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KC Royals draft Brian Dozier in Bleacher Report’s 2009 redo

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As the age-old saying goes, hindsight is 20/20. For the KC Royals, they’d probably take a do-over at the beginning of their 2009 draft.

The 2009 MLB Amateur Draft brought us some of the league’s best current players. Some guy named Mike Trout is now the headliner of the group. Chances are, you’ve heard of him. While the KC Royals didn’t end up with Trout a little over a decade ago, they did get a fairly productive player in the first round.

Aaron Crow was selected with the No.