CTbballDad posted:JCG posted:Time will tell, but IMO Andrew Vaughn won the 2019 draft. After a lot of whispers that either he or Witt might go to the Orioles as the #1 overall pick, Rutschman is the poor, newly rich kid who goes to the worst team in baseball that also has a low-rated farm system, while Vaughn goes to a team that is currently on the cusp of being good and has a highly rated farm system stocked with top 100 prospects (including a pretty solid 1B, so that may be interesting.) By this metric, C. J. Abrams, chosen #6 by the Padres, is a very close second.
If the goal is to make it to the show, wouldn't you want to be the best player in the farm system for a MLB that sucks?
Fast track to the MLB and get that service time clock running...
What is also very important is who is in front of you on the MLB team. I've seen top prospects buried In the minors because no place to put them. Your time clock may be delayed for a few seasons or you can end up being traded. Those things you have zero control over thus just go about giving 100%, progress, and put up the best numbers you can.