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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Slightly OT, but how competitive is HS baseball these days?  I remember when I played HS baseball 30 years ago, it was competitive, but travel was definitely required to make the team. Travel itself was actually much less of a thing.

I guess what I'm asking, is if you don't play travel, is there a remote shot at making a HS team?  Or is the talent just that good/deep today?[/quote]

Totally depends on the size of the school and whether they field a freshman team or “JVB” team (along with JV and varsity).

Our HS is huge, and fields 3 teams (JV varsity and a freshman team) which lets some kids play for a bit longer. Generally a kid will need to have played travel ball to even make the freshman team.

At a small local private school, there aren’t even tryouts for baseball. They take everyone (although some may not see playing time in games).

At a smaller local public district, the baseball teams are significantly easier to make- just due to lower numbers trying out. [/quote]

There are more HS teams in the DMV than there are travel teams, so there will always be HS programs that aren't as competitive.  It's just a numbers issue.  But there are some areas where there are concentrations of travel teams that flip this calculus. Where that happens making the HS team is usually a lot more competitive.  HS baseball 30 years ago was fed much more by the local league system where almost every community had a program through at least U14, and if you lived in an area with a good local league then your HS was usually very competitive.[/quote]

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