MORE MLB DRAFT BUSTS (20-11) Part 2 Of TOP 20 MLB Draft BUSTS OF ALL TIME

come baby enjoy this great game welcome to today's video where we'll be counting down 10 more busts from professional baseball 10 names that sparked a ton of hype as they entered into professional baseball but never panned out at the big league level and I received a lot of great suggestions but there are certain players who while they certainly never lived up to the massive hype still had solid MLB careers Greg Jeffries for example was supposed to be a next level Superstar the next coming of Christ but he was never that great still he had a 14-year career he made two all-star teams he had a career 289 batting average he even appeared on the 2006 Hall of Fame ballot and got two votes so for the purposes of this list that is not quite a bust for me a bust is a high draft pick highly touted Prospect who generates big hype and had a far less than average Big League career if he made it to the big leagues at all and a major bust certainly never made an All-Star team so let's get started with 10 more busts number 10 Bill Benny pitcher back in the 80s baseball cards of draft picks who really weren't a thing but this Bill Bennett card was fairly hot for a while Benny was taken fifth overall in the 1988 draft by the Dodgers the same team that also drafted Mike Piazza that year with the 1390th pick they also took Eric carrolls with pick 140. luckily both of them worked out the same unfortunately cannot be said for Bill Benny who had a lively arm that the Dodgers loved Scout saw his stuff and thought that he could be an elite arm but just needed some professional coaching to improve his control which was terrible in college it was a huge Gamble and the Dodgers lost a bit Benny did go 5-0 in his first professional season but most have gotten some good run support because he walked 45 batters and 65 inning and gave up 33 runs for an era of 4.55 and next year in a ball the numbers started to become ridiculous and video gamish in a bad way in 27 Innings he did strike out 24 batters but walked 56. his era ballooned up to 12.64 in 1990 at Vero Beach things really got out of hand as he walked 96 batters in 56 Innings the Run support was gone too as he went one in 10 with an era of 6.99 if Benny wasn't the fifth overall pick he would have been released a long time ago instead he came back year after year showing some slight improvements here and there but never being able to consistently command The Zone whatsoever in 1994 still in the Dodgers organization he walked 49 batters in 50 Innings with a 6.04 era strictly coming out of the bullpen at this point mercifully the Dodgers released him the Reds took a chance on him but he walked nine batters and four innings in double A to end the experiment he was out of baseball in 1996 but did make a comeback attempt in 97 with the angels and even at this point he struck out 70 batters in 68 Innings but walked 66 going 0-4 with a 6.68 era he was finally out of baseball but continued to get busted even later in life as he was arrested and sentenced to six months in jail in 2012 for operating a counterfeit karaoke business without paying taxes one's a bust always a bust number nine Bubba Starling Outfield a recent massive Prospect Bubba Starling was a three sports star and the number one baseball recruit in the nation back in 2011. he was seen as the most athletic player in the entire draft and the Royals took him with the fifth overall selection just ahead of Anthony Rendon who the Nationals took at number six Starling was also taken ahead of Francisco Lindor Javi Baez George Springer and Brandon Nimo in an extremely talented draft class his minor league career was nothing special in a full season in a ball in 2014 he hit just 218 with eight home runs and 17 steals still he slowly moved through the system battling injuries at times until finally making his big league debut in 2019 eight years after he was drafted in 56 games he hit 215 with four home runs and a 255 on base percentage in the shortened 2020 season he was even worse hitting just 170 in 35 games that off season he was non-tendered by the Royals starting re-signed a minor league deal for 21 and played his last year professional baseball with AAA Omaha hitting 258 with seven home runs before announcing his retirement from the game Starling retired with a 204 MLB batting average number eight Preston Mattingly shortstop the next bust was taken in the first round of the 2006 MLB draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers and his name is Preston Mattingly this six foot three 200 pound power hitter the son of should be Hall of Famer Don Mattingly impressed Scouts in high school with massive power speed and a great glove like his dad he signed out of high school and went to the minor leagues where he hit 290 with a home run in rookie ball 2007 with the Great Lakes loons in a ball he struggled hitting just 210 with three home runs and 404 at bats this wasn't a great sign for manningly's development and he wasn't promoted to high a until 2009 when he hit just 238 with eight home runs despite 500 plus at bats this was a situation where a player didn't get hurt wasn't rushed to the big leagues wasn't self-destructive not addicted to drugs he just couldn't hit well at the professional level perhaps as the son of Don Mattingly he was overvalued his last year was 2011 when he hit 232 with five home runs he signed with the Yankees in 2012 but was released before the end of spring training Mattingly however did return to college to play division one basketball and was hired by the Phillies in 2021 to be their minor league director number seven Ben McDonald pitcher next up is a six foot seven 212 pound machine who led the 1988 U.S Olympic baseball team to a gold medal and