My son was recruited as a pitcher at some schools and a position player at others and we didn’t see a big difference in the way the colleges recruited or the amount of the scholarships. I think the two biggest factors are the needs of the team (pitching weighs in heavy here) ---- and ---- what the player brings to the table. If you look at college rosters you will see a large number of pitchers. Colleges want lots of pitchers, but just because a player is a pitcher doesn’t mean he will get more from a college. Look at the transfers on Baseball America (over half the “disappointed” transferees are pitchers http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/news/262127.html