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The wood bats help distinguish the good hitters from the average/below average hitters. No more getting fisted and pushing it out to the outfield for a single.

Not a good sign.

Yes they are all wood.

Thats a pretty good league for an incoming Freshman to be playing in. Better he faces college hitters than some 18u perfect game teams.

181 guys in the 2017 MLB Draft and 176 guys in the 2016 MLB draft played in the Northwoods League. Not bad for a second tier operation for small Midwest schools.

No they don't get paid but it's an agreement between the player and the club. Most agreements are for the whole summer, but they do offer temporary contracts for the beginning of the summer as a lot of division 1 teams are still in the postseason. If the player on the temporary contract performs...

Also, you can't look at the summer rosters at this time. Some of those kids from smaller schools are likely on temp contracts (2 weeks). 64 teams are still playing as of this weekend, look at the rosters in 2 weeks.

Everyone is second tier to the Cape but The Northwoods League is considered a top 3 summer league in the country.

Yes, it happens. He can get drafted and keep pitching in the Cape until the signing deadline as well. He didn't pitch much this year so maybe scouts want to see more post injury.

Northwoods is still a great league. NECBL is as well. They will see a lot of good pitching this summer.