Why Being An Average (Or Even Above Average) High School Pitcher Just Isn't Good Enough Come MLB Draft Time

As you look around at the players on your high school baseball team or at the players on your summer league or travel baseball teams, how does your pitching stack up? Are you an average pitcher? Below average? Above average?

When it comes to the MLB draft, you really have to be a lot better than average to get serious looks from pro scouts because you are not only competing against EVERY other high school player in the nation, but you're competing against EVERY college player in the nation, as well as prospects from Korea, Japan and Latin American countries, too.

Average in high school, average in college, average in Latin America, etc., usually just doesn't cut it.

Expand your playing field. You're not just competing against the kids in your neighborhood for a spot in the draft, you're competing against every non-drafted baseball player between the ages of 16 and 23. What are you doing to make yourself a little better today?