Wednesday, June 5th, 2013
It's one thing to be recognized as one of the best in your craft. But to be recognized as one of the worst in your craft -- well, that takes some real doing.
Without further ado, here are the 10 most disappointing players selected in the top-5 of the Major League ...
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Friday, June 15th, 2012
This week's Sports Illustrated includes a sidebar to a feature on Pirates star Andrew McCutcheon calling the MLB 2005 Draft Class "the best in decades."
It is hard to dispute that assertion based on much of the talent to come out of it -- Justin Upton, Ryan Zimmerman, Troy Tulowitzki and ...
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Tuesday, June 5th, 2012
The Houston Astros decided they weren't going to pass on a talented shortstop with the top pick in the draft this time around.
Houston took Puerto Rican (or in the words of Bud Selig, Porto Rican) shortstop Carlos Correa with the No. 1 draft pick on Monday night, apparently attempting to ...
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Friday, April 20th, 2012
In 2003, the Chicago Cubs drafted center fielder Ryan Harvey with the No. 6 pick in the MLB Draft. Like most Cubs first-round picks, he didn't even come close to the show, topping off with two and a half years in Double-A before leaving organized baseball in 2010 and attempting ...
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
Get ready for some all-time shocking news: baseball super-agent Scott Boras is not a fan of the new draft spending limits in baseball's recently signed collective bargaining agreement. Let's all say it in unison, "poor Scott Boras."
Major League Baseball's new CBA has rules governing how much teams can spend on ...
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
For the third year in a row the Washington Nationals opened up the checkbook and added to their farm system by doling out tons of cash to their draftees. Monday night the Nationals and general manager Mike Rizzo succeeded in getting all three of their first/sandwich-round picks under contract. And ...
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Monday, August 15th, 2011
It's signing day in Major League Baseball. Tonight at midnight eastern time, teams have to come to terms with the players they selected in the 2011 MLB Draft or lose their rights. Entering today just 10 of the top 33 picks in the draft had signed. And eight of the ...
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