Perfect Game Rating, harmful if not "updated"?

In my eyes it wont hurt at all

Look at it this way--what if he did another event and his rating dropped

The people watching him say he has improved so I would take the 8 and run with it

I am with TR. I am not familiar with the new rating, but it should be dated???

My opinion, if a coach is interested, it doesn't really doesn't matter, he is going to see him for himself.

Please do not take this personally, but I think, in reading over this website on a daily basis, there is just to much anxiety out there. Have fun with the whole process, and don't sweat the samll stuff.

I agree with TR and Tiger Paw Mom. I don't think it will have any effect whatsoever. My son was rated a 7 at one PerfectGame event and then a 6 at another about a year later. No question he had improved over the course of the year yet on that particular day whoever was evaluating thought he was a 6. This had no effect on his recruiting or his choice of where he would play college ball.
There are kids that we know that were rated a 10 since the 9th grade and if you look at their stats per season, they would not rate a 7. Twenty(20) and Thirty (30) errors per season as middle infielders. My son who was rated as low as a 6, had 3 total errors as a two year starter middle infielder. Don't sweat the small stuff.

College coaches don't put too much reliance on the ratings.

What would hurt is a rating that declined. Keep in mind that these showcases cut both ways and that, while clearly necessary, that make it easier for coaches to eliminate players than ever before. Of course, when one door closes, another one often opens. Or so they say. Best of luck, fellow Hokie.

Do coaches really look at the ratings that closely.

I would think that they would look at you live, plus video and game situation more than if PG has you a 6 vs 7 or 7 vs 8. Now if you are real high or real low I can see that they may take notice of that...

just wondering

Like I said earlier the rating had no effect whatsoever as far as my son was concerned. He was recruited by D1, D2, and D3 schools without a single coach mentioning any rating. They recruited him because they saw him play and because of video we sent. While the PG experience was great(good competition at all events & college coaches attending some), the rating played no part in my son playing baseball in college and attending a great academic school.

Baseball25

Not that you may know of !!!

You would be surprised who talks to who and never tells you

College coaches definitely rely on their own eyes more than they do a rating system.

Recruiters and scouts are well aware of the shortcomings of the ratings. Take it from the father of a player who struggled for ~18 months just to get his listing associated with the correct high school class. The rating matters little, if any at all.

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Do coaches really look at the ratings that closely.

those ratings are more for the parents to grieve or gloat over

if a coach is interested in a player, he'll either see him play or talk to a trusted source who has seen him

My son was never ranked and his name was not mentioned anywhere. Until approx. 1 week before the June Draft, his name was nowhere to be found in any publication. He signed (early signing period) with a top D-1 and is playing Rookie ball now in AZ. Like the other posters said, the rankings really mean nothing. A lot of kids are ranked and go nowhere.