2014prospect - At the highest academic D3's (think Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore) 100% of financial needs are met by grants purely as a consequence of admission. Only a handful of the baseball players are paying full price and the AVERAGE grant is $36,000. The financial aid office will work tirelessly with an admit to find the financial package that works. I don't know of any baseball "tips" (a Tip is an application supported by the coach and AD that is being shepherded through admissions) who ultimately didn't come because of finances. So, don't be discouraged by sticker prices.
Referring to the part I put in bold, I believe you when you say you don't know any tips who didn't matriculate due to finances.
But readers should not draw conclusions from that about how frequently this might happen. Just because you don't know any, doesn't mean it doesn't happen, or how frequently it might happen.......unless you tell us you have access to the results of all the offers made by the schools you mentioned.
I have no inside information, but I would not be surprised if it is a common occurrence. Anybody have real data?