Angels Draft: Eddie Bane Wants High School Arm in First Round
by Rev Halofan on Jun 2, 2010 9:25 PM PDT
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PrintAngels director of scouting Eddie Bane was interviewed by Jeff Biggs and Jason Brennan on AM-830 earlier today. He gave KLAA's listeners Six and a half minutes of great radio. Lots of talk in this audio link below about the ANgels recent drafts and a definitive statement about who the Angels are targeting: Bane says the Angels are likely to draft a high school pitcher in the first round but stopped short of saying exactly who.
BIGGS and BRENNAN interview EDDIE BANE
Some choice tidbits from Eddie's appearance and RGHAN'S analysis some top high school arms follow...
- Mike Leake was the player he most coveted in last season's draft (Leake was taken in the first round by Cincinnati). He knew Strasburg would go first, saying "Stephen Strasburg is the best amateur pitcher I've ever seen." He agrees Bryce Harper will go first this year.
- On the coverage of the draft: Angels communication director Tim Mead tries to get Eddie air time on Fox, but Eddie never manages to say anything that ever airs.
- To his colleagues on other teams working on their drafts, Eddie affirms "I won't laugh at your draft if you don't laugh at mine."
If the site traffic to that audio link is too high for you to successfully activate it, the Bane talk has also been posted at Eric Denton's L.A. Angels Insider blog for your perusal.
RGHAN's Take: Bring on the Prep Pitchers. Here's a quick look at the top-tier high school arms potentially available at the 18th Pick
Dylan Covey: For a prep pitcher he's a polished 3, possibly 4 pitch guy. Best offering is a power curveball. Comps include Matt Cain and Chad Billingsley.
May 3rd Baseball Beginnings Scouting Report
AJ Cole: Good FB, better than average slider and split. Has a change that could be average to a tick above. I like the FB/split combo, though the Angels don't have a recent track record of developing that pitch with their home-grown starters.
Baseball Beginnings Scouting Report
Stetson Allie: Great fastball, great slider. Does have a change. Command, stamina, and price tag issues. Combine his superior fastball with the questions, and I can't help but get a Jordan Walden vibe, but Allie's delivery is much smoother and should come with less risk.
Baseball Beginnings Scouting Report
Karsten Whitson: Mid 90's FB, great slider and change. Outstanding all-around athlete, was also a stud basketball player.
Baseball Beginnings Scouting Report
Aaron Sanchez, Zach Lee, Tyrell Jenkins, and Dana Hills' own Pete Tago might enter the conversation as well.
Special thanks to Jeané Blunt at AM-830 for preparing this audio for us.
Eddie Bane played his college ball at Arizona State. His autographed college card has a ten dollar asking price on the internet.
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MLB.com posted a mock draft today
with us taking three high school RHP with our first three picks.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100602&content_id=10713530&vkey=draftcentral2010&fext=.jsp
Reading some of the scouting reports, Austin Wilson is a high school OF that sounded pretty good and was projected for the first round as well.
Real tough sign with the Stanford committ
Plus I read somewhere he’s going to be asking for a decently high overslot bonus which I doubt the team pays considering their past track record and the high number of picks at the beginning of the draft that they have
I hope the Angels are willing to spend the money to sign high draft picks
The Angels have more resources (money) than most teams and spending it on prospects seems like a good investment given how expensive even mediocre free agents are. If they think the right guy is there to draft, I hope they aren’t scared off by money.
If we waste money on draft picks how will we be able to afford to sign our next Fernando Rodney type shitty bullpen arm or another aging as-been outfielder?
by snowhor on Jun 3, 2010 8:53 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Note: An aging as-been is like an aging has-been, but worse.
Or maybe it was just a typo.
by snowhor on Jun 3, 2010 8:55 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Whitson and Cole have really dropped at least in that mock
I’ve seen Whitson as the number two prep arm behind Taillon….I’d hope that the team would take him over Jenkins as he’s just a lot more polished and has one of the better breaking balls of all the prep arms. Also wouldn’t have minded Cole or Sanchez over Jenkins as well
I like that
I would stay away from a high school guy who throws a split as one of his main pitches. The split is not good for the arm development. It can work for a mature pitcher who has trouble developing a breaking pitch or change. But if a high school kid is using it, first of all I suspect he has less talent than one with a good curve, and second I don’t think he’ll last enough to ever see the bigs.
The HK-47 hitting droid is the finest line drive machine ever built
That reflects a general feeling about the split
However, I think the pitch fell too far out of favor. There’s some risk to throwing it, of course, but I’m not convinced that it’s all that more risk than a good slider. It can be a very effective offering, and if he’s got a good one, I wouldn’t necessarily discourage it (though maybe I’d have him work on the breaking ball more at the lower levels).
only 15 years old and I don't think Mexicans are available for the draft
he needs to be signed, just as if he was Puerto Rican or Dominican.
"He’s not a Rhodes Scholar to begin with, obviously." -Theo Epstein talking about Jon Papelbon.
"OMG, I think I'm gonna barf!" Halowood's reaction to Fuentes facing a Right Handed Batter.
when can he sign?
They want power. We want respect...
by SenorChuckles on Jun 3, 2010 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't buy it. At least not with our first pick.
Too many high upside bats.
- I think we’ll end up grabbing Nick Castellanos, a solid hitting SS/3B out of a high school in Florida with the 18th pick.
- I think we’ll grab Steven Allie at 29th, high school pitcher from Ohio and finally
- I have us taking another high school arm for the 30th pick, Aaron Sanchez from Barstow
- For the two supplemental picks, