Former No. 1 overall draft pick Matt Bush agreed on a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers after spending 3 1/2 years in prison for a drunken driving accident in Florida that seriously injured a man.
Bush said Friday that he has been sober since the March 2012 accident after years of alcohol issues.
"It was a startling experience. ... It was pretty scary to deal with," Bush said during a conference call with Rangers beat writers. "I didn't really pay attention to the baseball world for a while because it was too hard for me.