2012 MLB Draft Results: First-Round Picks with High Bust Potential

With any draft comes its share of risk-taking, and the 2012 MLB draft was no different. 

In fact, due to the nature of the MLB and their farm system ensuring a vast majority of athletes stay in the minor leagues to hone their skills for many years before getting to the big leagues, drafts in baseball can often be much more difficult to analyze as a scout than other sports.

Which teams made picks that could end up haunting them down the stretch in their franchise's future? Let's take a look below.

Lucas Sims, Atlanta Braves: 21st Overall Pick

Sims has a fairly solid plethora of pitches and could turn into a high-energy pitcher in the future, but the Braves could've used their pick on a more solid player with more experience.

He's one of the youngest players to come out of the first round at just 18 years old and is fresh out of high school, which means the likelihood of him opting to play elsewhere and re-enter the draft another year is very high. His command is also lacking at the moment and he needs to work on accuracy before even being ready to play in the minor leagues.

The Braves could've ended up wasting this pick.

Stryker Trahan, Arizona Diamondbacks: 26th Overall Pick

Trahan is supposed to be one of the best catcher prospects to come out this year, but the problem is he's coming out of high school, where he's severely underdeveloped at the position. 

He was also one of the better power hitters available, but tends to get over the ball more often than not and still struggles with his footwork. 

Just like the Braves, Arizona might be wondering a few years from now where its top pick in 2012 ended up. It likely won't be Arizona, and it likely won't be for many years. 

Carlos Correa, Houston Astros: 1st Overall Pick

Now we're just picking hairs on this one, but there comes an awful lot of pressure with the top overall pick and it's unclear at this point whether Correa will be able to deal with that. 

He was the youngest player taken in the draft's first round and came straight out of Puerto Rico, so it's hard to really figure out where his game stands. But at 6'4", he'll be able to use his frame itself to do a lot of things—including pounding home runs.

With the Astros in desperate need of some top pitching and players available like Mark Appel of Stanford and Kevin Gausman of LSU, they were almost certainly pegged to go in that direction.

Instead, they opted for the high-ceiling player that could turn into a superstar. But with a high ceiling comes high risk, and only time will tell which path Correa's career takes.