helped Louisiana state reach the College World Series twice his name is Ben McDonald and he was taken as the number one overall pick in the 1989 MLB draft and given a signing bonus of 350 thousand dollars a unfortunately like many draft busts he was rushed to the big leagues McDonald pitched in only two minor league games in a ball throwing nine solid Innings allowing two runs and 10 hits while striking out nine it was a nice start to his minor league career but certainly not enough to Warrant an immediate call up after just two minor league games he was brought up anyway and against Major League hitting the young Prospect allowed seven runs at seven and a third Innings while striking out just three he had some moderate success the next year and eventually became part of the Orioles rotation but fell quite short of the hype never making an All-Star team and eventually retiring with a 78-70 record and 3.91 era McDonald wasn't the most massive bust of all time but as a number one overall selection he still makes the list number six Kiki Jones pitcher in the first round of the 1989 MLB draft the Dodgers were fortunate enough to have three selections two of them 22nd overall Tom Goodwin 28th overall Jamie mcandrew made it to the big leagues the other pick who was taken as the 15th overall selection never did his name Kiki Jones he was a high school Phenom who struck out a hundred batters and 61 Innings with a 1.14 Era baseball America named him the country's top high school Prospect in his first Minor League season in the Pioneer League he dazzled going 8-0 with a 1.58 era including two complete Game shutouts instantly Jones became one of MLB's hottest up-and-coming minor league prospects unfortunately that was his last great season of pro baseball the next year after going three and three with Bakersfield in a ball Jones season ended due to tendonitis he made nine starts at Vero Beach in 1991 going 3-1 with a 4.1 era but continued to struggle with injuries in three starts in double A in 1993 Jones went 0-1 with a four point 5 era the strikeout numbers were dropping off as well by 1994 he was completely out of baseball Jones made a comeback attempt in 1998 with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays organization who was ineffective in three appearances in high a his last hurray was a brief run with the Rangers High a team in 2001 when he went 0-1 with a 18.69 era Jones is one of the many sad stories of insanely talented young pitchers who get injured earlier in their minor league careers and are never able to make it to the big leagues number five Calvin Murray Outfield as a Giants fan long before the three World Series Championships I remember vividly the hype around an up-and-coming Prospect named Calvin Murray who was such a highly touted prospect that he was drafted in the first round not once but Twice first by the Cleveland Indians in 1989 then by the Giants in 92 after not signing in 89 Murray went to college at 10 Texas and hit 351 with 47 stolen bases during his junior year the Giants took him ahead of future Superstars Jason Giambi and Johnny Damon Murray was known as a guy who could fly play Elite defense and hit for average the Giants also thought they could develop some big Power unfortunately while he certainly could run and play defense he struggled to hit consistently at the professional level and lingered in the giant's farm system for seven years he did show Improvement however and in 1998 he hit 293 between double A and Triple A he had his breakout minor league year in 99 when he hit 334 with 23 home runs and 42 stolen bases for the Fresno Grizzlies Giants fans myself included thought that we had a future All-Star who just took a little more time to develop than normal unfortunately that urine AAA was the last time he would show this kind of talent in 2000 he at 242 with just two home runs for the Giants in 2001 the Giants decided to put him in the lineup for an extended period and really find out what they had he hit 245 with six home runs at 326 at bat certainly not horrible but not particularly good either the Giants traded him to the Rangers he bounced around a bit for a few years and was out of baseball by 2006. Murray had a 231 career MLB batting average with eight home runs and 22 steals he's a name I remember well because he was in the system for so long but he never worked out at the big league level number four Billy Bean Outfield one of the most famous busts in MLB history is Billy Bean the man who went on to become the GM of the Moneyball Era Oakland A's and who was portrayed on the big screen by one Brad Pitt before all of that he was considered one of the top prospects in high school a five tool Talent who hit over 500 during his sophomore and Junior years Scouts projected him as a future Superstar it was the New York Mets who grabbed him in the first round of the 1980 MLB draft the Mets also took two other players in the first round Daryl strawberry and John Gibbons both of whom they put in rookie ball as for bean he started in low a and hit just 210 with a home run the next year he hit 268 but struck out 125 times and 403 at bats his trip through the system was slow in 1983 while strawberry was in his first MLB season Bean was still in double A hitting 246 with 11 home runs in 1984 again in double A he performed well enough to finally earn a call-up to the big leagues where he went one for ten despite another strong Minor League season in 1985 the Mets seemed ready to move on from Bean and traded him to the twins who gave him his first extended shot in the big leagues being hit just 213 with three home runs he also played briefly for the Tigers and A's never quite making it at the MLB level as a player he found another path and has since become a successful baseball executive despite