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    The biggest bust in recent baseball history, Matt Bush

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Bush_%28baseball%29

    #1 overall pick in 2004 before Verlander and has done NOTHING in the minors except get busted for all sorts of stupid shit.

    Surprised this guy hasn't been featured in sports illustrated or bryant gumbels show

    an inmitigated disaster

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    daniel moskos

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chi_archie View Post
    daniel moskos
    4th overall pick isn't quite the same as #1

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    never heard of em

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    sorry I meant Bryan Bullington, they've had so many sucky ones I get them mixed up!

    1-9 with a 5.62 ERA
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    Yea, it's Bullington that you're thinking of.

    Even though he was a #4 and chosen only due to money slot.....Tony Sanchez should be in there too. The Pirates don't even give us updates on him anymore.

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    no bigger bust than brien taylor...though he wasn't really recent

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    haha sanchez from boston college....

    ya alot of catchers bust out....remember jeff clement???? i keep seeing alot of people think this catcher from florida zunnino is going to go in the top 3-5

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    gotta agree with IntheDrink
    Brian Taylor wihout a doubt, ruined his shoulder in a bar fight. yankees #1 in 91 i wanna say never even came close to the show

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    Quote Originally Posted by bobby heenan View Post
    haha sanchez from boston college....

    ya alot of catchers bust out....remember jeff clement???? i keep seeing alot of people think this catcher from florida zunnino is going to go in the top 3-5

    yeah I remember him, he's in the Pirates system!!!!!!

    I think John Van BenSchoten is another great Pirates first rounder, guy was the ncaa leader in HR's his senior year.....

    so the Pirates draft him in the first round, and make him a pitcher!!!

    he ends up finally working his way up to mlb level and setting some records for worst ERA ever!

    2-9 and 9.20 career era!!!!

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    Todd Van Poppel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NYSportsGuy210 View Post
    Todd Van Poppel.
    a guy that had an 11 year career

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    The thing about the guy i mentioned, Bush, is that he was #1 OVERALL and hasn't come close to sniffing the majors

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brock Landers View Post
    The thing about the guy i mentioned, Bush, is that he was #1 OVERALL and hasn't come close to sniffing the majors

    two words for you.....

    Josh Hamilton

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chi_archie View Post
    yeah I remember him, he's in the Pirates system!!!!!!

    I think John Van BenSchoten is another great Pirates first rounder, guy was the ncaa leader in HR's his senior year.....

    so the Pirates draft him in the first round, and make him a pitcher!!!

    he ends up finally working his way up to mlb level and setting some records for worst ERA ever!

    2-9 and 9.20 career era!!!!
    sounds crazy....but he didnt really play at a big school....so the power hitting tools probably didnt project as much as his pitching potential did.......remember darren dreifort....he could rake when he was at wichita st.....and he showed flashes of it in the big leagues...

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    you pirates guys have to be a little excited though...i think youve got something with cole and taillon

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    Quote Originally Posted by NYSportsGuy210 View Post
    Todd Van Poppel.
    van poppel pulled a dick move....and in the end i think chipper jones and the braves made out well and had the last laugh......but van poppel didnt completely flame out.....he never got close to being what baseball guys thought he was going to be....but he didn completely flame out....he hung around for awhile...even though it was as a reliever

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    just starting to take a look back at some recent first rounds

    this ones gotta hurt pirates fans....06 4th overall brad lincoln

    7th overall clayton kershaw...10th overall lincecum....im guessing right now youd settle for 21 overall ian kennedy...just tons of pitching misses for the pirates over the last 10 years

    05 draft j upton, r zimmerman, r braun, r romero, tulowitzki, mccutchen, j bruce all in the top 12...with ellsbury at 23...and some other major leaguers like john mayberry jr, cliff pennington, garza, volstad, pelfrey,colby rasmus, c maybin

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    Lincoln is doing ok finally. Cole and Tallion along with heredia, marte, bell,a few others and basically all the 19 year old Hispanic crew at west virgina low A ball give the fans some glimmer of hope

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    Oscar Ozocar.

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    Only people in San Diego would know who Matt Bush is.

    He was always on the news / in the paper when he was a high schooler.

    Just turned out to be a really shitty player once he got into the padres system.
    Quote Originally Posted by flyingillini View Post
    never heard of em

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chi_archie View Post
    Lincoln is doing ok finally. Cole and Tallion along with heredia, marte, bell,a few others and basically all the 19 year old Hispanic crew at west virgina low A ball give the fans some glimmer of hope
    ya i hear you about lincoln....but to see what was missed on with kershaw.....got to be a bit of a disappointment

    not sure how far some of your memories stretch back....but i remember this kid cause he was drafted a pick or two after my boy rocco baldelli......but matt harrington.....kid was like the best high school pitcher in the country back in 2000.....his agent scared teams off at the very top and he fell a few spots to like 7 or 8 i think....and his agent had some big squabble with the rockies and he never signed.....so he went back into the draft and fell into the 2nd round and then got scott boras and he was tryna get the kid first round money and didnt sign...so he started pitching for independent league teams and his shit was gone by then and the pads told him straight up they had no interest in him anymore....sad...he wasnt even two years removed from being a national player of the year and he was getting lit up in independent leagues

    shits crazy but i guess he had a nice insurance policy so he didnt totally lose out

    http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/etick...423/harrington
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    Well the kid from Atlanta is whore shit too

    Automatic out

    JASON HEYWARD ..huge bust


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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    Well the kid from Atlanta is whore shit too

    Automatic out

    JASON HEYWARD ..huge bust
    ya....things arent looking so hot for him right now....but he was drafted out of a high school...still very young

    tim beckham looks like he could be ripe for one of these threads down the line

    amazes me how much quicker the college kids are hitting the majors these days as opposed to the old approach.....

    and not to rub it in pirates fans faces...but....pedro alvarez

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    Yeah hadn't heard if that kid. Boras is s cancer...... Pirates fans are feeling better about Pedro, he still might put it together. Right now third base men are lacking on power in the NL, can't remember it ever being this poor for hitting 3b-men

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brock Landers View Post
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Bush_(baseball)

    #1 overall pick in 2004 before Verlander and has done NOTHING in the minors except get busted for all sorts of stupid shit.

    Surprised this guy hasn't been featured in sports illustrated or bryant gumbels show

    an inmitigated disaster

    the article is FAKE!

    "Matt Bush (born February 8, 1986, in San Diego, California) is a professional baseball player." LOLOLOL

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    How bout us O's fans. Lets see remember Ben Mcdonald. Also Jeffery Hamonds. And last but not least Manny Alexander he was suppose the next Cal Ripken. And there a host of others. Too many to name. God its tough being a O's fan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brock Landers View Post
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Bush_(baseball)

    #1 overall pick in 2004 before Verlander and has done NOTHING in the minors except get busted for all sorts of stupid shit.

    Surprised this guy hasn't been featured in sports illustrated or bryant gumbels show

    an inmitigated disaster

    typical Padres draft pick..this kid went to high school 5 minutes from where I grew up..was a great pitcher/shortstop and hitter at Mission Bay High...kid couldn't keep his head on straight and made countless bad decisions.

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    this bush kid's career will skyrocket now that brock called him a loser...someone tell the guy he has been reverse landersed.

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