College or Majors?

With the completion of the 2009 June draft, many High School and College Players are facing the difficult question, College or Majors?

So, what is a player to do? Take whatever money is offered and start on his competitive journey to the Pros or head to college, get an education and hope to improve his draft status in the seasons ahead? College will win right? Not necessarily.

It becomes a question of, What is worth more: A college scholarship in an environment that offers something more than baseball or the fulfillment of a live long dream to become a pro baseball player. The answer is different for different players.

Take Bryce Harper, at age 16 he is not even eligible for the draft but he is already thinking about both college and the draft. Granted, he is the exception rather than the rule, yet he is not immune to the question, College or Majors? He is just able to avoid it for now. However, in 2010, it will become a real dilemma.

For most players it will come down to their confidence in improving their draft status vs their desire to play immediately. Money can obviously play a big role in all decisions but in either case (college or majors) the athlete still gets to play baseball and that is very cool...