years ago, my son's high school team had a lefty (pretty good stuff, but lost the strike zone on occasion) that pitched all of three innings his senior year. He wasn't a soft thrower, but he wasn't going to overpower anyone (basically lived off a 12-6 curveball).

He went to the Juco my son ultimately attended and became a reliable innings eater in his sophomore year (including no-hitting one of the weaker teams in that conference). Injuries ended his career, but he can be proud of the fact that he went out there and competed. If you have your eyes open and you are ready for that kind of challenge, then I think you should have at it. I mean, what do you have to lose?