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Cubs sign lefthander Luke Hagerty, 17 years after drafting him in the first round

Luke Hagerty was the Cubs’ No. 1 pick (supplemental, 32nd overall) in 2002. He threw very well in his first stop in the system, then got injured and had Tommy John surgery and after that, had trouble throwing strikes. He washed out of the Cubs system by 2006 and his last professional stop was with Schaumburg in indy ball in 2008.

Since then Hagerty has created X2 Athletics, a sports and fitness gym in Scottsdale, Arizona. Recently he threw, along with several other former big leaguers and others, in a Driveline Pro Day session in Seattle.