The Best No.1 Draft Pick In Every Team's History

As the June 10-11 MLB Draft approaches, it's a great time to look back at the best first-round selections in each club's history. With the help of each of the 30 MLB.com beat writers, here's a look at a list that includes All-Stars, MVP Award winners, Cy Young Award winners and Hall of Famers who began their professional journey when they heard their name called in the first round of the MLB Draft.

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The Best Hometown Draft Pick For All 30 Teams

Rickey Henderson to the A's. Cal Ripken Jr. to the Orioles. Barry Larkin to the Reds. It's not uncommon to see a team go with a hometown kid in the Draft.

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Dream Bracket Semifinals Set: Yankees-Red Sox, Reds-Dodgers

The MLB Dream Bracket presented by DraftKings will resume Thursday with the Yankees and Red Sox as well as the Dodgers and Reds meeting in the semifinals. Both series will wrap up Friday, with select games broadcast live starting at 3 p.m. ET on MLB Network's Twitch, MLB.com and club sites.

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Who Was Each Club's Best Player Of The 1990's?

We just finished up a decade, and we wrote many, many stories commemorating the end of that decade, including an All-Decade Team. But now that we all have some more time on our hands, baseball-wise, it might be time for some other decade-looks-back.

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A Look At 'Devil Magic' Candidate Austin Dean

I think it’s time to examine a notable “Devil Magic” candidate for the 2020 Cardinals.

101 ESPN

How Dave Collins Became Player, Coach For Cardinals

The Cardinals gave Dave Collins a chance to extend his playing days and to begin a coaching career in the major leagues.

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Joe Presko Passed Away On February 5, 2019

Former Cardinals and Tigers pitcher Joe Presko passed away on February 5 at age 90. Nicknamed “Baby Joe,” Presko had a fairly nondescript career, going 25-37 with a 4.61 ERA over parts of six seasons.

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How Cardinals Got Edgar Renteria Instead Of Barry Larkin

After making a pitch for Barry Larkin of the Reds, the Cardinals, shopping for a shortstop, turned to a younger, less expensive model, Edgar Renteria of the Marlins.

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Tommy Pham A Star On, Off Field In St. Louis Community

Tommy Pham's smile is splashed all over St. Louis. On billboards and bus stops, Pham's face has become a familiar sight beyond the walls of Busch Stadium, where more often than not he mans center field. But when the Cardinals aren't playing, Pham regularly patrols a different area, where he feels that exposure brings responsibility.
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Tommy Pham had fun on a baseball field Thursday.
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Cardinals center fielder Tommy Pham hosted his first youth ProCamp at Belleville East High School Thursday morning.
KMOV

Cardinals Host Reds, Who Just Fired Their Manager

The Price is no longer right in Cincinnati.

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Dee Gordon Wasting Little Time Learning New Position

Dee Gordon has excelled in baseball by being fast. Extremely fast.

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Looking For The Nest Jeff Bagwell & Craig Biggio: Players With One-Team Careers

Being a baseball fan sometimes feel like just rooting for laundry, as Jerry Seinfeld once derisively put it. The routine heartbreak of watching your favorite players leave your favorite team and wear alien uniforms is an agonizing rite of passage. Even in the days before free agency, teams regularly sent their best players packing, often for no nobler reason than cost savings. (Like how Cleveland got cursed for chucking away Rocky Colavito.)

The Hardball Times

Hall Of Fame: The Case For Larry Walker

Larry Walker has an interesting case to make the Hall of Fame. Will he get in?

Call To The Pen

Ozzie Smith Had A Classy Cardinals Farewell

Of the many tributes expressed on Ozzie Smith Appreciation Day, the best came from a Cardinals opponent.

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Ryan Sherriff, Corey Baker, Tyler Herron, Ty Kelly, Charles Cutler, & Jason Marquis Listed On Israel World Baseball Classic Roster

The MLB affiliated players for the World Baseball Classic Qualifier in Brooklyn, New York (September 22-25) have been revealed through MLB.com. Since the MLB season is still ongoing at the end of September obviously no active Major Leaguers will be on the rosters.
Mister Baseball

Shortly after revealing the MLB affiliated players on the rosters of the World Baseball Classic Qualifier in Brooklyn, New York (September 22-25), World Baseball Classic, Inc. also released the complete rosters.
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Young Shortstops, Like Aledmys Diaz, Are Wave Of Future In Big Leagues

In the days that followed Mike Matheny’s first glimpse at the possible answer to a longstanding question for the Cardinals, the manager would compare Aledmys Diaz, this young Cuban shortstop the club signed, to Yankees great Derek Jeter.

Post-Dispatch

Hit King Pete Rose Inducted Into Reds Hall Of Fame

Pete Rose, his gaze locked on the near sellout crowd that had packed Great American Ball Park on Saturday afternoon, appeared both happy and, for brief moments, overwhelmed, during the induction ceremony that made him the newest member of the Reds Hall of Fame.

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An Interview With Rob Murphy

Seeking a durable, dependable left-handed reliever, the Cardinals signed Rob Murphy in January 1993. Murphy delivered, establishing a Cardinals single-season record for left-handers by appearing in 73 games in 1993. He held the record until Steve Kline topped it with 89 appearances for the 2001 Cardinals.

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If Jedd Gyorko Isn't The Cardinals Answer At Shortstop...Then What?

The Cardinals’ loss of shortstop Jhonny Peralta to a torn ligament (left thumb) is damaging to the team’s chances in 2016.

101 ESPN

Barry Larkin Leading Candidate To Manage Licey For 2016-17 Season, Carlos Baerga Also Being Considered

The general manager of the Licey Tigers, Junior Noboa, left Friday to training Major League Baseball, which is scheduled to meet at least four figures interested in the post of team manager blue winter baseball season 2016- 2017 .  (Translated)

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