@RJM posted:This is where my philosophy of the best recruiting method is have a travel coach who has credibility and contacts and can presell the player. Once past the top one hundred players at a major PG event the next 900 can blend in. On any given day you can’t tell 200 from 1000 in three or four at bats.
My son never did a PG showcase. But from attending PG tournaments and his travel coach selling him he had a 9.5 score. I felt it was high. But hundreds of players receive 9.5. Keep in mind PG scores is how they see potential not reality.
Not sure how is was 10 years ago but you don't get assigned a grade without having at least one metric. Unless you are a pitcher who gets gunned at a PG tourney, you will not have a grade without having attended a showcase.
Of course you can be ranked, but you will not have a grade.
And there are not hundreds who get graded 9.5.
As an example, there are currently 152 players in the 2024 class graded 9.5 and above:
RHP - 30
LHP - 11
C - 22
1B - 4
3B -15
MI - 39
OF -31