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Just got a email for this, its expensive just to see where my kid is at, ive never heard of these guys ,

The Scouting News has released it's class of 2019 spring prospect list in full today (1110 players in total, ranked numerically 1 to 1110). After surveying coaches, scouts, recruiters, agents, advisors and experts, we've compiled the ultimate who's who list of prospects that'll in high demand on the MLB - D1 (and lower level institutions) recruiting front.

Here is the link to the article:

http://www.thescoutingnews.com/index.php/article/show/68185

** Please note if you are getting this email, it means you are ranked within the top 1100 players in the country presently by The Scouting News **

If the links do not work, copy and paste them into your browser.

Regards
The staff
www.thescoutingnews.com
info@thescoutingnews.com

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Usually never enter these topics, but we have never seen a scouting news scout at any of the events we hold or the events we cover. Yet we see they contact most of the players we have in our database.  They even use our photos.  Notice on the link provided above, some of the PG photos have been cropped so you don't see PG on the hat.  I can guarantee they don't have our permission.  

I hate to say anything bad about this, but something just ain't right.  I really wonder if they see any of the players they try to sell. In other words they are make money off of unknowing players and parents and not spending any money to actually scout players. They simply go by what the player or parent says or rewrite a report they see somewhere else. And sometimes the report they write sounds like a second grader wrote it.  Read the first one at the top on the right side (Murdock)

It's really kind of amazing how many people they can fool.

Last edited by PGStaff

Wow this is embarrassingly bad.  More evidence that they are not even scouting these kids is Nick Pratto on that page link you sent.  The kid is well-known in SoCal where I live.  They still show him at Mater Dei, where he played in 2014-15.  But now he is at Huntington Beach HS.  If you go to a legitimate place like Perfect Game, Pratto's HS is accurate there.  But this service supposedly just updated their lists. 

Looks like a complete scam to me, and it is really sad that they are using high school kids as a means to do it.

Thanks all for the info its nice to let everyone know who's a scammer in the baseball youth world ,

it gets better, I just got another email asking all this , very funny..

 

Hello (----- ----------)

Yesterday you were ranked by The Scouting News as a top 1100 player in the country, so, first off congratulations on that accomplishment.

Can you please return this Q and A to us in the next 24 - 48 hours, as we want to do a spring update on your progress.

It will take about ten to fifteen minutes to fill out.

(1)

Send us game action photos of yourself for our files

(2)

Player Q and A form (answer, and send back to us.

a)

Name, Year of Birth, Graduation Year, Current Team, Height, Weight and Team

b)

What are your best assets as a player (strengths on and off the field)?

c)

Which areas of your game are you trying to improve the most in the next six months?

d)

Where are you at with the college recruiting process? Have you made visits? What schools have talked to you? What’s the general feedback you are getting on the recruiting trail?

e)

Tip Sheet

Twitter address

Email Address

Parents Email Address

HS Coaches Email – Name

Travel Team Coaches Email - Name

Private Trainers Email - Name

Skills Coaches Email – Name

Baseball Scouting Reference - Name

f)

Do you have a video link of game or practice action? If so, please tell us the ULR’s so we can have our scouting staff view and review them here.

g)

What camps – events do you plan to attend this summer? Where can scouts and recruiters view you. If its not available right now, can you please make sure to inform so we can do our best to continue to follow your progress?

Thanks a lot, and we will look forward to hearing from you very soon.

Regards, Benjamin Bennett, The Scouting News, info@thescoutingnews.com, www.thescoutingnews.com

 

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