The Yankees first round pick decided that he would rather go to college than play professional baseball right now:

Cole is represented by the agent Scott Boras, who is known for asking for lucrative bonuses. But the Yankees have reached deals with first-round Boras clients the last two seasons, and the person said the failure to sign Cole had nothing to do with him.

Instead, Cole and his father had a change of heart and decided to go to college rather than negotiate with the Yankees.

"It was not a negotiating issue," the person said. "It was not a number issue."

Cole is a Yankees fan, which makes this even more interesting. Either this is a move to see just how high the Yankees go to lure him away from college or he really does value an education. Can't argue too much with that.