Is there any formula to the rankings of high school and college players on PG crosschecker?
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From my perspective, there is no "formula."
The national rankings are more based on where their talent level is now, and the draft follow lists are more based on projectability of improvement into the future. Hence, you will always find someone higher on the draft lists than higher ranked players in the national rankings, and vice versa. Plus, while it may be easier to divide players into groupings, small differences of say 10 or 20 spots is probably a statistical tie given the number of players.
Rather than put all players into one big basket, it might be more informative to only compare against players at the same position. This is what they did for the PG National Showcase.
The national rankings are more based on where their talent level is now, and the draft follow lists are more based on projectability of improvement into the future. Hence, you will always find someone higher on the draft lists than higher ranked players in the national rankings, and vice versa. Plus, while it may be easier to divide players into groupings, small differences of say 10 or 20 spots is probably a statistical tie given the number of players.
Rather than put all players into one big basket, it might be more informative to only compare against players at the same position. This is what they did for the PG National Showcase.
PGStaff will have to answer that more specifically, but I think it is a round table discussion based on player ratings (on their 1-10 scale) and scouting reports from events including showcases, WWBA and BCS tourneys, USA Baseball's events like the JO's and Tournament of Stars, etc.
While a lot of consideration is given to objective data such as a pitcher's MPH or a runner's 60 speed, I think anyone would tell you that these ratings and rankings are highly subjective. Ultimately you have to go back and compare the rankings to things like how they end up in the draft (a reflection of their evaluation by the 30 MLB scouting staffs) to make sure the methodology was sound and at this point, I think PG has been in the business long enough to have honed their system pretty well.
Still, in many cases it comes down to splitting hairs and you can't put too fine a point on what your ranking might come out as.
I have also seen cases where "late bloomers" shoot up the rankings when they haven't been seen for a while, and then all of a sudden someone gets a look at their new performance level.
While a lot of consideration is given to objective data such as a pitcher's MPH or a runner's 60 speed, I think anyone would tell you that these ratings and rankings are highly subjective. Ultimately you have to go back and compare the rankings to things like how they end up in the draft (a reflection of their evaluation by the 30 MLB scouting staffs) to make sure the methodology was sound and at this point, I think PG has been in the business long enough to have honed their system pretty well.
Still, in many cases it comes down to splitting hairs and you can't put too fine a point on what your ranking might come out as.
I have also seen cases where "late bloomers" shoot up the rankings when they haven't been seen for a while, and then all of a sudden someone gets a look at their new performance level.
I have a related question for PG Staff, regarding these lists. Can a parent (without any type of subscription) find out if their son is on any of the state or national PG Crosschecker lists?