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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PERFECT GAME BECOMES OFFICIAL OUTFITTER OF
PRD BASEBALL
Sanford, Florida (Tuesday, April 9, 2024) - Perfect Game, the world’s largest youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service, has announced a multi-year partnership with PRD Baseball to serve as the official uniform and apparel provider for all teams, coaches and family members affiliated with their regional and national brands, including Ghost, Artillery and Stacked, among other partners.
“We couldn’t be happier to welcome PRD Baseball into the Perfect Game family as we are dedicated to providing the highest quality uniforms, apparel, and headwear in the industry,” said Perfect Game CEO Rob Ponger. “Pat Geroni and his group at PRD have created a program that is among the elite when it comes to training amateur players and Perfect Game welcomes the opportunity to work alongside their brand.”
“We have always been a major advocate of Perfect Game based on the level of excellence they provide in not only the event and data space, but operationally as a whole,” said Pat Geroni, CEO of PRD Baseball. “We are thankful for the amenities Perfect Game has provided for us at PRD and look forward to this uniform and apparel relationship.”
The partnership will officially go into effect later this spring and includes Baker Sporting Goods, one of the largest team sports dealers in the Southeastern United States. Baker Sporting Goods will facilitate all Perfect Game team sales and any ancillary purchases related to baseball operations for PRD.
PRD Baseball joins a rapidly growing list of travel baseball organizations currently partnering with Perfect Game for uniforms and apparel that includes 5 Star National, Scorpions Baseball Texas, Upstate Mavericks Baseball and USG Baseball, among many others.
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Media contact:
Greg Casterioto / Gcasterioto@perfectgame.org / (267) 246-5709
About Perfect Game
Perfect Game is the world’s largest elite youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service, producing over 9,800+ events, hundreds of thousands of games, and showcases each year across the country. Perfect Game is dedicated to giving amateur players exposure to take their game to the next level, whether that be in college or in the professional ranks. At Perfect Game events, players are performing with top-level competition in front of college recruiters and professional scouts from all over the country. Because of this, these events prove to be invaluable to college coaches as well as Major League Baseball, as they can scout a large population of talented ballplayers in one location. To date, more than 2,034 players that have played in a Perfect Game event have also played in Major League Baseball. Since 2003, 14,466 Perfect Game alumni have been selected in the MLB First-Year Amateur Player Draft. In the 2023 Draft, for example, 95 percent of all players selected had played in Perfect Game events, and every player selected on the Draft’s first day had previously attended Perfect Game events.
About PRD Baseball
PRD’s objective across all of our training and teams is to create the best club baseball experience possible for every client. A baseball player's needs vary and change over time, but with our large scope we are able to customize opportunities in the training and club baseball world to assist with any players' process. We believe in transparency, process and structure. At PRD, players are able to tap into the highest level of training, all top national and regional events while using our NCAA and MLB connections to provide career opportunities. We are passionate about our mission and have created a functional ecosystem through our partners and contacts across the United States to assist with the college/professional navigation process. As always, our mission is to help extend the careers of as many amateur baseball players as possible through training, advising and club team solutions. As we continue to expand into new regions, we connect great baseball people and small business owners who have similar core beliefs with us at PRD. Our objective is to connect positive dots in these new regions and assist in building heightened options and opportunities for players that live there. At the same time, each of these additions serve as a further amenity for existing clients as through their networks we are able to expand our ecosystem and reach across the United States. Follow us on Instagram at @prdbaseballacademy and @ghostnatl