College Baseball Pitching Advise: School Should Come First... The Scouts Will Follow

This College-Bound Baseball Pitcher Wants To Know If Scouts Will Follow Him To A "Smaller" Four-Year College...

Coach Ellis,

First of all, I'd like to thank you for all the help that you have given me. I have been able to use the information that you give to drastically improve my pitching (and I LOVE the curveCAN!).

I am a lefty with the opportunity to pitch for several different colleges and I KNOW that I have what it takes to play in the major leagues someday if God's willing, and I'll work myself to death to get there.

I found a small 4-year college that I really like and my question is...What are my chances of being seen by major league scouts at a small college compared to getting seen at a big university and how should I go about finding these scouts and getting seen at either college?

Thanks,

C.J.

From the desk of Steven Ellis, The Complete Pitcher™:

YES, you can and will be seen by scouts (if you're good enough, of course) no matter where you go to college.

Would you have a slightly better chance to get seen by attending a bigger university?

A little.

But, if you take a look at the Major League Draft, there are always million- dollar signs by high school kids living in towns of populations of less than 1,000 people and the scouts still find them!

Trust me, if you're good enough to make it, you'll make it. Word will get out and you'll be seen. Don't worry about where you go to school from a baseball perspective. But... I would take into consideration other elements when considering a school like the kind of education that you'll receive. If the programs and classes the school offers is going to make you a better student.

When all is said and done, the dream of playing professional baseball is a good one, but make sure you have something to fall back on. Get your education, first.

Choose where you go to school with a focus on the education it offers. THEN, work hard at baseball, continue to improve, and you'll give yourself a good shot to make it!

Yours in baseball,

Steven Ellis
The Complete Pitcher™
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