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Message: [QUOTE="SU94, post: 5042746, member: 202"] Akin to MLB Draft: HS prospects are wildcards, but teams can mold them as they see fit within their system. Most often, they take time (measured in years) to amass professional reps (at-bats or innings) to develop, but are at least consistently able exposed to professional coaching norms/methods. While their ceilings are often higher, there is more time for nits to be picked, injury to occur, pitfalls to be found. Meanwhile, college baseball players are older (by 3-4 years), more developed physically/mentally, polished, worldly/educated/autonomous, but their ceiling not as often as high. They are not used to the professional schedule of playing every day. They also might be abused by their college head coach, especially pitchers. Overall, the coaching received will be substandard compared to the professional ranks. Not exactly the same, but there are some correlations between this and college hoops. [/QUOTE]