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The #1 Overall Picks of the Past Decade

If you haven't already heard, the D-Backs have the number one pick in this year's amateur player draft. They should get the best player, right? As the past 10 years have shown us, that is not always the case.

After a dismal 2014, one glimmer of hope us D-Backs fans had going into this year was the fact that we owned the number one pick in the draft. Just because you have the number one pick doesn't mean that you will get the best player in your draft though. As has been discussed in many articles here at the 'Pit, there is no clear-cut number one pick, and nobody who would be considered a "once in a generation" talent.