TOP 15 BIGGEST MLB DRAFT BUSTS Of The 2010's (2010-2019)

Today we'll go back to the decade of the 2010's (2010-2019) and consider 15 of the BIGGEST DRAFT BUSTS - and we're talking TOP 10 PICKS ONLY! There are a few other names who MIGHT end up being busts from that decade who are still trying to prove themselves and you can see those guys in a Top 10 2024 OR BUST VIDEO:
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[@DrewRitz]

What about Kyler Murray. 9th overall in 2018 by Oakland and the dude didn’t even play a minor league game. What a bust, I wonder what he’s up to these days

[@Baseballify]

Facts

[@alperensengun6832]

I hear he’s a professional Call of Duty streamer

[@HummBabyBaseball]

IKR. Probably bagging groceries somewhere. 😆

[@WendyFrank-vu4ts]

Wouldn't surprise me if he tries to come back to MLB. Tim Tebow style

[@MAJORTIPTOP]

Not doing a whole lot with the Cardinals, losing record for his career.

[@DoctorEw220]

If you look at the history of the MLB draft, you'll see that star players can come at any time. Also, note that until Ken Griffey Jr., no top pick had ever been inducted into the HOF. Lastly, teams can get players from the international pool, so there's more competition for roster spots.

[@unkledoda420]

I remember back in the 90's hearing that the average minor league player's chance of playing even one mlb game was about 1 in 40. There were more minor league teams then, would be interesting to see what the odds are now.

[@teachersama]

I went to a conference with Omar Vizquel and he said the hardest thing is not to make it to the bigs, the hardest thing is to remain there and be successful.

[@csnide6702]

Omar is getting shafted in Hall of Fame voting.... He belongs

[@dcnole]

Stories like Danny Hultzen are the tough ones. Looked awesome every time he stepped on the field, but just couldn't stay healthy. Feels more like terrible luck than a bad scouting job by the Mariners.

[@cdotodot]

Was waiting on that Kolek pick. Remember pulling his rookie auto thinking he'd be a stud. Last time i ever heard about him

[@matthew01234]

Riley Pint's story sounds very similar to Tyler Matzek. It's even for the same team. The Rockies drafted Matzek in the firat round as one of the 22 players who was drafted ahead of Mike Trout. Matzek got "The Yips" with the Rockies and quit baseball. He ended up coming back to baseball in an unaffiliated league. His former manager Walt Weiss had become bench coach for the Atlanta Braves and convinced the Braves to take a flier on him. He ended up becoming one of the best left handed relief pitchers in the Braves bullpen and played a huge role in helping the Braves win the 2021 World Series. He played a big role again in 2022 but missed last season due to Tommy John surgery. Tyler Matzek is expected to come back for the start of next season and be ready to make a big contribution in what will be his first ever contract year as an MLB pitcher. He will surely want to prove himself prior to reaching free agency after the 2024 season.

[@jirikurto3859]

Matzek was an Oregon signee who I was hoping would pitch for Oregon. Glad he found some success. Another Oregon signee who ended up in Atlanta who should've made this list is Alex Jackson who was picked sixth overall by the Mariners in 2014. He was a bust.

[@matthew01234]

@@jirikurto3859 I remember Alex Jackson as well. He started out as a center fielder and then switched to catcher. I think Alex Jackson and Tyler Matzek may have actually played for the Atlanta Braves at the same time if I remember correctly. The Braves ended up trading Jackson to the Marlins when they were looking for catching after the JT Realmuto trade.

[@YeeHee-ds8vh]

I'll catch the yips too if I get bamboozled to pitch for the Rox. They must leave Colorado. Can they be the MLB supersonics?

[@RobbbbC]

The handful of Pint's pitches shown here seem like enough to know his mechanics were trash. He's so stiff over his front leg.

[@matthew01234]

@@YeeHee-ds8vh They will never give up on Colorado because the fans are loyal. Unlike cities like Oakland, Miami, Tampa Bay (which is actually St. Petersburg) and many other cities... Rockies fans will show up to games in droves. They won't use the team losing as an excuse to not show up. They show up anyway. So MLB will never give that up and they shouldn't. They did make it to a World Series one year but they swept something like 17 games in a row to get there and MLB rules sucked out all their momentum by making them take 10 consecutive days off before the world series. It's definitely harder to win baseball games in Colorado but the people who live there know that and that's why they always show up. Honestly... Considering the circumstances I might be willing to say Rockies fans are the most loyal fans in MLB and there is a surprisingly large number of them. When cities like Oakland, Miami, and even 99-win Tampa Bay can't even buy fans during the playoffs you can't tell loyal fans they don't deserve a team.

[@alperensengun6832]

I feel like Kohl Stewart should’ve just went to college to develop more

[@thecaliokieconnexion]

Hi. There are some major busts in there for sure! I recognized some of those names there in the middle of the countdown. You have documented a collection of many broken dreams. Great vid!

