By Art Berke
“I’ve been calling college baseball games since 2010. Andrew Vaughn is the best hitter that I’ve ever seen in that time. He has a special sort of swing you can’t teach. It’s his incredible natural ability. He can hit in the big leagues right now.”
— Former big leaguer and MLB Network analyst Eric Byrnes.
Last night, with the third pick in the first round of the 2019 MLB Draft, the White Sox selected hard-hitting first baseman Andrew Vaughn (pictured above).
The 6–0, 214-pound, right-handed hitter out of the University of California won USA Baseball’s 2018 Golden Spikes Award, given to the best amateur player in the country, as a sophomore — hitting .