The Rangers have signed former No. 1 overall pick Matt Bush to a minor-league contract, reports Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News. The team has not yet confirmed the signing. Bush, the top ...

After 34 months in prison, former No. 1 overall draft pick Matt Bush will get an opportunity to play baseball again. The Texas Rangers signed Bush to a minor-league deal Friday. Bush is considered ...

Signed by the Padres as a shortstop, Bush was converted to pitcher in 2007. ... Matt Bush poses for a portrait during the San Diego Padres Photo Day at Peoria Stadium on February 26, ...

Matt Bush, whom the Padres made the top overall choice of the 2004 MLB draft, was released from prison on Friday. ... Bush then signed with the Rays in 2010 and tried pitching.

When you ask Matt Bush to say the first thing that comes to mind in one of those word association exercises, he nods. March 22, 2012? “Prison.” One word. That’s it. … Then you notice his eyes.

Less than a year after trading him to Milwaukee, the Rangers have re-signed right-hander Matt Bush to a minor league contract as potential help for a troubled bullpen.. Bush, 37, was released by ...

Bush was signed that December, pitched in two games for Texas late last spring then made 12 appearances at Double-A Frisco before going to the big leagues nearly 12 years after being drafted No. 1.

ARLINGTON, Texas — When Matt Bush was released from prison last October after a 3 1/2-year sentence for a drunken-driving accident, the former No. 1 overall draft pick was sober and just hoping ...