[@HummBabyBaseball]

Thank you!!

[@bustanutt3848]

Just found this channel, great video bro looking forward to seeing more

[@GaIeforce]

Great list of busts. Surprised to not see Connor Scott, though it could be too early for him. Being a Marlins fan, I want to give extra context on Tyler Kolek. He was drafted for his easy triple digits fastball. When they settled him in a regular starting pitcher workload, his velocity inexplicably fell from triple digits to fringy 90-92. You'd think it was his lack of run prevention and Tommy John surgery that kept him from sniffing A+, but no. That's just the outcome of the real problem. The real problem was how wild he was. No, seriously, look at 2017-2019. After Tommy John in 2016, he had control problems that spiraled out of control. Look at the amount of BBs, HBPs, and WPs, and look at his innings pitched, and that will paint a clearer picture. He's always had control problems even before the Tommy John, but after Tommy John, he literally could not throw a baseball. It felt like every time he pitched he had no idea where the ball was going. It was quite sad to watch.

[@mattmcrae1458]

Great list, the other thing that Bubba such a bust was the $7.5 million bonus Scott Boras got him to sign him away from Nebraska football. At the time it was the second highest bonus ever after Strasburg (also a Boras guy).

[@bobtaylor170]

I really do think that injury which wrecks a young guy's career at the beginning should absolve him of the painful label, "bust."

[@antonioreconquistador]

Should it absolve brien taylor?

[@jpmnky]

When I was deep into keeping up with these prospects I was at my local SAL team, Lexington Legends almost every week. Seeing all the big names come to town. The Legends were an Astros affiliate from 01-11 or 2012. In 12 or 13 they became a Royals affiliate and was excited to see some of the new roster. Well, Bubba Starling was on that roster. It should’ve been a sign. Most top 5-10 picks skip Low A ball all together. Even HS picks. He was okay. But you could tell he just didn’t have it, to go higher up. He had a rough injury history. Like a lot of players. Would’ve liked to seen him go to the majors and stay. He was a Team USA superstar.

[@Darbobski]

Scott Kingery could be on this list. He was second round, but most of these guys were not hyped as much as Scott.

[@michaellechowicz8798]

White Sox ruined Fulmer, should have kept him as a reliever all the way through. He had the stuff.

[@aaronstreitenberger6012]

Thanks for including Hultzen, he was supposed to be the third head of Cerberus. Paxton and Walker were both good for a few years. Not enough Ms on your list lol. We've got so many busts to choose from! Ackley would have been too early I guess.

[@luigivincenz3843]

as a bag over the head M's fan for the last 30 years, Hultzen wasn't the worst. Jeff Clement, Ryan Anderson, Dustin Ackley etc. to name a few recent ones. The M's are the most cursed team in all of sports. And the curse continues as long as we have a team president who works 54% of the time, and a new cheap owner who is worse than the previous ones.

[@aaronstreitenberger6012]

@@luigivincenz3843 you don't like that Dipoto came out and said he wants to create a sustainable winner for over a decade? And you think the Ms are cheap in a division with the As? Man, you are the reason Dipoto says he's "doing the fans a favor".

[@tylercarey4905]

I was waiting for Ackley and Jesus Montero!

[@eros587]

I would love to see a video like this but with former # 1s only.

[@joeecm27]

It’s baseball, you could make a list of the top 15 draft busts from any decade using only the top 3 picks in each draft.

[@WendyFrank-vu4ts]

Choice !! I had such high hopes for that kid . We seen him on the farm in Stockton. 😣😣

[@DJ-mf6ft]

He was a pretty good dude when I met him.

[@thecaliokieconnexion]

Hard to forget a guy selected named Choice!

[@bobbyhamblen2338]

Nice video.

[@lmcc0072]

If you add in Kyler Murray with Michael Choice and Austin Beck the A’s Moneyball brain trust has blown a lot of #1 draft picks just in the past few years. That along with trading away most of their good players explains why the A’s have lost over 200 games the past 2 seasons. Vegas can have them.

[@markd.5471]

The A’s cheapskate owners Are the reason why they’ve lost over 200 games in the last two years. Those are the consequences of nuking the roster and tanking. They won four World Series and six pennants in their history. Their fans deserve an owner, who cares.

[@BlueBlur24]

Fisher and his goons purposefully tanked so Oakland fans develop apathy and indifference when the A's move to Las Vegas. They wanted that potential market though the only thing Vegas seems to care about are the Golden Knights since they won the Stanley Cup. Raiders have done jack shit and, ironically, have their stadium raided by opposing fans. I would imagine the latter happening once the A's settle.

[@Zombie1Boy]

Should do a type of busts list for the yearly signing of young IFAs -- but I guess tweaked for most amount of money spent on a player with zero returns.

