Everyone looks forward to the drafts each season. They brings teams and fans new talented players, as well as new talented flops-to-be. This very much depends on how well the team scouts understand a player and foresee any possible weaknesses. In this baseball scoreboards feature, I have taken a look at 4 players who I consider are good for nothing and who have become a liability for the club.

Jeremy Sowers
The Cleveland Indians used their sixth pick to draft Jeremy Sowers who was playing extra ordinarily well and was putting up great numbers before he was drafted. Sowers went on to have an amazing rookie season. Unfortunately, his form started to decline in his sophomore season, and this happened to such a great extent that he never recovered from it and lost his form completely. He was soon demoted to Buffalo, and it just kept going downhill from there.

Matt Anderson
There was no better pitcher than Matt Anderson when he was drafted by the Detroit Tigers. He was THE prospect that every team was looking for. He aced the minors and was ready for the pros, however once facing the big boys, he totally lost his form For 5 consecutive seasons the baseball scoreboards showed that his stats declined, and he had clearly lost the confidence that he had when he was drafted. He also suffered from a muscle injury and lost his speed. In 2003, he left the Detroit Tigers and the big time.

Brien Taylor
Taylor was a number one overall pick by the New York Yankees and was rated as the number one amateur pitcher of his day. Unfortunately, he never made it to the major leagues. In addition to everybody’s expectations, his advisor Scott Boras bigged him up whenever he got the chance, and he got him a $1.55 million worth contract that further raised everybody’s expectations. He did pretty well in the minor leagues but was hit by injuries that not only damaged his arm but also his career. He is now a bricklayer and lives with his Mom.

Matt White
The San Francisco Giants drafted Matt White seventh overall. This story includes the cunning man, Scott Boras. When White was drafted, Boras found a rule in the MLB rulebook which said that a rookie can become a free agent if he isn’t offered a contract 10 days after being drafted. The Giants failed to sign a contract with White within 10 days, thus White became a free agent. He then signed a contract with the Tampa Bay Rays and soon was hit with shoulder and back injuries that eventually ended his career.

For more information on Matt White, go to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_White_%28baseball%29