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Who are some of the biggest busts in MLB history?

Posted on 8/2/16 at 8:02 pm
Posted by FitnessDude
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Posted on 8/2/16 at 8:02 pm
List guys who had incredible hype around and what you think caused them to fail
Posted by JumpingTheShark
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Posted on 8/2/16 at 8:03 pm to
John Elway

Some guys just can't cut it
This post was edited on 8/2/16 at 8:04 pm
Posted by msutiger
Shreveport
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Posted on 8/2/16 at 8:03 pm to
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Posted by UnluckyTiger
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 8/2/16 at 8:06 pm to
Lastings Milledge
Elijah Dukes
Posted by WylieTiger
Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 8/2/16 at 8:07 pm to
Phil Plantier,

at least his baseball card was a bust!
Posted by texastiger38
Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 8/2/16 at 8:10 pm to
Billy Beane
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Posted by ShaneTheLegLechler
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 8/2/16 at 8:13 pm to
Among guys that were big time prospects?



Ruben Rivera
Ben Grieve
Travis Lee
Corey Patterson
Sean Burroughs
Brandon Wood

Could do a whole bunch on draft busts but the MLB draft is such a crapshoot
Posted by The Godfather
Surrounded by Assholes
Member since Mar 2005
41447 posts
Posted on 8/2/16 at 8:13 pm to
Brien Taylor.. #1 overall pick and never made it past AA and I believe is in jail now
Posted by Broseph Barksdale
Member since Sep 2010
10571 posts
Posted on 8/2/16 at 8:15 pm to
This is kind of a troll response but Byron Buxton appears well on his way. He's been pure garbage every time he's been up.
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 8/2/16 at 8:23 pm to
Tough to call pitchers who's arms explode busts. It's a known risk drafting pitchers, especially high school pitchers high.
Posted by Speedy G
Member since Aug 2013
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Posted on 8/2/16 at 9:27 pm to
Shawn Abner
Posted by WaltTeevens
Santa Barbara, CA
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 8/2/16 at 9:34 pm to
Not biggest bust, but one of the more interesting busts was Wily Mo Pena
This post was edited on 8/2/16 at 9:35 pm
Posted by dabigfella
Member since Mar 2016
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Posted on 8/2/16 at 9:41 pm to
alex bregman and its not even close this guys like 1-30 now
Posted by Speedy G
Member since Aug 2013
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Posted on 8/2/16 at 9:41 pm to
Biggest bust all time has to be Danny Goodwin. He was drafted first overall twice - once out of high school (didn't sign) then again four years later out of college (Southern U).

Got 707 career PAs over 7 seasons and hit .236.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 8/2/16 at 9:45 pm to
Kevin Maas
Brien Taylor
Bob Hamlin
Posted by lsusportsman2
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 8/2/16 at 9:59 pm to
Alex Bregman will no doubt be one very soon.
Posted by Jester
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 8/2/16 at 10:08 pm to
Does Nigel Wilson count?
Posted by LSUsmartass
Scompton
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Posted on 8/2/16 at 10:09 pm to
Bruce Chen
Posted by Spaulding Smails
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Alex Bregman
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 8/2/16 at 10:26 pm to
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