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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]My unpopular opinion is that it doesn't matter what team you play on. 
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D1 level talent for baseball is either you have it or you don't.

Also, I hope your kid has some size to him. College coaches love big kids. I've seen some undersized kids get pushed aside for some 6'0+ kid who lacked skills but had athleticism. Coaches think they can fix the skills but you can't fix athletic ability. [/quote]

I kind of understand what you are saying, but you need to play on a team that has some D1 relationships.  A D1 coach won't just randomly decide to attend a local tournament where they never recruit anyone and then "discover" you, nor will they happen upon a random Twitter feed on your kid.  They need some college coach that they respect to get your kid on their radar.

Certainly if you play for SJC, then your HS and Travel team are one-and-the same (for the most part) which makes life kind of easy.

To answer OP's question, here are teams to think about...BTW, I wouldn't worry about these teams until at the earliest Summer after Freshman year (15U)...but you can even skip that too and consider starting on the Summer 16u team, or start Fall of your sophomore year to get acclimated to the program:

Mid-Atlantic Red Sox (current 2025 HS graduates include WV, NC State, 2 UMD (one likely to be a high MLB draft pick), 1 UCF, 1 Upenn, 1 UMBC, and like 3 other D1 recruits...nearly all other kids are D2 or D3 recruits)...Mid-Atlantic Red Sox only have 1 team per age group which makes like simple; and
Richmond Braves National Team (Richmond Braves have many teams for each age group...only the National team is worthwhile)

These teams don't practice, and will pull kids from all over the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast...they will expect you to train/practice on your own.  That's fairly typical for these teams that get a bunch of kids recruited to D1.[/quote]

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