Baseball is a funny sport in that you never really know for sure if a player will ever live up to their promise. Guys like Todd Van Poppel and Brien Taylor were phenoms that never amounted to much as professional pitchers. 

On the flip side, you have players like Mike Piazza, who was famously drafted in the 62nd round in...

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