26 Facts About MLB Draft

1. MLB Draft re-entered the draft in 2006 after spending the previous year with the independent Fort Worth Cats.

2. MLB Draft has one of the better high school changeups.

3. MLB Draft has a mid-90s fastball and a plus changeup, though improving his curveball and consistency are on his to-do list.

4. MLB Draft has a chance to stay in center field, and even if he loses a step, he still profiles well in right.

5. MLB Draft was better earlier in the season than late, which caused him to fall much further than expected.

6. MLB Draft can reach 99 mph with late life on his fastball and wipe hitters out with a slider in the mid-80s.

7. MLB Draft can reach 97 mph with his fastball, snap off a plus curveball, and flash a solid changeup as well.

8. MLB Draft had a chance to go as high as No 13 to his hometown club in Miami, and a few other spots in the teens, so getting him at No 26 is a nice grab for the Red Sox.

9. MLB Draft draws a healthy amount of walks and has an arm suited for right field.

10. MLB Draft makes a lot of hard contact, and there's room to add a lot of strength to his 6-foot-4 frame, so he's gonna do a lot of damage.

11. MLB Draft has the best combination of stuff and polish of any pitcher in the 2018 Draft class.

12. MLB Draft finished his rookie season with a more than satisfactory 11 percent strikeout rate after hitting.

13. MLB Draft has just three strikeouts in 205 plate appearances at the Venezuelan Winter League.

14. MLB Draft fanned only three times in 97 plate appearances during his MLB debut last season after tallying 14 strikeouts in 307 plate appearances at Triple-A Rochester.

15. MLB Draft spent his final three years in the minor leagues.

16. MLB Draft spent most of his time on the disabled list, including his famous "bruised buttocks" injury.

17. MLB Draft was supposed to help fuel another playoff push.

18. MLB Draft had a minus-0.9 bWAR in his only "full" season with the Red Sox, then played only 35 games for the Sox the next two seasons before he was released.

19. MLB Draft was released the next spring, but because of deferred payments, the franchise didn't finish paying Vaughn until December 31, 2007.

20. MLB Draft made 68 starts over four seasons and posted a 5.79 ERA before he was traded to San Diego.

21. MLB Draft played three games before breaking his foot, and he never played in the bigs again.

22. MLB Draft was better in 2011 and was traded to Arizona.

23. MLB Draft was finally released in January 1982, with many years remaining on that 10-year deal.

24. MLB Draft lasted just 23 starts with the Diamondbacks before he was traded to the Mets at the 1998 non-waiver trade deadline.

25. MLB Draft finished the season with a 5.12 ERA and was shipped to Pittsburgh in the offseason.

26. MLB Draft spent most of 2007 on the DL and then was claimed on waivers that August by the Dodgers.