👉Here are 5 top prospects that didn’t become the professional baseball superstars that everyone claimed they would! 📌Drew Henson: Henson not only was a Yankees prospect but he was also the QB for the University of Michigan! Hensen left Michigan early to accept a $17,000,000 offer from the Yankees. Hensen played 2 short seasons for the yankees ending his MLB career w/ a .111 batting average, 1 hit, & 3 RBI’s! 📌Brein Taylor: Brien Taylor was the first player picked in the draft. He was selected by the Yankees, who'd gone 67-95 the year before, the worst record in the American League. Baseball America named the high schooler the No. 1 prospect in baseball prior to his first season, at high-A Ft. Lauderdale in 1992, and No. 2 prior to his second year at Double-A Albany-Colonie in 1993! Taylor’s career was destroyed when he broke his hand in a bar brawl! 📌Todd Van Poppell: This Van Poppell rookie card was one of if not the hottest rookie card back in 1991! Armed with a blazing fastball that had little movement, Van Poppel struggled with the A's. His best season in Oakland was probably 1995, when he went 4–8 with a 4.88 ERA, splitting time as a starter & a reliever. He notched 122 strikeouts (and 56 walks) in 138.1 innings that year! Van Poppell would never go on to become the pitching phenom that he was made out to become! 📌Jesus Montero: Another Yankee prospect to the list (be weary of those Jasson Dominiquez rookie cards) Montero was ranked as the best power hitter and best player available in the 2006 international free agent class as a catcher. That alone is enough to drive the hype train into dangerous territory before even accounting for the Yankees Prospect Effect. 📌Gregg Jefferies: Last but certainly not least we have Gregg Jefferies. Back at the end of 1987 (after Jefferies was breifly called up by the Mets & went 3 for 6 (.500) while being the youngest player in the majors at the time) Jefferies was the hottest propect in the league. His 1988 Donruss rookie card was the top card in the hobby at that time! . . . #baseballcards #baseballcard #baseballcardcollecting #baseballcardcollector #baseballcardcollection https://www.instagram.com/p/CRmwywpstBF/?utm_medium=tumblr
