AntwanJ306
Thunderdome
- Joined
- Jan 6, 2014
- Messages
- 1,511
Is he soft? Does he come in with inflated hype that isn't really ready for elite college baseball? Take a look at some numbers:
There are 16 teams remaining in the 2014 NCAA Baseball Tournament. On those 16 rosters combined - approximately 480 players - there are ZERO players from Miami-Dade.
In last year's College World Series, there were two players from Miami-Dade: a backup catcher for LSU and a little-used reliever for NC State.
In football, we hear about how we lose local kids to other programs. That isn't happening in baseball. The elite teams in college baseball have no interest in our area anymore. FSU and Florida hardly have any representatives from Miami-Dade either, and the ones they do have aren't impact players.
This is problematic because of our recruiting philosophy. It has been said for several years that Miami coaches are hardly ever seen at the national events. They kick back and let the local travel ball guys tell us who the prospects are. So we end up with a roster full of Dade kids, and that has us on the worst six year stretch since the early 1970's.
Is it time to go out and get the real baseball players that are flourishing around the country?
There are 16 teams remaining in the 2014 NCAA Baseball Tournament. On those 16 rosters combined - approximately 480 players - there are ZERO players from Miami-Dade.
In last year's College World Series, there were two players from Miami-Dade: a backup catcher for LSU and a little-used reliever for NC State.
In football, we hear about how we lose local kids to other programs. That isn't happening in baseball. The elite teams in college baseball have no interest in our area anymore. FSU and Florida hardly have any representatives from Miami-Dade either, and the ones they do have aren't impact players.
This is problematic because of our recruiting philosophy. It has been said for several years that Miami coaches are hardly ever seen at the national events. They kick back and let the local travel ball guys tell us who the prospects are. So we end up with a roster full of Dade kids, and that has us on the worst six year stretch since the early 1970's.
Is it time to go out and get the real baseball players that are flourishing around the country?