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Originally Posted by Ustwo
If on the other hand they were being drafted into the minor leagues in baseball, go to college first.
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I wouldn't knock minor league baseball too much. There is a huge difference between the goals of a minor league team and a college team. College teams focus on winning first and development second. The sole purpose of a minor league team is player development. Furthermore, minor league teams are much more conservative in the way they monitor the health of their players. A college coach may push his ace pitcher to get him to the college world series but if the minor league team even suspects that the pitcher is injured they shut him down.
Due the the massiveness of the minor league system there is a much better maching of talent levels than there is in college. Each MLB team has more than 8 talent levels ranging from elite high school talent level up to just below MLB. They will put you on the team that best matches your ability and as you develop, you move up.
I also think that a kid is more likely to 'grow up' in the minor leagues than in school. They are out in the real life and they will have much more adult experience than if they stay in the fantasy land of college.
Bottom line is that school will always be there.