[@clakkBoom]

He doesn't meet the criteria of being a top 10 pick in the draft, but Delvin Perez was a huge bust for the Cardinals. They invested a lot of money in him and he never panned out to be a big leaguer.

[@hellsinvader]

I always thought Kyle Zimmerman would be a pitcher, considering the movement on his breaking ball

[@thejuansotoguy]

Future video idea: the biggest busts from the international draft class (big paychecks)

[@katherineberger6329]

Keoni Cavaco (Minnesota Twins) is a huge bust, especially given that multiple players the Twins drafted after him have already reached the bigs. But he was drafted 13th (I could have sworn he was drafted top-10). Dishonorable mention?

[@dereklee8103]

Nice video. No Brady Aiken?

[@HummBabyBaseball]

Since he didn't sign when he was picked 1st overall I didn't count him as a top 10 pick

[@johnnydepp4866]

I always think that, if the Astros had successfully signed Aiken, would they still have become as big as today? Because if Aiken had signed, they would not have that 2nd overall compensation and bregman would likely ended up in another team

[@HummBabyBaseball]

@@johnnydepp4866 100%! The Astros got lucky when he didn't sign!

[@csnide6702]

rather unfair..... Most of these players are in High School when drafted. Teams have NO idea what they are getting at that stage.

[@TheGLORY13]

Truthfully outsoide of being that Bryce Harpe type of hyped player, most players aren't even known. Pitches move a bit quicker tbrough the minors while hitters can take 3-5 years after they are drafted if they are just a good prospect. Half these names most people won't even remember.

[@nick0tripp312]

You fans who only show up when the team is good won't know them as a cubs fan I know the best prospects and high draft picks

[@jpmnky]

Danny Hultzen. Man, in 2012 I was in my third year of “prospecting” as a baseball card collector. Paid an embarrassing amount on his 2012 1st Bowman Chrome autograph.

[@nick0tripp312]

How much was it a base?

[@Sam_Baseball]

I would include kyler Murray just because we took him 9th and he didn’t even play a game for us….

[@matthew01234]

Carson Fulmer only pitched 22 innings in 8 starts? He should've been able to do that in only 3 starts. That's an average of less than 2.2 innings per start. Even twice that many innings would be pretty unimpressive over a span of 8 starts.

[@GaIeforce]

22 innings in 3 starts? Asking a young pitcher to go 7 1/3 every single time he goes up to the bump is unreasonable. 22 in 4 starts is much more pallatable.

[@matthew01234]

@@GaIeforce I could see that. 8 starts is crazy though. That's like him never being able to complete even 3 innings.

[@devonbrooks246]

I guessed the #1 spot. Cubs fans breath a sigh of relief when Astros chose Appel and they got Bryant. As for busts, yeah it happens a lot. But if you ask all these players if they had any regrets they would say No. The teams can have regrets signing them but a young man living his dream and gets signed for a couple million dollars to play minor league baseball, who would have regrets?

[@frankisfunny2007]

What about Matt Hobgood? Drafted 5th overall in the 2009 Draft. He was overhyped among Oriole fans!

[@burtonleffingwelljr7227]

He is in the 2000's bust draft video

[@mtverv]

As a Royals fan, Zimmer and Starling absolutely hurts lol

[@genemorgan736]

1 name I would have added was Donovan Tate

[@nick0tripp312]

He was 2009 and this is 2010 and up to 2020

[@DPK365]

6:45 I actually work (for now) next to North Davidson High School....I bet a lot of people I work with know Austin Beck.

[@joshh.2159]

You know what these guys is drafted in the early 2010 that turned out to be busts I wonder what they're up to honestly. Are they like in a office working at a business office or do they like go back and finish their college degree. It's just interesting I can imagine them applying for a job and the boss is like oh my God you were drafted to 10th overall by the Oakland A's that's not helping you but still cool

[@nick0tripp312]

Most guys who do work regular jobs after a failed baseball career don't really bring it up lol

[@christopherperry35]

I worked for an MLB team in minor league development I took a buddy that was from South Africa trying to introduce him to the game. Bubba Starling was one of the stars on that team, we were standing there talking to Bubba who was sitting against the fence stretching. I take a phone call from Bob Boone I hear "dude dude" turn a field worker jumps in the gator throws it in reverse comes inches from backing over Bubbas legs. Bubba gave my buddy a signed ball and game used bat one of the craziest things I've seen on a pro field. Imagine the groundskeeper explaining to team management "I make $12/hr I just crushed a guy the royals gave $7,000,000.00 bonus to's legs"

[@carsonyoung9965]

Fulmer does have a great name though

[@e93sports80]

Nice!

[@rowdyghost4713]

A “hum baby bust 😩” video is crazy

[@GeeEm1313]

I remember when Michael Choice was drafted.

