Chill,
Good points,thanks for the info.
We have been debating both sides of this issue forever and this will continue to be debated forever.
It is a personal choice. No one should be made to feel that one decision is better than the other, that is up to the family to decide.
We HS parents all need to take the rose colored glasses off and take a closer look. Too many parents think their sons are the next Josh Beckett, Derek Jeter, Roger Clemens, etc. And no one knows a THING until draft day, don't let anyone make you think any differently.
After all this discussion, I am really looking forward to the percentage of college vs HS for the top 10 rounds. Last year 206 college players were drafted in the top 10, 101 from HS, percentages are 67% college, 33% HS. In the first round out of 20 college players 12 were never drafted out of HS. There were 19 from college in the second, 10 never drafted out of HS. In round 1, Kyle Sleeth was 18 out of HS, Tim Stauffer was 36 out of HS, Aaron Hill was 7 out of HS, Chad Cordero was 26 out of HS, to name a few. The HS players drafted in the first,sandwich, second, third round were OUTSTANDING players. Jumping to the 10th, 21 college players, 13 never drafted in HS. All in all, only 2 players did not do better than HS draft pick in the top ten rounds.
The numbers don't lie, do they?