Winning the starting job

futurecatcher - Sounds like you're enthusiastic about your season and that's a great start! I would caution you to never "assume" that you've got the starting anything. Always play and practice like you think you don't. Be respectful of coaches and teammates. While you may hear that HS stats aren't heavily valued, I think that's by colleges. Your coaches are going to care who can hit, who can support their teammates when they're down, who can lead on and off the field, who can perform in the classroom, who can make their throws to second, etc.

Best of luck to you this spring and I'm sure you'll get some very valuable insight by hanging around here some.

thanks

I found a system in which I can start and be succesful,its just a matter of capitalizing

My son was a freshman last year and going into tryouts thought he was going to be on the varsity team, he thought he had played well enough in the fall to win the coaches over.. Well he was initially put on the JV because the varsity had 1 sr catcher and 2 junior catchers, he wasnt happy but he didnt give up. One junior catcher had arm problems and one didnt have the grades.

Before the first game of the season my son was practicing with the varsity and by the third game had taken the spot from the senior. He responded by leading the team in hitting and voted the rookie of the year and MVP by the coaches. Even with all that he did last year he will have to fight for his job this year. Nothing is guaranteed in HS baseball, you have to earn it all.

Future:
You are same age and position as my son, who is in a very similar circumstance.

My son has a senior catcher in front of him. My advice to him if he wants to make varsity: they will find a position for the best nine bats.

All I can do is what Ive been doing.Hitting the weights and busting my tail every time out.Exciting and scary at the same time