Ratings and Rankings

I may be wrong on this, but my take is that Baseball America has not evaluated nearly as many players as PG has and that is why many prospects on Baseball America's site are unrated or have no stars.

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Originally posted by AL MA 08:
Do disparities like this matter?

No. I don't think so. We all have a good idea how PG evaluates players. But Infield08 raises a good question. Where does BA get its information to base their rankings on? Are they polling scouts, or do they have their own staff large enough to cover the HS guys?

Stanford also uses a 1-10 rating (10 highest) which is similar to PG's.

Ratings and rankings will always be a hot topic --- nature of the beast. Ratings and ranking are not black and white but rather opinions, perceptions, and projections. They can be right on, close, partially right, or they can be way off. They are important but not nearly as important as I think some people have come to believe. What a player actually IS is of utmost importance -------- what one person or one organization THINKS of a player is much less important. A player needs to be proactive and take the proven route to the next level and not get overly influenced one way or the other by rankings. Use them as a “quick reference guide” and not the bible. When it’s our son we tend to like the good rankings and we naturally question lower rankings. PG has a good article on rating players and they are in the “rating” business. Good Read!

Perfect game Article

The best thing about ratings and rankings - is proving how wrong they can be.

If you are ignored - and not even rated - believe you are a 10.

If you are rated a 6 - believe you are a 10+

If you are rated a 10 - believe you are an 11

Strive - work - and then - go out and prove it.


And that is that. IMO.

Good perspectives noted here, thanks for the responses. I really agree with Fungo and certainly believe in being proactive, we certainly were.

I was not questioning the information about my own son, he has good ratings on both sites. But a friend's son is ranked high on one site and not even rated on the other. Since friend's son is ranked pretty high on one site I was wondering how there might be so much difference in the evaluations. Infield08 and infidel_08 may be correct in that BA seems to rely on others to get their info and therefore may not have as much data.

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Originally posted by itsinthegame:
The best thing about ratings and rankings - is proving how wrong they can be.

Strive - work - and then - go out and prove it.

And that is that. IMO.

And do it consistently at every stop along the way