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Rays Sign Matt Bush

By Tim Dierkes | January 28, 2010 at 12:12pm CDT

The Rays signed pitcher Matt Bush to a minor league deal, tweets Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times. 

Bush, now 24, was the first overall pick by the Padres in the 2004 draft.  A shortstop at the time, Bush's signability pushed him past Stephen Drew, Jered Weaver, and Jeff Niemann on Kevin Towers' list.  He was arrested on felony assault charges weeks after the draft, resulting in a suspension.  Injuries hampered his progress, and the Padres converted him to pitching in May of '07.  He had Tommy John surgery later that year.

Bush was charged with assault again in February of '09, and the Padres designated Bush for assignment and traded him to the Blue Jays.  The Jays released him in April, and more incidents surfaced in June.

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23 Comments

  1. renegade

    16 years ago

    LOL. Why even bother.

    Reply
  2. 55saveslives

    16 years ago

    The video of him crying as the police are arresting him is priceless!!!

    break.com/index/former-mlb-player-matt-bush-arrest…

    Reply
    • deedublu

      16 years ago

      Thanks for posting that…Hilarious!

      Reply
    • MNTwins2010

      16 years ago

      That video just MADE MY DAY!! Awesome!!

      Reply
    • BaseballFan0707

      16 years ago

      Wow.

      What a waste of life.

      Reply
    • mattinglyfan

      16 years ago

      Wow, that’s really sad, and pathetic. I hope he cleans up, maybe he should reach out to Josh Hamilton?

      Reply
  3. jhawk90

    16 years ago

    Too bad they didn’t sign Chien-Ming as well, this could have been an epic headline.

    Reply
    • MNTwins2010

      16 years ago

      Rays take chance on wang and bush.

      Reply
  4. Guest 913

    16 years ago

    LOL good luck with that “peach”.

    Reply
  5. Aranathor

    16 years ago

    oh for fu… it just annoys me that people with such talent waste it because they have a 5 cent head.
    Kudos to Crash Davies

    Reply
  6. MNTwins2010

    16 years ago

    Worst 1st overall pick in the history of sports!!!

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    • Guest 918

      16 years ago

      Kwame Brown would like a word with you.

      Reply
      • MNTwins2010

        16 years ago

        Kwame actually played in an NBA game though. Bush failed in the instructional league.

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        • Guest 924

          16 years ago

          He showed promise with the Lakers but he was traded.. for Gasol. Still can’t get over how that worked out.

          Reply
  7. BaseballFan0707

    16 years ago

    Speak of the devil. This guy was brought up along with the aforementioned names in the Kevin Towers thread.

    He really is a pitiful human being.

    Reply
  8. Guest 916

    16 years ago

    “Called to the Pen” HA

    Reply
  9. withpower

    16 years ago

    F***ing East County!!!!

    Reply
  10. Ferrariman

    16 years ago

    LOL the rays have 3 1st overall picks in the farm, impressive, yet dissapointing. Maybe they can get luke hochevar off the royal’s hands while there at it.

    Reply
  11. gowpads

    16 years ago

    Is he going to the bullpen or the state pen?

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