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MLB Draft 2019: Washington Nationals select RHP Jackson Rutledge with 17th overall pick in 1st Round

With the 17th overall pick of the 2019 MLB Draft, the Washington Nationals selected right-handed pitcher Jackson Rutledge out of San Jacinto (Texas) Junior College.

Rutledge is a 6’8’’ right-hander who was the second-highest ranked right-handed pitching on MLB Pipeline’s list of the Top prospects for the 2019 Draft, writing that the pitcher, “... emerged as the best junior college prospect since Bryce Harper went No. 1 overall out of Southern Nevada in 2010 and the best in Texas since Clay Buchholz was a supplemental first-rounder from Angelina in 2005.