I forgot about teams being allowed that addition, though that value is not equal as they won't be playing college baseball, nor will they necessarily get the full college experience. I would be pretty hard pressed to accept that. About 45 minutes from my house, I actually went there for 2 semesters for my graduate degree, and yet I had no idea they had a baseball team.
Tough crowd. From the interviews I have read, he wants to play pro ball pretty badly. If Houston has some slot money leftover, it probably wouldn’t take much (maybe only $200k) to sign him.