The summer after high school offers a lot of possibilities for incoming NCAA athletes, but especially for baseball players. Baseball is the only sport out there with organized summer leagues for players to compete in, such as the Cape Cod League and the Coastal Plains League.
Graduated players can choose to play with their travel teams or American Legion, or simply do individual work on their own or with coaches.
Sometimes, players go right from high school to the collegiate ranks, even just days removed from their last varsity appearance.
Right-handed pitcher Joe Simeone, a UConn signee, pitched in his final game for Groton-Dunstable Regional High School on June 7 and was playing for the Wachusett Dirt Dawgs of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League just two days later, notching the save.