Episode #5: Justin Cryer | Don't Make It Bigger Than It Is

Chasing Baseball Dreams · Aug 8, 2026 · 58m · transcript

Former Division I pitcher, six-time MLB scout for the Houston Astros, and now director at Marucci Sports, Justin Cryer sits down to expose what scouts actually see, what parents waste money on, and why most travel baseball spending never shows up on a single scouting report. Justin played two years on the bench at Ole Miss, got Tommy John, and still made it. He knows what the machine sells parents and what scouts are actually looking for. This episode cuts through every layer of the youth baseball industry: fake elite teams, rankings that don't matter, equipment that won't fix your swing, and…