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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PERFECT GAME SEC WELCOMES JEFF CASTEEL

IN STRATEGIC AFFILIATE MERGER

Sanford, Florida (Wednesday, April 30, 2025) - Perfect Game, the world’s largest youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service, in conjunction with Perfect Game SEC, today announced a strategic merger with Jeff Casteel, a successful Perfect Game affiliate operator. The move will bolster Perfect Game SEC’s Southeast presence and reach.

The addition of Casteel, who has managed over 3,000 baseball teams annually across the Atlanta Metro area, West Georgia, and Alabama, marks a pivotal step in Perfect Game SEC’s mission to deliver unparalleled opportunities for young baseball talent. With deep-rooted experience and a vast network, Casteel is uniquely positioned to lead growth in Alabama’s AA and AAA levels. Under this unified structure, his expertise will enhance event quality, broaden regional coverage and drive meaningful expansion across key competitive divisions in Alabama.

"Jeff's proven management skills and deep understanding of the Georgia and Alabama baseball landscape make him an invaluable addition,” said Dominick Ferraro, Managing Partner of Perfect Game SEC. ”We are thrilled to welcome him and his network."

"I am incredibly excited to join Perfect Game SEC through this merger,” said Casteel. “The growth potential in Georgia and Alabama is immense and I'm particularly eager to lead the expansion into Alabama's AA and AAA levels for both baseball and softball players."

This merger will ensure seamless operational integration in the coming weeks. Players, coaches and families in Georgia and Alabama can expect an enhanced schedule of Perfect Game events, increased scouting visibility and the same commitment to excellence they’ve come to expect.

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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 perform 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 2,240 players that have played in a Perfect Game event have also played in Major League Baseball. Since 2003, 15,134 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.