c2019 posted:PGStaff posted:TIM2014,
How can you "promise" that? I can promise you that if a new player shows up ranked high, he will be on most every power college program's list in a hurry. Whether he stays on that list will be determined later. Same goes for the scouting community.
As always, people can find past rankings from most any year. Compare those lists to what ends up happening at colleges and in the draft. Check and see for yourself if they have been accurate. Then after you have found they are very reliable, ask yourself, why would any college coach or MLB scout ignore those lists?
We live in a world where we communicate daily with college coaches and scouts. The communication is "always" about players. We get questions like this about players they haven't seen... Can so and so play for us? We get these from some of the top colleges in the nation. If they thought we didn't know, why would they ask us?
I've heard way too often, that scouts and recruiters don't pay any attention to the rankings. That couldn't be more wrong.
The rankings are not the end all. It is simply a reference piece. But why would anyone making a living by evaluating players ignore a list of the top players compiled by people who see more players than anyone. This year there will be over 800 players that attended PG events and went on to play in the Major Leagues. Almost anyone that has seen that many future Major League players while they were in high school should have a pretty good idea of how to accurately evaluate talent.
Anyway, to answer the question... Rankings are based on our opinion of the player. The obvious is his current talent and the rankings are heavily based on our opinion of his future talent level. So it is what we see along with what we think we will see several years later. There is no perfection when it comes to scouting. Everyone is wrong at times. Whether our events or somewhere else, every player ranked we have seen. There is no other scouting service that does that, outside of professional baseball. No one else actually sees that many players. And no one else spends the money required to get this done. PG has the largest scouting staff in "all" of baseball. Over the years we have hired former scouts and we have lost many of our younger scouts to MLB clubs.
The one thing that never happens when it comes to recruiting or scouting is PG being ignored!
I apologize if any of the above bothers anyone. But it is something we take extremely serious.
PGSTAFF, Thanks for the great info,
So lets say the kid is ranked high as a freshman in his state, PG gives him a AA award, would the kid be on the list(some schools)? , but I've heard the schools cannot contact him until the beginning of his JR year of High school, what does one do until then beside on improving everyday?
thanks ,
Keep mind that, while schools cannot directly contact such a kid, there is nothing that prohibits them from talking to the kid if he makes contact with them. They can make offers, kids can visit campuses and talk to the staff. There is a lot that can, and does, happen with recruiting and underclass players.