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Roger Wilkinson

@portalkingsbsbl

30 Year Career in Baseball Player Development, Coaching, Recruiting, Player Evaluations, Transfer Portal Expert. Over 100 MLB Drafts/over 500 College Placements

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Everyone wants to give advice on how to manage your career. At the end of the day it's all on you. If you want to play 75 games a year go ahead. If you want to play 3 sports and play just a few games in the summer great. It's your choice. Block out the nonsense

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How many HS kids sign with schools more than 3 hours from their front door? I think more recruiters should take a look at this stat.

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Harvard is really a Private Equity Fund that poses as a small college. 55 Billion and counting to fund their agenda. Smart people will use this model to fund NIL and not drain their boosters dry year after year. Get a large sum and invest, use the profit for NIL. Love to discuss.

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20 Rounds 16 NCAA DII Players taken. The Routes of getting drafted are very limited. People tell you otherwise it's just not so. DI, HS and a few JC. Now I know some start in JC and move to DI as do some DII to DI however purely on draft day it's DI or HS for the vast vast

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My take from the All Star Game after seeing the best in the World live. Every player on the field is twitchy to the point of being electric. Being able to move at elite levels is the common tool amongst every player

My take from the All Star Game after seeing the best in the World live. Every player on the field is twitchy to the point of being electric. Being able to move at elite levels is the common tool amongst every player
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I think we have finally hit the saturation point of Travel Baseball supply outweighs demand. PG/PBR down 10% Team Events It took 20 years to screw it up but hey it’s happening. Great example of where greed takes things.

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In the early 2000's I was hosting most of the summer tournaments/showcases in GA. We started paying coaches to attend which has become the norm now. We rarely paid anything for facilities so we felt like helping the coaches was the right move. Today facilities stick it to event

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About 85% of the stuff I see on here by "experts" is pure gibberish. People sit around and dream up projections, possibilities etc. Here is some concrete for you. Pitchers that don't throw strikes in HS or College don't just become miracles and throw strikes in Pro Ball.

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Coaches keep saying there is not enough development going on at 13-18 years old. What do they do in pro ball for development? They work in the mornings and play every day. So is it the system of development or lack of development or kids unwilling to do the early work and just

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I was right on this in 1999 that the HS Travel experience was undervalued and a great return on investment. I am right again in 2025 when I say that the HS Travel experience is overvalued and the return on the investment is negative.

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Recruiting is about 2 things to me: 1. Do you project 2. Do you have the makeup to take my coaching to get you where I want you to evolve. It's level by level as to what projection could mean. P5 Projection is different than DII Projection. It's all about what type of player do

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I was a huge buyer of HS Travel baseball 1999-2019, I have been a huge seller 2020-2025. Long list of reasons for both. I think it's a poor ROI for 85% of families in 2025

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Congratulations to one of my former players Curtis Terry on 5 Professional seasons with 20 plus homers and 20 plus doubles. Kid has always been a tremendous hitter.

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Any baseball organization that says they can guarantee you an offer is full of crap. I have had over 500 NCAA Players and over 100 Draft Picks during my career. I guaranteed 2 things: 1 Opportunity 2. if you listen you might learn something. Too many bullshitters and dumb

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Call me crazy however I think the better teams will only use the Portal to fill a few spots in the future. The teams that have to overhaul witht he Portal are going to lose long term. At some point you have to be able to develop a core group.