Optimum number of players to carry

[Skarp]

Branching off from the post below, at what point does the number of players carried by a team get to be too many? What number is just right, and why? Does the optimum number vary depending on what age and/or competition level you are at (e.g., 14A v. 18G)?

Have you seen this on friendlies of course!!!!! Two good (???) teams play each other they have 14 or 15 players per team and they only play 9 and hit 9 the parents go crazy and is a freaking friendly. We need to change the name from friendly to win or die sunday LOL.

[Demonboy]

Branching off from the post below, at what point does the number of players carried by a team get to be too many? What number is just right, and why? Does the optimum number vary depending on what age and/or competition level you are at (e.g., 14A v. 18G)?

Have you seen this on friendlies of course!!!!! Two good (???) teams play each other they have 14 or 15 players per team and they only play 9 and hit 9 the parents go crazy and is a freaking friendly. We need to change the name from friendly to win or die sunday LOL.

For 10's or 12's, around 12 players. For 14's maybe 14 or 15 (if you have "specialists", that don't play when they're not pitching in championship play).

18 gold will carry 16+. Gold teams have players missing weekends for various reasons.

[eclipse09]

So in 10 years it has gone from 16 to 22-28. Awesome

[jonriv]

That’s progress!!!!!

[jonriv]

Branching off from the post below, at what point does the number of players carried by a team get to be too many? What number is just right, and why? Does the optimum number vary depending on what age and/or competition level you are at (e.g., 14A v. 18G)?

Have you seen this on friendlies of course!!!!! Two good (???) teams play each other they have 14 or 15 players per team and they only play 9 and hit 9 the parents go crazy and is a freaking friendly. We need to change the name from friendly to win or die sunday LOL.

For 10's or 12's, around 12 players. For 14's maybe 14 or 15 (if you have "specialists", that don't play when they're not pitching in championship play).

18 gold will carry 16+. Gold teams have players missing weekends for various reasons.

Looking back, these numbers seem great, unless your trying to maximize paler fees/dues!

[eclipse09]

Branching off from the post below, at what point does the number of players carried by a team get to be too many? What number is just right, and why? Does the optimum number vary depending on what age and/or competition level you are at (e.g., 14A v. 18G)?

Have you seen this on friendlies of course!!!!! Two good (???) teams play each other they have 14 or 15 players per team and they only play 9 and hit 9 the parents go crazy and is a freaking friendly. We need to change the name from friendly to win or die sunday LOL.

For 10's or 12's, around 12 players. For 14's maybe 14 or 15 (if you have "specialists", that don't play when they're not pitching in championship play).

18 gold will carry 16+. Gold teams have players missing weekends for various reasons.

Looking back, these numbers seem great, unless your trying to maximize paler fees/dues!

Ha! That is so true these days!!

[curveballerguy124]

18U its best to carry 16+ because they are mostly seniors and they will be missing games, practices, tournys all for senior stuff.....