[@mattmcrae1458]

Shows how rough it is selecting high school pitchers. Kolek was a massive Texas righthander who threw easy cheese. If he never made the majors, let's you know there is no such thing as a sure thing.

[@Zachharper1]

Where’s Donovan Tate? Otherwise, great video 🤘🏼

[@graysonbuza1074]

Asa Lacy will be joining this list soon I'm afraid

[@ryancarroll1697]

Based on the first 4 players, you don't want to be picked 10th overall

[@HonkyTonkHellraiser]

Appel was a bad pick. There were many warning signs in his draft year yet went number 1 overall

[@ledflaplin2001]

Like what? He was dominating in college!! Even better than the year prior when he was drafted.

[@aguynamedjake462]

Moniak def played well in LA. But one former Phillies’ first rounder I think deserved a shoutout is JP Crawford. Gold glover and now a solid hitter

[@JoshuaGonzalez1511]

Beck just signed with my dodgers

[@Isaiah-x45]

Surprised you didn’t list Jo Adell.

[@IAmJoeJericho]

Swaggertty currently in 2024 Spring Training with the Dodgers. I'm sure he won't make the roster.

[@richardg8651]

Impossible to argue with any of your selection. Top picks get lots of chances to succeed or fail.

[@Just_Lionz]

Shame about Hultzen is that injuries jsut derailed his career.

[@HonkyTonkHellraiser]

So many of these guys struggle so bad in the low minor s, only to get promoted to a higher level even to the big leagues. Doesn't make any sense

[@aidenroderick8675]

What was it with all these 10th overall guys

[@joshmcbride69420]

Zack cox

[@parkerrabideau8792]

White Sox failed Fulmer. He could’ve been good if they properly brought him along, but White Sox management is so incompetent

[@Adam_Ella]

So what does this tell you? Kid rakes in a small town, rakes in a single A, then fizzles out once they reach legit, top tier pitching and competition. These teams have shit scouts. Lol they hit 36 bombs in H.S., then struck out 38% of the time once they faced legit pitchers.

[@Adam_Ella]

Lol Carson Fulmer omg

[@fr2ncm9]

How about Koby Allard? I know that he is still pitching (if you can call it that) in the big leagues, but in his entire career, he's never had an era under 5.00

[@NickGurr59]

has to feel pretty shitty to be one of these guys & see yourself in that video^^ At least most of them got a few million $ for basically nothing 😜😄

[@JMDowns9]

you didn't need to add Hultzen because of an injury he had no control over.

[@S_Over_Street]

Since the injuries started, he was never the same pitcher as before. Mariners were counting on him along with James Paxton & Taijuan Walker to be their next wave of starting pitchers into the 2010s w/ Felix Hernandez. He’s definitely a bust, one of many from GM Jack Zduriencik

[@LJ_Kenny]

The biggest problem is that most these guys hit with metal bats right up ubtil they are drafted.... then they stink with wood..... usa should be implementing wood at the age of 13 to 15.... so many guys fault when they switch over and shoulda switched when they was younger ( obviously im talking about the hitters not the pitchers)

[@ravenkahne8484]

What?, no Dylan Bundy????

[@Jareyes42]

Both Upton brothers the most hyped up brothers.

[@thejuansotoguy]

Just wait until Ethan Holliday arrives

[@rkjk103]

Jay Groome?

[@lordfarquaad5990]

Who drafts a closer 6th overall 😂😂

[@johnnydepp4866]

Normal Minnesota move here 😂

[@bobmularky7456]

​@@johnnydepp4866What?

[@beefage]

International signing bust #1 Roberto Baldoquin.

[@cuddyfox6973]

Appel is not the biggest number 1 overall pick bust of all time. That award goes to Brien Taylor for the New York Yankees, 1991. Taylor did not make it past AA. (( Sorry Yankee Fans to bring him up. ))

[@S_Over_Street]

If he just avoided going to a bar that one night.

[@unkledoda420]

Did you not read the title of the video? It says worst bust of the 2010's. He never once says that Appel was the biggest bust ever.

[@cuddyfox6973]

@@unkledoda420 I seen the video, but Appel said that he is the biggest bust himself.

[@fuddabuddahhf4801]

Tyler jay is not a bust anymore

[@mathiasringle6972]

Dude, go look at what's happened in Swagerty's life since he was drafted. You are very short sighted on this one

[@HamsterK37]

White Sox...Where prospects go to die

[@cy_young_9104]

Is this Jomboy?

[@paulotre5903]

Who

[@I_Eat_Meat12345]

Moniak is still a bust. His stats were boosted by a scorching hot three week stretch.

[@MK-yv7jn]

Hultzen shouldn't be considered a bust because his was 100% due to injury. I don't consider him a bust (though I wanted them to draft Rendon).

[@asskinf]

Love the video