CDS: How To Get Recruited

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Dave Serrano said:
What a lot of people don’t understand in the recruiting process are the needs of our program. If we don’t need a second basemen, he could be the best player at that position, but we don’t have a need for it. A lot of times people get offended that we don’t think they’re good enough, but that’s not the case. It’s like going to a store- if I don’t need shirts and I’m only buying pants, it doesn’t mean I didn’t like any of the shirts, I just don’t need them at this time, I don’t have money for shirts right now.

We look for hustle. How passionate they are. How they deal with failure. I tell kids all the time that it’s not about going 4-for-4 or throwing 90, it’s about skill level. I trust our system and our coaching ability, so it isn’t about results; if I recruited guys that went 4-for-4 every time I saw them, I wouldn’t have a team. It’s about how they take at-bats, how they’re running 90 feet down the line, how they go back to the dugout and get with their teammates when they fail, how they compete on the mound when they’re pitching.

It’s important to talk to high school coaches and guys that are around [our recruits] every day, to see how they are in the classroom, on the field, how they are as a teammate, as a person. Another thing that’s vital is that when kids sit in the office and I’m talking to them about our program, if a kid’s not looking me in the eyes, I have a tough time recruiting him. If he’s having a hard time looking me in the eye when I’m giving him information he should be drooling over, how is he going to respond when we’re out on the field doing tough things?
I want kids that are passionate to come play for this university and this coaching staff, more than the kid that’s passionate about how big his scholarship is and how many chances they’re going to get to play here; those don’t work out as much as the kids that don’t care how much you’re giving him, they just want to go out and show you that he’s worthy of being a part of your program.
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I pulled Serrano's quote out of it. He's exactly right. It's all about the intangibles in baseball.
 
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>>CDS: How To Get Recruited<<

Too lazy to click the link. Does he give any tips for 50+ overweight white guys to get on the board?
 
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Thanks, OP. That info is priceless for any young, aspiring baseball player.
 
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Baseball is an odd animal.

The best players fail at least 50% of the time when you add batting and fielding together.

With this in mind, a player MUST deal with failure more than they deal with success.

Even a MLB team that win 68% of their games still fail at the plate at least 70% of the time. Even worse odds, a batter has between a 9-12% chance they will actually score a run. meaning there's a 90% chance in every plate appearance that a player will NOT score.

At that failure rate, it's impossible to succeed without being a team player. A player that succeeds 10-25% of the time must be a part of a team to see that 10-25%matter. They must look at their teammates' success as their own success.

So a player that strikes out, grounds out, or is picked off; must return to the dugout with a positive attitude and approach to the game.
 
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fryeguy93 said:
Baseball is an odd animal.

The best players fail at least 50% of the time when you add batting and fielding together.

With this in mind, a player MUST deal with failure more than they deal with success.

Even a MLB team that win 68% of their games still fail at the plate at least 70% of the time. Even worse odds, a batter has between a 9-12% chance they will actually score a run. meaning there's a 90% chance in every plate appearance that a player will NOT score.

At that failure rate, it's impossible to succeed without being a team player. A player that succeeds 10-25% of the time must be a part of a team to see that 10-25%matter. They must look at their teammates' success as their own success.

So a player that strikes out, grounds out, or is picked off; must return to the dugout with a positive attitude and approach to the game.
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Exactly. You couldn't be more correct. Baseball is psychological.
 
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