Look , I have had kids that told me they wanted to play college baseball. But not if they had to go to a smaller school to do it because they wanted the big campus college experience. Not if they had to go too far away from home. Not if they were not going to have a chance to play early. Not if they were going to have to play D3 baseball. Not if..................................etc etc.
Then you dont want to play college baseball bad enough. If you did you would not set conditions on it. It was and is their choice and I am not knocking anyone for deciding that those conditions are so important to them that they would rather not do it.
But for the player that REALLY wants to play at the college level and is not going to set conditions that will eliminate the options that suit his current baseball ability or academic standing or ability as well, their is a program for everyone of these players.