From the outside looking in, it might appear that Jace Vines has had a straight shot to this point in his career. He was a fourth round selection of the Kansas City Royals back in 2016 out of Texas A&M, but the real story of his career is masked by what is appears to be on the surface.
Vines started out as many others do. He learned the game from his dad and just continued to play. He proved useful defensively in high school playing catcher and infield, but his bat, or lack thereof, led him to become a pitcher in order to keep his career going.