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Always fascinating when travel ball group like CBA is "protecting players" for any reason.  It would seem to be the responsibility of MLB and their teams to verify that any coach/team claiming to be a legitimate scout team of the parent organizations is exactly that.  There are a ton of them around the SoCal area claiming to be Scout teams, so maybe someday there will be an effort to create a MLB-stamp of authenticity required to advertise a team as such.

The Cubs are legit, they are playing in the official So Cal Scout league schedule which is the most important thing since it is heavily attended by various college coaches. The only issue is how much funding the parent club gives. In the old days the cost used to be $100 and the club picked up the rest, but I know that has changed over the years. The SoCal scout league was one of the best things we did in the recruiting process.

Backstop22 posted:

Always fascinating when travel ball group like CBA is "protecting players" for any reason.  It would seem to be the responsibility of MLB and their teams to verify that any coach/team claiming to be a legitimate scout team of the parent organizations is exactly that.  There are a ton of them around the SoCal area claiming to be Scout teams, so maybe someday there will be an effort to create a MLB-stamp of authenticity required to advertise a team as such.

That's a fair point, and I'm certainly not carrying water for CBA. I just thought it was interesting to see someone actually identify them by name (and by implication call the other ones illegitimate). I have heard a simple test is, if you have to pay them, it's a travel team, not a real Scout team. 

2019Dad posted:

 I have heard a simple test is, if you have to pay them, it's a travel team, not a real Scout team. 

This was true in my son's experience here in Florida. Not sure if the money came from the big league club or if the scout running the program covered everything out of his pocket, but I know it didn't cost us anything.

In this day and age, a few minutes with Google will tell you if a guy is legitimately affiliated with a club or if he is just blowing smoke. 

D.C. Baseball posted:

How does the SoCal league compare to PG/WWBA events?  

We did both. The Scout League is over a 10 week period in the fall that ends with the Az Fall Classic. My son also played on a travel team that did Connie Mack games in the summer and a few PG WWB tournaments on the West Coast. We never did travel to the East Coast WWB events. So coaches who were interested in my son saw him multiple times at multiple events, PG tournaments in Az,  Connie Mack games, So Cal Scout League, and finally at the Az Sr Classic and Academic game. He also had a few coaches come to some of his HS games, so in the end the programs who made him offers had a REALLY good idea on his skill level.  Granted he was in So Cal with a high concentration of players and coaches coming to look at those players. BTW he was in no way a blue chip player, and had no tier one program offers, had a couple Big West, one Ivy, and a spattering of other mid major programs with little money attached to them.  He ended up playing for probably the best D3 program in the country (Trinity TX) over the past 5 years and had a journeyman career with them. So if you are an average player this is what you need to do to get seen and validated as a player. 

2019Dad posted:

 I have heard a simple test is, if you have to pay them, it's a travel team, not a real Scout team

This is the way it used to be, but I do know that authentic scout teams charge for the opportunity. (at least that was the case 5 years ago) 

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TSmax posted:
Consultant posted:

We are assisting the Tampa Bay Rays for their Scout team tryout. If you have an interest, please open our web site and complete the player profile.

 

The majority of scout teams hold tryouts at no cost. The Fall games are scouted by professionals and college coaches.

 

Bob

<www.goodwillseries.org>

My son is interested.  Can you please tell me how to get in touch with you?

 

Slow down. His post is from 2015.

TSmax posted:
Consultant posted:

We are assisting the Tampa Bay Rays for their Scout team tryout. If you have an interest, please open our web site and complete the player profile.

 

The majority of scout teams hold tryouts at no cost. The Fall games are scouted by professionals and college coaches.

 

Bob

<www.goodwillseries.org>

My son is interested.  Can you please tell me how to get in touch with you?

 

TSmax, pm me if interested in LA area scout teams.  Familiar with 3 of the OP teams mentioned.  Good luck.

Funny to read this thread years later. My son did end up playing for one of the scout teams listed above. Fun experience. Lots of good players. Highly recommend it -- it's fun, and for a lot of kids it can be really useful for recruiting (as it turned out, for my kid that wasn't the case because he played scout ball as a position player only, and he's going to college as a pitcher, but it was still fun).

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