CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox selected first baseman Andrew Vaughn from the University of California with their first pick (third overall) in tonight’s Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
Vaughn, a 21-year-old junior, batted .381 (67–176) with 14 doubles, 15 home runs, 50 RBI, 49 runs scored, 59 walks, a .544 on-base percentage, .716 slugging percentage and 1.260 OPS in 52 games for u211624 California this season. Vaughn, who is rated by Baseball America and MLBPipeline.com as the u21163 prospect in the draft, finished the regular season ranked among Division I leaders in on-base percentage (3rd, .