1. Use this site for what it is — a wide variety of opinions that won't tell you what to do, it will tell you things to think about and consider as you decide what YOU want to do.
2. Your son has to want it, not you — we told ours in eighth grade that if he would do the work, we would financially back him. He had to schedule lessons, get himself up in the morning to go lift, etc. We weren't going to push him to do any of it. He has far exceeded our expectations.
3. Decide where baseball fits — a lot of people in this thread say "pick a school that would be a good fit if baseball weren't part of the equation." It's a nice idea and seems logical on the face of it, but the truth is, that's almost impossible. Son was looking at a nearby D1. He asked a friend who was going there about it and finally the kid said "honestly, my experience is completely different from what yours will be. If you come here, you'll live in the dorm with baseball players, you'll eat in their dining hall, your classes will be arranged around practices and games."
On visits, he liked the academics okay but loved the athletics. And the athletics was what mattered most to him. He'll get a good academic education. He'll get a great baseball education. We think that will be the right thing for him, but not for everyone.