Cleveland Indians select Brady Aiken with No. 17 pick in MLB draft

Brady Aiken was the top pick in the 2014 MLB draft but did not sign with the Astros.

The Cleveland Indians selected left-handed pitcher Brady Aiken with the 17th selection in the first round of Monday's 2015 MLB draft.

Aiken was drafted No. 1 by the Houston Astros in the 2014 MLB draft, but did not sign with the team.

Houston reportedly withdrew its offer of a $6.5 million signing bonus and later offered considerably less money after doctors discovered an irregularity in the ulnar collateral ligament in Aiken's throwing arm.

Aiken became first No. 1 pick to not sign since Tim Belcher in 1983.

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Aiken enrolled at Florida's IMG academy to train in the lead-up to the 2015 draft, but underwent Tommy John surgery in March just days after making his first start for IMG's postgraduate team. 

The Astros were awarded the No. 2 pick in this year's draft because Aiken did not sign with them.

In a March essay for The Players' Tribune, Aiken called his decision to not sign in 2014 “very difficult” but said he does not regret it.