Yes. As it does for the 30 franchises in baseball. Hence why the vast majority of draft picks go to A ball
Well considering all of these kids are amateurs, they obviously cannot have pro experience. Of course professional teams would be considered better.
Of all players eligible to be drafted, playing for a school in the ACC and reaching the CWS is about as good as you can get in amateur ball(of course you could nit pick and say the SEC is better) There is no higher level than that. Therefore, Kirian has had success as a reliever at the highest level he could possibly reach.