I don't know about recruiters or scouts but this way of thinking is all through baseball. My 14 year old is 5'10" and just over 130. Most of the kids in the area that throw as hard as him or harder are 30 to 50 lbs bigger than him. They also look 16/17 in the face and he still looks 12. Pitching instructors, our coaches, other teams coaches, even other teams parents are constantly telling us they believe he will pass the other players. He's more projectable. So it's an idea so ingrained even the average parent believes in it.