Sep 18, 2026 · 50 min · 10 segments
The conversation delves into the evolution of college baseball recruiting, the scouting and evaluation process, and the impact of new NCAA rules on recruiting. It also covers the recruitment of high…
John McCormackGuestMikeHostWell, it makes a lot of sense.
And I hope parents and players are listening to that because those are the things people generally don't think about.
But you're hearing it from a Division I head coach who's been doing this quite a long time and has seen the evolution of the game and how it's changed.
The physical demands of the game have changed.
With regards to recruiting, so we talked about a little bit about a high school player, a little bit about a JUCO player.
Is the transfer portal recruiting? I know a lot of it's done on Synergy, which parents, that's a video mechanism that is now tied into TrackMask.
I saw that they formed a partnership together.
Yeah.
It became more popular during COVID for obvious reasons.
It's a video system that can really get specific and break down things.
When you're recruiting that transfer portal player, we know it's a bit of a frenzied pace with a small window.
And the competition's great, and there's a lot of supply of players because I don't know, the numbers are probably what I'm going to go with, not including NAIA players.
I'm going to go with, and if I'm way off base, please tell our audience, I'm going to say that number's in the 12,000 to 14,000 range when you include all of those groups together.
100%.
A hundred percent wild players, um, with not 12 to 14,000 opportunities out there.
Not even
You're looking at a transfer portal guy.
How does he fit in our lineup immediately or in our rotation?
Well, it makes a lot of sense.
And I hope parents and players are listening to that because those are the things people generally don't think about.
But you're hearing it from a Division I head coach who's been doing this quite a long time and has seen the evolution of the game and how it's changed.
The physical demands of the game have changed.
With regards to recruiting, so we talked about a little bit about a high school player, a little bit about a JUCO player.
Is the transfer portal recruiting? I know a lot of it's done on Synergy, which parents, that's a video mechanism that is now tied into TrackMask.
I saw that they formed a partnership together.
Yeah.
It became more popular during COVID for obvious reasons.
It's a video system that can really get specific and break down things.
When you're recruiting that transfer portal player, we know it's a bit of a frenzied pace with a small window.
And the competition's great, and there's a lot of supply of players because I don't know, the numbers are probably what I'm going to go with, not including NAIA players.
I'm going to go with, and if I'm way off base, please tell our audience, I'm going to say that number's in the 12,000 to 14,000 range when you include all of those groups together.
100%.
A hundred percent wild players, um, with not 12 to 14,000 opportunities out there.
Not even
You're looking at a transfer portal guy.
How does he fit in our lineup immediately or in our rotation?
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