My take is that college baseball, especially at the higher level, is better and more competitive than that of A or AA baseball. If you take a look, many of the college players end up starting at AAA or above the level than they would have out of a high school. This also has the plus of gaining a college education, providing the professional teams with a better look at the player development and caliber, and saving everybody a few dollars. Last time I checked, it cost the major league team about a million dollars to develop a player that reach the majors. Pretty good investment.
The question that still puzzles me is why do sports with smaller rosters have more coaches, run practices with stations and position specific drills and we have soccer coaches not following a similar model?
