BA's Angels top ten
1. Brandon Wood, ss
2. Nick Adenhart, rhp
3. Erick Aybar, ss
4. Young-Il Jung, rhp
5. Stephen Marek, rhp
6. Hank Conger, c
7. Jeff Mathis, c
8. Sean Rodriguez, ss/2b
9. Sean O'Sullivan, rhp
10. Tommy Mendoza, rhp
A question on the ranking of Jung at #3:
Q: Sean from Irvine, CA asks:
What makes Jung No.3 prospect over the likes of Marek and Conger etc without throwing one pro pitch? Is he that good or the Angels system is really that thin? His pitching repertoire doesn't appear to be that amazing to me according to your scouting report either.
A:
Alan Matthews: I put my $%#!* on the line a little here, as I'm sure there are a lot of people who saw Jung's ranking and raised a brow. I had the benefit of seeing him pitch in instructional league, and the combination of poise and feel, as well as flashes of above-average secondary stuff and a heavy, lively fastball overwhelmed me. I had a hard time believing he was 17, especially because he is physcially mature, with thick thighs and broad, strong shoulders. It would have been "safer" to slide him in the back of the 10 and wait to see how he performed in his debut, but my objective is to list the top 10 players in the system, in order of impact potential with likelihood of reaching that potential, and I believe Jung is a workhorse No. 2 or 3 starter, and that profile justified his ranking.
Matthews also stated that he doesn't see Dallas as a productive player on a championship team and Matt Brown didn't crack the Halo top 30. Woody looks like the only real option at 3B that is currently a member of the organization.
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Conger above Mathis?
by Sixtyminuteman on Dec 4, 2006 12:26 PM PST 0 recs
Both
by scareduck on
Dec 4, 2006 12:31 PM PST
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Arredondo?
by jjackflash on Dec 4, 2006 12:45 PM PST 0 recs
Arredondo
by riktermiller on
Dec 4, 2006 6:36 PM PST
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Young-Il Jung
by ClutchHomer on Dec 4, 2006 1:59 PM PST 0 recs
My guess
by scareduck on
Dec 4, 2006 3:34 PM PST
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Belay that
by scareduck on
Dec 4, 2006 3:36 PM PST
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Man,
This is awesome! And we signed him!?
Check out the rope-a-dope gyro ball Fidel's gripping in this shot... Not sure if he's maybe tipping his pitches?
by Bilko 420 on Dec 4, 2006 2:59 PM PST 0 recs
Conger was friggin' Micky Mantle
by PieceOfAase on Dec 5, 2006 10:35 AM PST 0 recs









