Sep 16, 2026 · 6 min · 6 segments
Welcome to The Angle w/Evan Mendoza, hosted by 7 year pro baseball player, entrepreneur, founder, and content creator Evan Mendoza. On this podcast you'll hear how to help more athletes, more parents…
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if you play baseball and you are a sophomore or junior right now the next 12 months will decide your future in the game of baseball not your senior year right now so College baseball coaches are making decisions now on who they want and who their depth chart could look like in the next coming months.

This typically will happen around sophomore and junior year, especially with a well-established college baseball program.

Now for the lower level D2s and D3s, yes, there's going to be college coaches that are a little bit more scatterbrained and you don't necessarily want to play for organizations or teams like that.

I played seven years of professional baseball between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Padres.

I played three years at NC State University while studying aerospace engineering, and now I've helped over 250 high school baseball players through this recruiting process.

So as far as this timeline, I think it's better to understand the three core things that you need to be doing in the next 12 months if you are a sophomore or junior, if you want to get your name out there to these college coaches.
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if you play baseball and you are a sophomore or junior right now the next 12 months will decide your future in the game of baseball not your senior year right now so College baseball coaches are making decisions now on who they want and who their depth chart could look like in the next coming months.

This typically will happen around sophomore and junior year, especially with a well-established college baseball program.

Now for the lower level D2s and D3s, yes, there's going to be college coaches that are a little bit more scatterbrained and you don't necessarily want to play for organizations or teams like that.

I played seven years of professional baseball between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Padres.

I played three years at NC State University while studying aerospace engineering, and now I've helped over 250 high school baseball players through this recruiting process.

So as far as this timeline, I think it's better to understand the three core things that you need to be doing in the next 12 months if you are a sophomore or junior, if you want to get your name out there to these college coaches.