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.

St. Louis Official Site

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.

St. Louis Official Site

Here's The All-Time Best MVP At Each Position

Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig played in one distinct era, Albert Pujols and Mike Trout in another. Ruth never faced Aroldis Chapman’s 101 mph heat. Gehrig never got a crack at Pedro Martinez’s changeup. We love baseball’s timelessness, but so much has changed over the last 125 years.

St. Louis Official Site

Dusty Baker: A Mystical Path From Purple Haze To Astros

In the first major-league game he played, Dusty Baker was teammates with the fathers of two of the managers he will compete against in 2020.

RetroSimba

It Won't Happen This Time Around, But Scott Rolen Is On Track For Cooperstown

When the 2020 Baseball Hall of Fame class is announced late Tuesday afternoon (5 p.m.) St. Louis time, former Cardinals third baseman Scott Rolen will come up short in the voting.

101 ESPN

Jose Abreu Notches Fourth 30-Homer, 100-RBI Season

White Sox first baseman José Abreu made franchise history during his team’s 8-7 loss to the Angels Saturday night at Guaranteed Rate Field with his 30th home run of 2019.

Chicago-A Official Site

Yordan Alvarez Enjoying Historic Start At Plate

Yordan Alvarez began the 2019 season by destroying the Pacific Coast League, batting .343/.443/.742 with 23 home runs in 56 games at Triple-A Round Rock.

Houston Official Site

Can Larry Walker Make The Jump To 2020 Enshrinement?

It has been well established that former Rockies, Expos and (for a brief time) Cardinals outfielder Larry Walker deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. Yet he received just 54.6 percent of the BBWAA vote when the results were announced on Tuesday. And while he did make some significant gains this cycle, Walker heads into his final year of Hall of Fame ballot eligibility 20.4 percentage points shy of election.

Beyond The Boxscore

Two Frontrunners Emerge In Manny Machado Sweepstakes

A new report from MLB insider John Morosi suggests two teams have emerged as potential front-runners in the Manny Machado sweepstakes.

Yardbarker

Q&A With A.J. Pierzynski

A.J. Pierzynski wore catcher’s gear for 19 seasons. Now he is unmasked.

Chicago Tribune

Albert Pujols' One Unbreakable Record

Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson struck out more than any player in baseball history. The great Rickey Henderson was caught stealing more than any other player. All-time hit leader Pete Rose by far made the most outs, and he is followed by Hall of Famers Hank Aaron, Carl Yastrzemski, Cal Ripken and Eddie Murray. The point is that baseball is, as they say, a game of failure. The greatest players are the ones who inevitably fail the most.

Anaheim Official Site

Dylan Carlson Looks To Make A Splash

Dylan Carlson was the Cardinals’ first-round pick in 2016, so it’s easy to look at his numbers and say he’s been disappointing. After getting his feet wet with a .717 OPS in his draft year, he slashed a ho-hum .240/.342/.347 in his first full season. There have been flashes of power, yet the switch-hitting outfielder has gone deep just 10 times in 652 professional plate appearances.

Fangraphs

Keith Hernandez Fields Questions At Drew University

Fielding questions as adeptly as he once fielded ground balls, former Mets star Keith Hernandez talked steroids, stats and Seinfeld at Drew University in Madison on Tuesday.

Morristown Green

Chris Carpenter Recalls Off-Field Time Spent With Roy Halladay

Two-time Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay was remembered Tuesday as an amazing husband, father, friend and teammate who was one of the best pitchers of his generation but an even better man.

KMOX

Athletics Interested In Marcell Ozuna & Christian Yelich; Chip Halle Named Nationals' Bench Coach

Count the A’s among the teams circling around the most recent expected breakup of the Marlins.

SF Chronicle

Keith Hernandez's Joke Sparks Homophobic Controversy

Keith Hernandez ignited a homophobic controversy with six words during Fox Sports’ pregame show Wednesday night.

NY Post

Keith Hernandez To Join Fox's MLB Postseason Studio Crew

Keith Hernandez’s cool been-there, done-that vibe long has been part of his charm. But later this week he will begin a new assignment that he admitted has him “really pumped."

Newsday

White Sox Honor Mark Buehrle, Retire No.56 Jersey

One word pretty much encapsulated Mark Buehrle's feelings during the retirement ceremony of his jersey No. 56 at Guaranteed Rate Field Saturday afternoon, making him the 11th White Sox player to receive such an honor.

Chicago-A Official Site

An Aging Albert Pujols Is About To Hit No.600. Never Forget His Greatness As A Cardinal

Albert Pujols, 37, is lurching toward career home run No. 600. When he gets there, he’ll be one of only nine men in MLB history to reach the 600 plateau.

101 ESPN

Albert Pujols Reminding Us Of Past Excellence By Nearing Milestones

Albert Pujols hit his 500th home run in 2014. He’s one home run away from getting to 600. Next year, most likely, he will join the 3,000 hit club. All of these things will have happened for Pujols as a member of the Angels, but when it comes time for him to take his rightful place in Cooperstown, his Hall of Fame plaque almost undoubtedly will feature a Cardinals cap.

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