When to send intro letters?

I would say send the intro letters after you have become a significant contributor on your high school varsity team. They cannot respond, except with camp invites.

Welcome Alex! I grew up in Blacksburg, VA (if thats where you're from). Great place to grow up!

I agree with the advice Lefty's Dad gave to you. If you had a fantastic freshman year on varsity, go ahead and send them...but as he says, they can't do a whole lotta responding for now. Your letters will go into their files.

Through 2 sons who play or played D1 college baseball, we started the contact activity early in the Fall of their Junior year in HS. Some schools did know about them before that, but they just communicated with their coaches at that time...seeking HS coaches' opinions, etc... There was no huge reason for our sons to be involved in that so early in the process. We kept their heads down and focused on becoming better at the game.

For now, I would focus on doing everything I could to making your HS varsity team as a sophomore, getting onto a good travel team for next summer...but most importantly on working on your game this off-season. Reps, reps, reps...for hitters. Mechanics and command of pitches for pitchers. All with a reputable instructor if you can afford it.

Best of luck!

Great to see you here, Alex! You're to be commended for taking the initiative for your recruiting process as you have.

You've already received very good advice here. Something else to keep in mind: As you begin communicating with coaches, one of their first questions will likely be about your grades. After all, this is college we're talking about, and you can't play at a school if you can't meet the relevant admissions standards. Every one of those coaches will tell you how terrific it is to recruit a player who readily qualifies, and every one will have their share of horror stories about players who never got the opportunity to play for them because they hadn't put the necessary effort in academically.

Best of luck to you!

Great advice everyone! I love how helpful everyone is on this site!

I agree with all the posts here. Same experience I had with my son. Fall of junior year is a good time to start contacting the coaches. And always: grades, grades, grades.