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Message: [QUOTE="kibblesnbits, post: 5159907, member: 97"] Understood, but baseball is a different animal. First, MLB takes much of the top tier straight out of high school. Second, the vast majority of the best college players are again draft eligible and leave after junior year. Lastly, it’s a partial scholarship sport. D1 teams get 10-12 scholarhips for the entire roster. Many kids can do as well or better with financial aid to a lower level school (athletically, not necessarily academically) as with a D1 scholarship. As a result, the gaps between D1 and D2 and between D2 and D3 are smaller. While MLB players from D2 or D3 are still unusual, they are common and the minors are littered with them. top college teams can also use them to fill in leadership gaps left by highly drafted juniors. [/QUOTE]