being one of the most noteworthy busts in MLB history number three Eddie Bain pitcher drafted in the first round out of Arizona State in 1973 Eddie Bain was considered a can't miss pitching Prospect good enough in college to be elected into the College Baseball Hall of Fame his college stats are insane a 40-4 record with a 1.64 era he broke and still holds the ASU strikeout record and also through a perfect game Bain also won a silver medal in the 1971 Pan American Games unfortunately the twins made the same mistake as the Rangers made with the first election in the 73 draft David Clyde the Rangers promoted David Klein directly to the big leagues and the twins did the same thing with Eddie Bain he completely bypassed the miners which of course is a recipe for disaster Bain when 0-5 with the twins with a 4.92 era like Clyde he showed signs of Brilliance and had a few good games here and there but simply was not ready for the big leagues so they put him in AAA for the next couple of years where after first getting used to life in the big leagues he had to begin his minor league career he was finally called back up in 75 started four games and went three and one with a 2.86 era but this would be his best season the next year Bain went four and seven with a 5.11 era and never pitched in the big leagues again Bane showed massive potential throughout his pro career but the mishandling of him by the impatient twins front office was likely a major contributor and Bane never being able to really take off in the big leagues number two Donovan Tate Outfield in the 2009 MLB draft the San Diego Padres had the third overall pick and with it they took Donovan Tate a six foot three two hundred pound High School Superstar he was a five tool Talent with insane speed a powerful arm and big stats a 512 batting average and nine bombs his senior year which led his team to the Georgia state championship the Padres snagged him offering a 6.7 million dollar bonus and taking him ahead of Nolan Arenado Paul Goldschmidt and Mike Trout unfortunately the massive Talent he showed in high school never translated to pro ball in his first year Tate hit 222 with two home runs in rookie ball and next year he played in only 39 games in a ball struggling with injuries such as sports hernia broken jaw and a sprained shoulder he also had problems with drug abuse and in June of 2011 he was suspended and required to attend a drug treatment program he stayed relatively healthy in 2012 but hit just 226 with a home run and 448 bats in a ball Tate stuck around that level through 2016 never making it to double a the 26 year old retired from baseball and returned to college to play quarterback for the Arizona Wildcats the Padres especially during the 2000s were known for poor drafting but this may have been their biggest bust of all as he never even made it past High a number one Dustin Ackley my number one bust in today's video is Dustin Ackley who was drafted just before Donovan Tate which makes him the second overall pick in the 2009 draft number one by the way was Stephen Strasbourg Ackley was a fantastic college player who broke several North Carolina records including 119 hits in a season which he did in only 73 games his three College Seasons he hit 402 417 and 417 respectively with 22 bombs in his final year he won multiple Player of the Year Awards and was ranked as the number one college Prospect in many Publications including Baseball America he was considered the best and most professional ready offensive player in a draft that included the names I mentioned earlier Arenado Goldschmidt and Mike Trout the Mariners were confident enough in his abilities to agree to a five-year 7.5 million dollar MLB contract before he signed his first full season of the miners was split between double A and AAA and he hit 267 with seven home runs not terrible but definitely not second overall pick numbers he looked better in 2011 hitting 303 with nine home runs through 66 games earning a promotion to the big leagues he hit 273 with six bombs and would be irregular for the Mariners in 2012. unfortunately he wasn't that great hitting just 226 with 12 home runs and an on-base percentage under 300. he ended up back in AAA for a portion of 2013 hitting well but still struggling with consistency at the big league level he had a few good streaks and definitely showed some Potential from time to time but what fall all into prolonged slumps and never got close to becoming the player he was projected to be eventually the Mariners dealt him to the Yankees he battled injuries there for two years never contributing much then signing with the angels where he stayed in Triple A for two years finally in 2019 the Mariners signed him to return to his original organization but he was released during spring training he ended up hitting 241 with 512 hits and over 2 000 bigly get bats which is why he didn't quite make my top 10 busts of all time but given the fact that he was one of the most decorated college players ever and he was hyped up to be the best offensive player available in the draft he certainly earned bust status in my opinion and that does it for my video of 10 more bus which is a follow-up to my top 10 bus of all time which will be linked up above if you have not checked it out yet if you have I'll also link another video as well let's do the one on Matt Harrington who may have been a bust or maybe he would have been an All-Star we'll never know because he never signed despite being drafted five times so if you enjoyed this video check out one of those or just hit that subscribe and thumbs up button I would really appreciate it thank you so much for taking the time to watch my videos and I'll talk to you next time

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Published: Wed Nov 30 2022