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DP - Where are these serious HS baseball players who don’t devote an ungodly amount of time to baseball in the off season? Which HS are you at?[/quote]
You don't need to dedicate massive amounts of time to baseball. Not even pros practice year around.

The truth about baseball and other sports is that your genetics and god given traits determine how good you're going to be. Life would be much better for kids and parents if everyone just accepted that you can't work your way to being a D1 Athlete. Rudy was a Disney movie and not real life.[/quote]

This is a silly comment.  Corona HS in CA is the #1 baseball team in the country and they have two kids that will be drafted in the 1st and 2nd round of the MLB.  The other starting 7 are all D1.

Those kids work their asses off and play for the BPA travel team in the offseason.

What kids in any sport aren’t “working” and playing for a Power 4 D1?

BTW, Trevor Bauer who is also an MLB pitcher admitted he is a terrible athlete.  He did a general workout for an MLB team and the person running the workout said his general athletic stats (running speed, vertical leap, etc) were about what a 50 year old rec player would produce.  [/quote]
Read my post again. Pros don't practice year around. Why does anyone think a 15 year old kid needs to practice more than a pro ball player?

The rest of your post if just nonsense. Stop drinking the travel ball kool-aid. You want to hear the hard truth? [b]The two draft picks will probably never see any playing time in a MLB game and will never make a pro roster.[/b] The other 7 "D1" recruits? Statistically, 6 out 7 of them are unlikely to get college playing time. They may make a D1 roster but will never see the field and will transfer to a JUCO and/or quit baseball. Playing baseball against 15-18 year old kids is wildly different than playing against college students who are fully grown men. The average D1 college player is probably 70 lbs heavier and way faster than the average high school Varsity player.

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Why do you even try to comment?  60% of all first-round MLB draft picks get called up.  48% of all 2nd round draft picks get called up.

One of these kids is one of the top 30 baseball players in the world according to the MLB.  The kid will receive anywhere from a $4MM to $10MM signing bonus depending on exactly where he is drafted.

The Corona HS team isn't filled with average HS players...it is filled with kids that again are better than nearly every college player (hence why they are getting drafted to the pros in the first and second rounds direct from HS) and are expected to be starters as Freshmen, or at worst sophomores.

Your "hard truths" are completely pulled out of your ass.  Again, why are you bothering to comment?[/quote]

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