Baseball is a game of failure.
The best hitters fail 7 out of 10 times.
You can throw a perfect pitch and still give up a hit.
Sometimes your best swing finds a glove.
Sometimes your worst swing finds grass.
The scoreboard doesn't always tell the truth.
Confidence isn't built by success.
It's built by surviving failure.
Baseball doesn't build character.
It reveals it.
Pressure doesn't create you.
It exposes your preparation.
Body language is part of your scouting report.
Your teammates are always watching.
Your coaches are always watching.
Someone is always watching.
The game owes you nothing.
Every strikeout is a choice:
Feel sorry for yourself...
or get ready for your next at-bat.
Failure is inevitable.
Your response is your career.
The overwhelming majority of college freshmen belong in junior college baseball.
Even most of the players that were and are draft prospects.
Don't believe me?
Do real research.
What percentage of D1 freshmen are now in the portal?
What percentage of D1 freshmen didn't get meaningful at bats or innings pitched in games?
If you were a D1 freshman that didn't get to play and are now in the portal.
Your career is now in the balance.
Take the check down and go juco to get your trend back on track.
Juco kids that get to play are happier than D1 kids sitting on the bench.
2026 Baseball salaries:
Bobby Bonilla $1.193 million
Paul Skenes $1.085 million
The former Pirate is 63 years old. And played his last game in 2001.
And he’s making more than the reigning Cy Young.
What a world.
The machinations of LeBron James career make me appreciate Sidney Crosby even more. Sid stayed loyal to Pittsburgh. Was the NHL's best player for two decades. Won 3 Cups. Zero drama. Zero controversy. Perfect face of a franchise and league.
The baseball world moves fast.
One great weekend and you're "the guy."
One bad weekend and people start asking what happened.
The truth?
Neither weekend defines you.
Development isn't linear. Confidence isn't constant. Failure isn't permanent.
The players who eventually separate themselves aren't the ones who never struggle.... they're the ones who keep showing up, keep learning, and keep stacking good days when nobody is watching.
Trust the work. 😤
Your future doesn't care what happened this weekend. 🙌
This is why some guys shouldn’t be in a rush to get to the NBA
Liam McNeeley played the majority of the season in the G League, after being drafted by the Hornets
Had he gone back to UCONN, he would probably be a National Champion right now
Ryan O’Hearn is Exhibit A for why the Pirates need to continue to buck tradition and spend. 1st multiyear deal since Ivan Nova. Stop signing guys like Ozuna Tellez and Tommy Pham. Offer extra years to get real hitters.
Grateful to have been part of an amazing season with a talented group of teammates. FCIAC Champions and State Finalists. So proud of what we accomplished and excited to keep building. Up next: summer baseball and football!#StudentAthlete@prospectdugout@scan1ansports
I watch a lot of HS and Travel Baseball and here’s what gets evaluated that most players/coaches/understand:
1. Catch Play - how do you treat “getting loose” before a game? Is there meaning to it or are you just throwing to throw….
2. Ground Balls between innings - 7-3-21
7 inn, 3 GBs/inn, 21 reps/game. How do you treat those? How are your throws?
3. On Deck Reps - What are you doing to prepare for your AB? You have three responsibilities. 1. Time the Pitcher, 2. Communicate w/base runners 3. Relay location to hitter. You’re not there to “get loose”
4. Response to Failure - how do you respond to a Strikeout, an error, a bad call, giving up a bomb?
5. Communication - Are you talking between pitches, directing cutoffs, helping teammates w/ pitcher tendencies, etc.
6. Competitiveness In Non Game Situations sprinting on and off the field, backing up bases, prep steps, moving with hitters tendencies, does every pitch matter?
These are the aspects of the game that are often taken for granted but make a huge difference for your evaluation.