Prep Baseball New York

Some of the best young baseball players in America aren't the most heavily recruited. They just haven't been FOUND yet. Think about that. Thousands of high schools. Thousands of travel teams. Different levels of competition. Different stages of development. And we're supposed to believe every talented player has already been identified? Not a chance. That's what I love about @prepbaseball & @PBTourney. Finding the kid nobody's talking about. The one playing in a small town, miles from the major recruiting hotbeds. Small-town baseball is part of our DNA. Especially here in the Northeast. Our boots-on-the-ground scouting presence is second to none. Local knowledge. Regional coverage. National reach. And we're nowhere near satisfied. 2027: 👇 MORE high school coverage MORE eyes on players. MORE talent identified. Because somewhere in a small town, there's a kid who can flat-out PLAY. ⚾️ Our job is to FIND HIM. @ocker_n | @JC_NY_PA | @TJHunt_PBRNJ | @EbertBaseball | @JoeWalentin | @jonahwachter1 | @NathanGoranson | @MLaurentinoBB | @harryweiss_

🚨 NORTHEAST TRAVEL BASEBALL PROGRAMS! ⚾️👇 If you're building your 2027 tournament schedule, PAY ATTENTION. We're putting together something special across the Northeast with Prep Baseball Tournaments. 📍 NY | PA | NJ | CT | RI Premier facilities. High-level competition. Regional Championships. Opens. World Series events. But here's where we separate ourselves from the traditional tournament circuit... WE DON'T JUST HOST THE TOURNAMENTS. WE SCOUT THEM. Our Prep Baseball scouting staff will be on-site evaluating talent, identifying prospects, and providing meaningful exposure through one of the most recognized scouting platforms in amateur baseball. Think about that. Your players aren't just competing for a championship. They're competing in an environment where their tools, abilities, and performances can be evaluated and recognized. For travel programs, that means quality competition and opportunities beyond the final scoreboard. For players, it means another opportunity to get on the radar, build their recruiting profile, and EARN recognition. COMPETITION. SCOUTING. EXPOSURE. That's the difference. We're building more than a tournament schedule. We're building a regional platform where competition and opportunity meet. Travel coaches and program directors, let's make 2027 a BIG one. 👏 @prepbaseball | @PBTourney | @PBTNortheast

We're seeing a lot of decommitments in college baseball. I think it's important to understand WHY. This didn't happen overnight. Follow the dominoes. 👇 2020: COVID. The NCAA grants spring athletes an additional year of eligibility. Players stay in college longer. Rosters get older. Opportunities for incoming freshmen become more competitive. Then the professional pipeline changes. MLB cuts its draft from 40 rounds to 20. Affiliated minor league teams shrink from 162 to 120. Fewer traditional opportunities to enter professional baseball. Now look at the roster math. Before COVID, D1 baseball operated with a 35-man roster limit. During the eligibility crunch, temporary allowances eventually expanded rosters to 40 players. Beginning in 2025-26, programs participating in the House settlement moved to a 34-man roster limit, with exceptions for certain players. That's SIX fewer standard roster spots compared to the temporary 40-man allowance. Now add the transfer portal. Nearly 2,700 D1 baseball players entered the portal during the June 2026 window alone. Programs have access to thousands of experienced college players competing for opportunities. Throw in NIL, revenue sharing, and the shift from the old 11.7-scholarship model to the possibility of funding scholarships across all 34 roster spots at participating programs. And now the NCAA's new age-based eligibility model can allow qualifying athletes up to FIVE years of competition within a continuous five-year window, replacing the traditional four-seasons-in-five-years model. Think about what all of this means. A college coach can genuinely believe in a high school prospect when he commits. But by the time that player arrives on campus, the roster, budget, available transfer talent, and immediate needs of the program could look completely different. College baseball has become an increasingly competitive roster-management business. And the pressure to WIN NOW is real. Does that excuse every decommitment? Absolutely not. But I also don't believe every decommitment represents a lack of loyalty. Here's what concerns me most. We're asking teenagers and their families to make decisions about their futures in a system that can change dramatically before they ever step foot on campus. The rules changed. The economics changed. The roster math changed. But the hopes and dreams of those kids haven't. And somewhere in the middle of all this change, we cannot lose sight of the people affected by it. @prepbaseball