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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]
The OP's son is a freshman. It doesn't matter.

If he is a true D1 talent then it will be obvious and a high level org will try and recruit him. 99.5% of freshman travel ball players aren't D1 talents so OP should proceed accordingly.  [/quote]

Is this even remotely true?  Were ALL D1 baseball players actively recruited by a high level travel organization while in high school?

I find that incredibly hard to believe, but I would absolutely love to see your data!  Along with your definition of “high level org” while we’re at it…[/quote]

Power 4 D1 players will find their way onto these teams.

It’s different for other D1 levels and there is a fairly clear differential in the average talent level of a Power 4 team vs a Fordham or Farleigh Dickinson D1.[/quote]

Were ALL Power 4 D1 players on one of these teams?  I really would love to see the actual numbers on this.[/quote]

Usually at some point…but it is possible to take a very focused D1 approach.

There are a couple of kids that are D1 commits to Georgetown and UMD that play for top DMV high school teams (one is SJC).

Those players have HS coaches that are very well known (and SJC has its own Cadets program) and there are multiple opportunities for UMD and Georgetown to see them locally.

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So just take your word for it?  No actual data?[/quote]

I was supporting your assertion that not all kids play on these national travel teams.

There is no definitive information…Google AI says that 90% of Power 4 coaches find their players through relationships with travel coaches.

If you play for Corona high school in CA that has 3 kids expected to go first round in the MLB draft this Summer than you probably could get recruited by just playing for your high school team…but of course you would have to somehow make the varsity team without playing for an elite club team.

Those 3 kids play for BPA which is the #1 ranked travel team in the country for 2025s.[/quote]

It’s amazing that SJC finished higher ranked than Corona in several polls.  I don’t know how cold weather schools can come close to competing in baseball with TX, FL, and CA schools. But somehow they do it almost every year.  Impressive. [/quote]

I don’t see SJC ranked higher than Corona anywhere…what poll has them higher?

Highest I saw SJC was #5 and Corona isn’t ranked lower than #3.[/quote]

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