Is it possible to attend to many high school baseball talent showcases? The name of the game is Exposure -- Is it possible to get too much?

Baseball showcase events have become so commonplace that they've almost become a way of life for some of the nation's top rising high school seniors as they travel back and forth across the country attending these events.

Numerous showcases exist that are staged almost every weekend throughout the summer, and even the fall and winter in select locations.  When one comes to your area, what should you do?   Attend, Attend, Attend…..the scouts say.

"They've changed scouting," Arizona Diamondbacks scout Bill Earnhart says. "It used to be that you would get to see some of the top players in the spring before the draft--and that was the only look you got. With so many showcases now, you've got an opportunity to get multiple looks at the top players the summer before they're drafted. You've got a lot more history on kids long before you draft them."

With a volume of top prospects in one location, it has also made scouting easy for major league teams and colleges alike.  Few buy into the theory that too much of a good thing can sometimes be bad for a player, that he can be overexposed by attending too many showcases.

"I don't think there is a chance of being overexposed," says Cleveland Indians scouting director John Mirabelli. "Showcases can do nothing but help a kid. From a development standpoint, you can never play too much baseball.”

"If players are really talented," Earnhart adds, "one or two events are usually enough. But if a kid's not that talented, the more showcases he goes to the better. There's always one school he'll run into that will like him.

"Generally, when I see a player early in the summer, he either lights me up immediately or I NP (no-prospect) him. But with so many showcases, I can now see the same player in the middle of the summer and end of the summer. In some cases, I've ended up giving a better score to a kid I NP'd earlier. Some kids make adjustments over the course of a summer. A simple thing like changing a player's arm angle can often change the way you look at him. And some players are just more relaxed by the end of the summer after being at several showcases."

Exposure, getting noticed, letting coaches and scouts know who you are and that you are interested in attending their school is what PRO-DAY Baseball is all about.  You are asked to select colleges that you would like your evaluation sent to, please list these because this is your first step in communicating to that coach and letting him know you are interested in his school.

Attend as many showcases and events you can, you can never start too early, get on someone’s list while in the 9th or 10th grade so they can follow you through out your high school career.  Then when your senior year rolls around, you have marketed yourself and coaches will be looking for you.