by Dave Franco | College Recruiting/Scouting, Popular Posts, Recruiting Most Popular, W: Recruiting
Just about every serious high school baseball player wants to play Division I (D1) baseball. The reality is that most of them won’t. My former college coach, Tracy Smith (now head coach at Indiana University), likes to say, “Every serious high school baseball player...
by Dave Franco | College Recruiting/Scouting, Popular Posts, Recruiting Most Popular, W: Recruiting
The other day I received this email from Indiana University’s head baseball coach Tracy Smith. Franco, Thought of you after drafting this email back to a parent today. You might be able to use this someway with your blog. I think it could be a great way to inform...
by Dave Franco | Prospect Perspectives
Many thanks to Adam Eaton for stopping by to talk baseball with Next Level Ballplayer. Eaton was a left-handed hitting outfielder at Miami University before getting drafted by the D’Backs in 2010. In a little more than a year he has worked his way up to the...
by Dave Franco | College Recruiting/Scouting, Interview, Next Level Ballplayer, W: Recruiting
I recently posted an article about what college coaches are looking for when scouting high school prospects. Since then, I’ve received several questions from players and parents about how the MLB scouting process works. Better than hearing it from me, I called a...
by Dave Franco | Catching, College Recruiting/Scouting, Next Level Ballplayer
Just recently I was reconnected with someone whom I played against in high school and college- Joe Wilkins, founder of JoeWilkinsCatching.com. Joe played his college ball at Ohio State and has since coached at Wake Forest, Pepperdine, and now Tiffin University. I’ve...
