With the 2015 Major League Baseball draft set to get under way on Monday, ESPN took the opportunity to rank the No. 1 overall MLB draft picks from the first amateur draft in 1965 to 2008.
Skipping some of the most recent players taken No. 1 overall — who may or may not pan out — ESPN’s David Schoenfield ranked the players Wednesday based “on the value that player gave the franchise — not necessarily what the player accomplished over his entire career.