First-round picks are harder to get right in Major League Baseball than in any other sport, and the Kansas City Royals know it.
In recent years, Kansas City has whiffed on first-round selections in more than their fare share of instances. That includes the selection of left-handed pitcher Foster Griffin with the 28th overall selection of the 2014 draft.
Griffin made a grand total of six appearances in his Royals career before he was designated for assignment and traded to the Toronto Blue Jays. And he only lasted one more appearance there before his opportunity in MLB dried up and he signed a deal with the Yomiuri Giants in the Japanese major league.
Now, three years after that deal, Griffin is poised to become a highly intriguing MLB free agent once more.
Foster Griffin trying to make MLB comeback