While this isn’t always the case, it is most often the case. These players will use the threat of going back to college for one more year or the high school players to go to college. This means if teams want to bring in this player, especially high school baseball players they may have to offer a higher signing bonus to get the player to commit to the organization rather than the education route.
Over the years, the Blue Jays have made some excellent draft choices and signed those players, other times they have taken the chance on drafting a player who was committed to a school and couldn’t entice them enough to change their route.