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The 2024 high school regular season in most states is winding down and getting into playoff mode. Whether you are a 2027, 2026, or a 2025 grad, there is no substitute for producing a quality body of work to present to college coaches as you head towards the summer baseball circuit.
The 2027 class that was fortunate to get some varisty time as a freshman and will obviously get a pass for possibly not putting up ideal numbers as they can be as much as five years younger than some of their own teammates and opponents. It takes some unique circumstances and opportunities for these young players to even get that opportunity. For those in the 2026/2025 classes, a solid body of work holds some more weight.
Think of the components of a sandwich. The meat/middle is the summer travel circuit (when most, if not all, of the evaluation process takes place) and the two pieces of bread being the high school season. It is always best when one complements the other. The high school season in most cases will resemble more of what the college season is about. Competing over a longer period of time for the purposes of winning as a team. Hopefully you were able to have a positive impact for your high school program.
The high school season production then becomes a conduit of the summer season. High school season statistics are a very relative component of the evaluation process. The reason for this is that there is no way to make a comparison of two players by their high school statistics alone because of the varying competition levels across the country. In addition, some of the higher-profile high school programs will play a more difficult and at times national type schedule. While others, due to many circumstances, will play a true local schedule, which may or may not be as difficult as another players/school schedule. That being said, the one thing that will remain a constant is how you performed and produced against the level of competition you played against. Current succes and production is certainly a positive indicator of potential future success and production. Again, it is all relative. If the spring season did not work out as planned, use the summer season to get back on track and get some dialogue happening about you. One of the best parts of the summer evaluation period during tournaments is that coaches will be able to see exactly who and what level player/team you are competing against.
The summer travel circuit generally kicks off around Memorial Day Weekend, with the bigger kickoff in early June. While some D1 programs will be involved in regional play into the month of June, the majority of D1 programs seasons will be over, and all of D2/D3/NAIA/JUCO programs will be done by then. So there will plenty of opportunities to get seen by college coaches from early June through the summer. As the month of May roles around it is a good time to start sending targeted schools some information about yourself. This would potentially include the following: short video clips from the spring/academic info/summer travel schedule/and personal contact info. Your grad year will determine to what extent a school can communicate back with you. (Check out our previous blog posts for an in-depth explanation and/or head to our website tab on recruiting information.)
For those of you getting ready for the high school playoff season, we wish you and your schools the best of luck!
