2015
Perfect Game All-American Classic Selection
Show To
Be Televised Live on MLB Network
FORT
MYERS, Fla. – The Perfect Game Junior National Showcase and Perfect
Game National Showcase will run consecutively Sunday, June 14 through
Monday, June 22 at the JetBlue Player Development Complex, the
state-of-the-art Grapefruit League spring training home of the Boston
Red Sox.
The
PG Jr. National Showcase will be held June 14-16 and welcomes 180 of
the country’s top prospects that are incoming high school juniors
or sophomores. The PG National Showcase, the nation’s most
prestigious amateur baseball showcase event for incoming high school
seniors, will follow with its six-day run June 17-22. More than 320
prospects from the high school class of 2016 are expected.
Both
events will be heavily attended by college coaches and recruiters
from across the country, and hundreds of scouts and front office
personnel from all 30 Major League Baseball organizations will be in
attendance at the PG National Showcase.
The
two showcases will be covered extensively on the Perfect Game website
(www.perfectgame.org) and
other outlets such as MLB.com, Baseball America, Baseball Prospectus
and SiriusXM MLB Radio. Nike, a world leader in the production of
athletic apparel, will provide gear to the participants in both
events.
This
is the 15th annual Perfect Game National Showcase and it’s the second straight
year it will be staged at Fort Myers’ JetBlue Park, known locally
as Fenway South. Seventeen of the 18 games will be streamed live by
Jock Jive Sports on www.perfectgame.org.
The exception is Game 13 which will be broadcast on MLB.com at 8 p.m.
(EDT) on Sunday, June 21.
The
rosters for this year’s 13th annual Perfect Game
All-American Classic will be constructed primarily with prospects
attending the PG National. The PG All-American Classic Selection Show
announcing the complete rosters will be broadcast on MLB.com live
from the MLB All-Star Game Fan Fest in Cincinnati on Monday, July 13.
The
PG All-American Classic will be televised live on the MLB Network,
streamed live on MLB.com and broadcast live on MLB Radio from Petco
Park in San Diego at 5 p.m. (PDT) on Sunday, Aug. 16.
Already,
203 alumni of the event have made their major league debuts,
including 2015 call-ups Kris Bryant (2009 National) and Addison
Russell (2011) with the Chicago Cubs, Lance McCullers (2011) and
Carlos Correa (2011) with the Houston Astros and Joey Gallo (2011)
with the Texas Rangers.
Other
prominent PG National alumni that have reached the big-leagues
include Eric Hosmer (2007, Kansas City Royals), Madison Bumgarner
(2006, San Francisco Giants), Andrew McCutchen (2004, Pittsburgh
Pirates), Buster Posey (2004, San Francisco Giants), Justin Upton
(2003-04, San Diego Padres) and Prince Fielder (2001, Texas Rangers).
Six
PG National Showcase alumni have been selected with the No. 1 overall
pick in the MLB June Amateur First-Year Player Draft: Upton (2003-04)
in 2005; Tim Beckham (2007) in 2008; Gerrit Cole (2007) in 2011;
Carlos Correa (2011) in 2012, and Mark Appel (2008) in 2013.
In
all, 219 alumni have been either first-round or first-round
compensation picks and over 1,600 former participants have been
drafted since the 2002 MLB draft. Nearly 3,100 former National
players made college commitments.
Thirteen
PG Jr. National alumni have made big-league debuts since the event’s
inception in 2006, including the 2015 call-ups Russell, Gallo and
McCullers from 2010; Washington Nationals’ All-Star outfielder
Bryce Harper was at the 2008 PG Jr. National.
Two-hundred-and-twenty-seven former Jr. National players have been
drafted and more than 870 committed to college programs.