Chill,
Didn't mean to imply it's rule of thumb. However, this pitcher has been with two major league organizations and it's been the same philosophy with both teams (don't mess with him). The other key is that you normally can't control who drafts you so you need to be very careful with your decisions. Of course there are some very high profile college programs who don't develop players as well. When they routinely sign 10-15 players per year and they have 50 players on their rosters they seem to be less inclined to worry about "development". Generally, they just let the player eliminate himself rather than recognizing potential and developing it. Please don't take any of this as a broad brush but you really need to be careful when deciding what you want.