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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]D1 Baseball is going to DRAMATICALLY change.

It has been that you could be on a college baseball team for five years total and compete for 4 of those years. JUCO (junior college /community college) counted for two years. So students who went to JUCO and played from  typically 18-20 would then transfer and play in a D1 school from around 20-22/23. '

Due to a recent court case it looks like JUCO is  NOT going to affect D1 NCAA eligibility. So students can play for two years at a JUCO (18-20), redshirt for a year at a D1 (age 21) then play for four more years 22-26.  At the end of any of those years this player would be draft eligible!

So your 18 year old is going to be competing for roster spots with 20-21 year olds. Hmm, who do you think is getting the spot?

So you need to start asking how tall your kid is going to be at 18, are they going to have completely grown and filled out?

So if you think your kid is really going to go D1 and you aren't knowledgeable about baseball, odds are that isn't going to happen. 
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My DS just graduated from college where he was on a top ranked D3 baseball team.  His team was nationally ranked for most of his 4 years.  They played in the post season for 3 of his four years.  Why am I telling you this?  1/3 of the starting roster were D1 "drop downs."  Guys who had signed and showed up to D1 schools when they were freshman.  Two lasted a full year at their D1 and actually saw some playing time (an inning or two when their team was in a blow out.). The third guy never saw the field.  We had another D1 drop down (a pitcher) who was expected to play but got injured very early in the season and had TJ surgery.  Had he been healthy, he probably would have been our #1 pitcher.  He transferred into the school in January after he was cut after his freshman fall season.  We also had two D2 drop downs.  One of our sophomore pitchers has entered the transfer portal to see if any gets any interest.  He had a fantastic season and is big - over 6'3".  When our team played, he definitely was bigger than most of the other pitchers the team faced.

College sports have changed dramatically with the immediate play rule change.  Now guys jump schools every year.  If they don't get enough playing  time, they drop down to a lower level school - either same level (D1) but from a Power 5 school to a low mid major.  Or D1 to D2 or D3.  Or they are studs in their current home and move up:  again from a mid major to Power 5.  Or D2 or D3 to D1.  I've also heard that JUCOs are becoming even more competitive.

It is becoming really difficult for a good athlete to get recruited as a freshman and stay and play at a D1 school.  College coaches can get guys who have college playing experience and they play immediately.  Their job is to win and they'd rather fill their team with guys who have played college ball, who understand the commitment (Baseball, school, social life) than an unknown freshman.  Ivy League and the military academies are probably the only schools that are immune from the movement.  [/quote]

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