Tryouts????

Well said there GMan....Since the top organizations quit supporting each other this past year, I think we all saw the results in some of the teams at some of the events.

"Get the band back together for the best results"

 

if Townshend and Daltrey can get back together for the Super Bowl then even the showcase guys should be able to get it together!

.... doesn't the one on the right look like AP??? jkn!

 

This is really an interesting quote, that could be looked at and analyzed in a variety of ways. There are, IMO, several quality showcase programs in the State of North Carolina, besides just the four listed above. Admittedly, the strengths of each program are all over the place. But the fact is, there is alot of talent in this state! Recruiters and scouts will always have to sift through the rosters to figure out who the better players are. Whether it is a high school, American Legion, Babe Ruth or any showcase team, scouts will have to do this. I cringed a little bit with the "clutter from the class" comment, because that's a very narrow accessment of what the recruiters are doing. There are so many opportunities to play baseball in this state. Just add up the number of community colleges, and Division 1,2, and 3 schools here and you see why more showcase teams , and tournaments are popping up all over the state. They serve a purpose.

 

PG Crosschecker has a very interesting article written about 6 months ago about the quality of high school baseball talent in North Carolina and how it is on the rise and getting a great deal of attention. I believe they put it 4th behind FL, CA, and TX, but above GA. That would also contribute the popularity of showcase in our state.

You can probably find the article in the PG archives. It's a terrific article and NC high school baseball players should be very proud.

 

Personally, I don't care how many teams there are:Just means more kids are playing. If the recruiters have to work harder for their talent....so be it. But I keep in mind what Coach May always says, "Have something to showcase"

But my question is about tryouts in December. To give you an example: This Saturday is calling for snow!!!!!!! Tough to show your best!

 

.... if you can rake in snow, you can rake anytime...

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Hmmm?

Told you "they" wouldn't go for it. In denial? The scouts are not (often) at the HS, Legion or (certainly not) Babe Ruth games. They all follow the top showcase teams around and fight over those players. That's really what's going on.

 

Who's "they?"

 

Showcase teams getting together

Check out the Atlantic Coast Prep Baseball Website;

http://atlanticcoastprepbaseball.com/

This is several showcase teams woking together. If you get on this site and click on the "contact us" section you will see it is an impressive group.

 

NC Scholarship Opportunities

There aren’t as many opportunities in NC as one might think.

Exhibit A - NC D1’s (17) UNC, NCSU, Wake, ECU, WCU, UNCC, Duke, Elon, UNCW, High Point, UNCG, App State, UNCA, GW, NCA&T, Davidson, Campbell
Exhibit B - NC D2’s (9) Belmont Abbey, Brevard, Catawba, LR, Mars Hill, Mt Olive, Pfeiffer, UNCP, Wingate
As you can see there are only 26 competitive NC collegiate baseball programs. If you make the following assumptions you can see that the opportunities are not as readily available as one might think.
27 Scholarship Positions per school x 26 schools = (Max of) 702 scholarship opportunities
If you consider that there are 4 Classes of players (Sr, Jr. So. Fr), the 702 opportunities is really only 175 per year. 702 / 4 = 175 per year.
Don’t forget that roughly 1/4 of the players that are on NC rosters are currently from out of state. 175 per year x 75% (from NC) = 131 scholarships total per year.
The 4 “big teams” mentioned earlier each carry about 20 players and ALL of them sign with D1 and/or D2 programs. That’s 80 players which only leaves somewhere around 50 “In-State” D1 and D2 scholarships.
If you take the 15+ (other) teams that currently compete in showcases throughout NC and assume there are 15-20 players on each team that’s somewhere around 225-300 high school players going after those 50 scholarships. So it’s safe to assume that about 1 in 5 of these players will be offered a D1 or D2 (In-State) scholarship each year. If you are one of these teams and you have more than 3 or 4 scholarship offers each year you are ahead of the curve.
Summary:
Now all that’s based on the assumption that there are only 26 competitive collegiate teams in NC. You may think there are others?
It also assumes that scholarships are equally divided among the 4 classes (which may or may not be true for each institution).
Furthermore, it assumes that “Northern” players are actively seeking to play in NC and that as many as 1/4 of the rosters are filled with them. Players from FL are even showing up on NC rosters now!
The last assumption I made is the most obviously accurate. All you have to do is look at the “commits” that are coming from the Dirtbags, Canes, Panthers and Cubs and you can see that is accurate. Almost none of those 80+/- players fail to get an offer.
So………..maybe there aren’t as many “opportunities” as we thought?