Why did the Padres have the #1 pick over the Tigers in 2004?

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Why did the Padres have the #1 pick over the Tigers in 2004?

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The Tigers had 21 less wins than the Padres in 2003. Why did the Padres have the first overall pick over the Tigers?

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Re: Why did the Padres have the #1 pick over the Tigers in 2

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Because it was the NL's turn to pick first.

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They've also since done away with that rule.

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Re: Why did the Padres have the #1 pick over the Tigers in 2

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Even with the #2 overall pick the Tigers ended up getting a Cy Young/MVP winner in Verlander while the Padres got a guy in Matt Bush who never made it above Advanced A ball for them.

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Re: Why did the Padres have the #1 pick over the Tigers in 2

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Verlander also never killed anyone

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Wow, just read Matt Bush's wikipedia page, I didn't know that about him since it just happened like 9-10 days ago. Definitely an idiot who still goes around acting like he just got out of high school and not willing to take responsibility for his actions.

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Re: Why did the Padres have the #1 pick over the Tigers in 2

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Interesting, Matt Bush will likely be the 3rd first overall pick to not reach the bigs. He'll be joining 1966 Mets' first rounder, Steve Chilcott, and Brien Taylor, the Yankees 1991 first rounder. Made me wonder how the Cardinals have done with first overall picks. Then I found that the Cardinals have never had a first overall pick, because the Cardinals don't suck balls like the rest of these teams:

Team # of times to have first overall pick
San Diego Padres 5
New York Mets 5
Seattle Mariners 4
Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Tampa Bay Rays 2
Chicago White Sox 2
Atlanta Braves 2
Houston Astros 2
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2
Washington Nationals 2
California Angels 2
New York Yankees 2
Minnesota Twins 2
Milwaukee Brewers 1
Baltimore Orioles 1
Arizona Diamondbacks 1
Detroit Tigers 1
Kansas City Royals 1
Philadelphia Phillies 1
Texas Rangers 1
Florida Marlins 1
Washington Senators 1
Chicago Cubs 1
Kansas City Athletics 1

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Re: Why did the Padres have the #1 pick over the Tigers in 2

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Brien Taylor followed up his failure of a baseball career to become a drug trafficker.

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Re: Why did the Padres have the #1 pick over the Tigers in 2

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The Padres' selection of Bush in 2004 was controversial from the start. Justin Verlander, Jeff Niemann, Stephen Drew, and Jered Weaver were considered the top talents in the draft, but San Diego did not want to pay the premium bonus any of them would command as the top overall choice.
Oh boy.

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Re: Why did the Padres have the #1 pick over the Tigers in 2

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If you're not willing to pay the dinero then you should trade down since you're not worthy of taking someone with the #1 overall pick, and if they really wanted Bush he would've still been there for him in the bottom half of the top 10.

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