We wanted to honor the Washington Nationals and their signing of No. 1 overall pick Stephen Strasburg. Dave and I had the same thought - to bestow our greatest of sports honors on Ben McDonald, the former Baltimore Oriole who was the no. 1 overall pick in 1989. I nixed this idea after seeing McDonald-Strasburg comparisons all over the web, including a link to one on McDonald's own website.
I started perusing the list of no. 1 overall picks in the MLB draft. Some were too obscure, like Brien Taylor who never made the majors and currently is a brick layer with five kids who makes $909 dollars a month, according to court documents. Others were way too famous, like Alex Rodriguez or Chipper Jones.
So, with no further ado, let me present your number one overall pick from the 1992 Major League Baseball draft...........
(photo courtesy of mlb.com)Phil Nevin!
As I said, Nevin was drafted no. 1 by the Houston Astros in 1992. He was taken ahead of a few guys you may have heard of; Jason Kendall, Raul Ibanez, Johnny Damon, and Derek Jeter.
He made his major league debut with Houston in 1995. He then played for Detroit and Anaheim before playing in San Diego from 1999 to 2005. San Diego was by far his most successful stint, during which time he was an All-Star once, in 2001. He finished his career by bouncing to Texas, Chicago, and Minnesota, all in 2006. He was a career .270 hitter with 208 home runs and 743 RBI's.
In 2001 he led MLB 3rd basemen in errors with 27. He also had the worst fielding percentage of all 3rd basemen.
The end of his career was a complicated trade mess involving Chan Ho Park, Jerry Hairston Jr., and stint on the 60-day DL. I don't even want to begin to get into it.
You can currently find him coaching the Orange County Flyers of the Golden Baseball League.
So everyone, join me in congratulating this week's MCAS.....San Diego's baseball answer to Pervis Ellison.......Phil Nevin!!
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