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MLB Metrics 101: The MLB Draft's Biggest No. 1 Pick Fails

Wasting the No. 1 pick in the Major League Baseball draft is bad. What's even worse is wasting the pick and missing out on a generational talent.

What are the most extreme examples of that? Sounds like a job for Bleacher Report's MLB Metrics 101.

Hello, and welcome back. This week's topic is the biggest No. 1 pick fails in MLB draft history. This is not to be confused with the biggest No. 1 "busts," which strictly involves looking at which picks turned out the worst.

Looking for the biggest "fails" involves looking at both each year's No.