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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, it is a bummer that the team sports favors the bigger kids, at least once they get to be teenagers.  I have a very athletic kid who is one of the best on his soccer team and one of the better ones on his baseball team.  He is 9 and 4'2" and 55 lbs.

In soccer he is fast and agile and can and does score.  He plays wing or striker, depending on where the coach needs him.

In baseball he is currently playing mostly infield and he is a pretty good pitcher, at least at this level.  The bigger issue with the infield is that he is a lefty.  It's ok now because he is a good fielder with quick reflexes but it won't always be that way.  If he continues with baseball, he is going to have to rely on his speed and his arm to be an outfielder.  I'm pretty sure he isn't going to be tall enough to play first base.

He loves sports and is good at them but I worry when all the kids hit puberty.  We think he is also going to be a late bloomer in that area, so its going to be tough.

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Your kid is only 9, so just wait and see what happens.

On the plus side of being smaller when younger, is that we saw so many players where their only attribute was that they're big.  And they never really learned how to do anything properly.  It eventually gets to a point where those players can't keep up with the rest of the players and can't really do anything else.

At the middle school level, I was happy to see smaller players we knew make their teams.  I think those players were deserving due to their high skill and iq level.  I was kind of worried that they wouldn't get a fair opportunity due to their size but they all made it that year.

There was one player at sixth grade, who was on the smaller side but when we saw him the following year, he had a growth spurt and I hardly recognized him anymore.

So just wait and see what happens.

btw to answer OP's question, I would think in baseball size is less of a factor and knew some really good small players at the youth level.  I forget which MLB player said baseball is a sport where size doesn't matter.  And in basketball, I see smaller players wreck havoc on the court by being quick, aggressive and having a high basketball iq.  Always getting steals, always killing other teams with smart plays, etc.[/quote]

This is the OP of that post.  I hope you are right.  My son is adopted so we don’t know his genetics.  His birth mother is 5’0”, but so am I so any child I have would have small genetics. We don’t know anything else.
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NP here.  I feel compelled to respond to your post as a short adult adoptee who is also a parent to an adoptee as well as a baseball player (2 different kids)!

Your son has a lot going for him as a lefty pitcher! Coaches will love that. I also see a good number of 1B who are either average height or surprisingly actually on the short side. I'm talking about high school and travel ball, btw- clearly not the MLB!

PS- you never know about your son's height- genetics are funny like that![/quote]

Just to add..Georgetown Prep's best player from 2025 is a lefty pitcher who played on the USA Baseball 18U national team and will likely get drafted into the MLB.  He is over 6'0"...but not one of these 6'8" pitchers...I would say his like 6'1".

He is also adopted![/quote]

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