Daniel, Johnny and Will talk about the much-awaited opening weekend of D-1 baseball and dive into the differences between levels of amateur baseball. How travel ball and academy ball has shaped the high school landscape, the different trappings afforded to the bigger college programs, and if the adage “if you can play, they will find you” is actually true.

The Grind Collective is an ongoing discussion about the game of baseball from three people that are in the thick of it. Join amateur scouting writer Will Hoefer (Prospects Live), analytics staffer Daniel Garcia (Prospects Live, Virginia Baseball Analytics) and right handed pitcher Johnny Davis (Prospects Live, Assumption Baseball) as they discuss their on-going interactions with the game of baseball during “the grind.” Additionally, each episode will have a main topic related to the game of baseball.