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The biggest busts of the 2008 MLB draft

The draft is a time of hope and promise, and after it's all over, a scout sits with his staff and marvels over the players the team just picked. Well, sometimes they don't work out as planned, as is the case for most of these 20 first-rounders who didn't make the top 30 in my re-draft of the 2008 class. Some are truly 'busts,' while others just haven't been good enough to fully justify their first-round selections. Some failed because of injuries, some because their tools weren't good enough, some because they just weren't good picks in the first place.