Patrick Jones Baseball

Taylor Valentine is currently an assistant coach at Centre College in Kentucky. He has coached at now a division three level. He has also coached NAIA, Division One College Baseball, and USA Baseball. In this episode, we talk about some of the similarities and differences between the various levels. He talks about what he is doing with his play from a development standpoint at Centre College and what he is looking for in recruiting. Taylor also shares about USA Baseball and how they run things at USA Baseball.SHOW NOTES:[2:00] What would you say the biggest difference is in terms of the type of player thatyou're recruiting in NAIA and Division 3?[3:21] Would you say that the power tool is usually the one that separates players more than anything else?[3:50] What would you say that your guys philosophy is on the transfer portal?[4:42] Are most of the guys in the transfer portal Division 1 players or do you also find a lot of D2 and D3 kids in there too?[6:15] What's your time frame like for recruiting high sch