International players on college rosters

the school my son is being recruited to has 7 players from Puerto Rico, according to the coach 4 maybe drafted in a few weeks.  this is a private D2 school that has all kinds of money, they made us a great offer.

Not that this would necessarily happen; but, knowing something about the probability of a young foreign player making the major leagues (or any young player, for that matter), I'd sure as heck take as much of the subsidized education as I possibly could before turning pro. Seems like a win-win to me.

I look at it a couple of ways. If a team brings in a Latin player, they probably have asignificant investment in that player. Maybe, maybe not. Who knows, but let's assume they do. If so, that player will get significantly more opportunities to prove themselves.

Also, players who are coming from out of the country may have had many more hours in a day to work on baseball and develop their skills.

A player I saw recently at the DII level was an excellent player and from Puerto Rico. Will probably be considered at the next level.