re: Lottery scholarships and college baseball programs

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But if they were able to give more scholarships, they could keep more of the talent from going pro earlier increasing the level of play and prof

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Meh. I don't think lack of scholarship is the reason many guys go pro.

The main reason is for the immediate money and immediate start on their career.

you could be playing in the bigs at age 20-21 if you sign out of high school. You go to college, age 21-22 is when you're just starting the minor leagues and needing about 2 years at least before getting called up. (with the exception of some stud pitchers in college)