Purpose Driven Baseball Competitors

Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic professional sports league in the United States and consists of 30 member clubs in the U.S. and Canada, representing the highest level of professional baseball. Led by Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr., MLB remains committed to making an impact in the communities of the U.S., Canada and throughout the world, perpetuating the sport's larger role in society and permeating every facet of baseball's business, marketing, community relations and social responsibility endeavors. MLB currently features record levels of competitive balance, continues to expand its global reach through programming and content to fans all over the world, and registered records in games and minutes watched this season on MLB.TV. With the continued success of MLB Network and MLB digital platforms, MLB continues to find innovative ways for its fans to enjoy America's National Pastime and a truly global game. For more information on Major League Baseball, visit www.MLB.com.

Perfect Game is devoted to furthering the development and career of the talented amateur baseball player. To that end, Perfect Game produces the very highest national-level individual player showcases and team tournaments all over the United States and creates innovative apparel and headwear to enable peak-level performances on field. PG events have proved invaluable to the college coaching community and major league baseball as they can scout a large population of talented ball players all in one location, supported by industry-leading data capture at each game. The PG Database is the largest of its kind anywhere in baseball. At any given time there will be nearly 300,000 high school players being followed via the database per year. PG Staff members are located throughout the country. Perfect Game employs close to 200 full-time people and another 150 part-timers, most of whom have either vast baseball experience or a wealth of expertise in their respective fields. Perfect Game is proud to have the largest scouting department in all of baseball.

Since 1978 USA Baseball has been the national governing body (NGB) for the sport of baseball. It represents the sport in the United States as a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) and internationally as a member federation of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF). Nearly every major national amateur baseball organization in America is united as a USA Baseball National Member Organization. As a result, USA Baseball governs more than 12 million amateur players in ballparks and playgrounds across the country. As the commissioner's office for amateur baseball, USA Baseball is a resource center for its various membership groups, fans, and players. USA Baseball is also responsible for promoting and developing the game of baseball on the grassroots level, both nationally and internationally.