Cali Dad, welcome to the high school baseball web, I hope you find it to be a great resource, as so many of the rest of us do.
To respond to your comments, I have to disagree for the most part. Remember that the colleges are the ones 'employing' the player, so to speak. Most college coaches take a very dim view of players who de-commit, unless there is a very good reason for doing so. Most college coaches I know tend to not trust a player who has walked away from a commitment, and most of them are not as short-sighted and opportunistic as you might think. Trust me, they talk amonst themselves, a lot, and word gets around quickly on a guy that a program has a problem with.
A player may de-commit and have it work out fine, but much more often, he's going to find a tougher road to navigate afterwards. That's been my experience.