So "because they suck" is the only reason pitchers choose an education over years of toiling in the minors?
A 22 year old who just finished college is a lot more major league ready than an 18 year old. With baseball's astronomical rate of failure, I'd much rather secure a degree and then take my shot at the majors than spend my life like Crash Davis. The #1 pick in last year's Draft, Gerrit Cole, got drafted by the Yankees out of high school and turned them down to go to school and refine his game instead of doing it while playing for some bumble**** Single-A team. He was considered the #1 talent out of high school too, the only reason he fell to the Yankees was because teams knew he had his sights set on school and the Yankees decided to take a flier and try to land a #1 talent in the 30s by offering him a big contract. He turned them down.