Are You Good Enough?

Everybody wants to make the recruiting process harder than it is.

There are recruiting services and scouting services stacked on top of each other. Families pay them because the process feels like a secret. It isn’t.

In the end, one thing actually matters. Is he good enough to play at the level he’s chasing?

If the goal is Division I or professional baseball, does he have the skill set to be there. If the goal is D2, D3, NAIA, JUCO — same question. You have to know what skills that level actually requires.

That’s the 60. That’s arm strength. That’s bat speed. Those are the three numbers coaches start with. Not the travel org. Not how many showcases you bought.

Get him measured. Have a coach time him. Whatever you have to do. Write the numbers down. That tells you where he stands today — and it gives you something real to work toward.

If you don’t have those numbers yet, start there. Don’t buy another service until you do. Recruiting gets a lot simpler when there’s something real to recruit.