Team Qualifications

Team Qualifications

Individual team qualifications vary depending on who there is to choose from and how confident/desperate their coach might be. Even so, you can usually spot some basic guidelines that run across most Division I schools, which can give you some sharp insight into what the folks in the NCAA are looking for.

With baseball, it depends on the position. Check your high school stats very closely, because they will, too. If you're a pitcher, you want a low earned run average (below 2), a solid fastball (at least 84 MPH and higher, if possible), a consistent strikeout ratio, and walks kept down to one every two innings you pitch. If you're a fielder, of course, your stats in these may be rather skimpy, which is why the NCAA has a whole new set of standards for various positions.

In the simplest terms, fielders need a good on-base percentage (.500 or higher) and a slugging rating at .600 or higher (.750 or higher if you're playing first or third). Outfielders and middle infielders need to be pretty speedy, too: you should be able to run the sixty-yard dash in 6.8 seconds or lower. Catchers need to be six feet or taller and beefy—we're talkin' 200 pounds or more, because guarding the plate is no job for a little guy. Finally, every player needs to be able to gun the ball across the field with maximum accuracy. The more often you get the ball into your buddy's glove, the more those NCAA recruiters will beat a path to your door.

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