Multiple travel ball teams are willing to attend “showcase” tournaments out of state where hundreds of scouts from across the country show up to recruit. There are a handful of travel ball teams with complete corporate sponsors that cover the cost of training facilities, equipment, travel, meals, etc. When I was in HS (MANY years ago) travel ball didn’t exist. The best HS players tried to play American Legion baseball. Now, many places offer private lessons given to kids every week by knowledgeable coaches…sometimes even twice a week.
You could practically create a national top 20 and have 15 of them be from so cal. The competition level in this region is unparalleled
Comes from the travel level. So many good ones. Even more more fragmented after I left