Yeah but he's not coaching. 3 teams per age and No confirmed coaches yet. |
The super early tryouts make some sense when a new team is spinning up. But an existing team? Sounds awful. |
Yup. Agreed. This could only work on a brand new team. And even then, it doesnt make much sense. I believe the PP who said they are are aware of some happening in VA, but I've never seen it (though I'm in MD) |
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But even for a new team, if there are kids that are joining the team, do they start attending practices with the new team, or finish out with their old season, is it only rec players switching to club so their season ends soon? I can't see it making ANY sense. Unless a team has lost a kid to injury or they've moved, i can't see any sense in holding tryouts in May |
I’m the poster who wrote about Metro Senators holding baseball tryouts already. So, yes, typically the way they hold tryouts is a source of stress for the families! However, while they say that each current kid has to try out again and that there are no guarantees, most kids make the team again. There are some who are “counseled out” so to speak and see the writing on the wall to not re-try out and a few who don’t receive offers to return. That has made for awkward times, as you say, with those players finishing out the season when they and Metro both know they are not returning. Metro teams typically play into late July or early August (too long, in my opinion) and for some teams, they won’t extend offers to current team members until their season is up. But they do ask if current players plan to return. So they are constantly hedging bets by holding numerous tryouts throughout the late spring/early summer until they feel they’ve constructed the team they want via new try outs and players who don’t decide to opt out of returning. Advanced Baseball in Burke is holding 13u/14u tryouts on May 9th at South County MS. |
^^ To add, the new team will not start practicing together until the fall season, so generally you’re not mixing new and old kids (but that has happened). |
What is his name? |
Rare that a kid wouldn't make his current team. |
That sounds absolutely horrible. I can't imagine "counseling out" a player but still expecting them to come to games/tournaments and perform their best. I would avoid those organizations at all costs. Again, maybe this is regional. But I'm pretty plugged in with southern PA and MD club baseball and haven't seen this |
I have not seen this is NOVA, but we are only first year 13U and then were with the same club for many years before that. People moved and I've seen 1 or 2 kids asked to move to a lower team, but sadly, they usually just quit. I have not heard of Advanced Baseball and I couldn't find them on game changer, and I don't think Metro Senators is that good, at least they weren't at 12U. |
Advanced Baseball is listed as AB Astros- Lare on GameChanger. The organization is newer to travel baseball, from my understanding, but they’ve been a long-time training facility and teams like the Burke Bulldogs trained there. |
You can find them on GC if you search prior seasons. Looks like they had teams 2021-2023, but can't find any active teams for spring or summer 2024. So maybe they are trying to form a brand-new team, which sort of makes sense. But its still weird to hold tryouts in May; you're only going to get the kids coming from rec. You won't get anyone that's currently on a club team |
AB Astros has a current 13u team this spring and last fall. They had what would now be a 15u team recently but it fell apart and they are not fielding a current 14u team. |
Thanks, I found them. I think we were at the same tournament last weekend. |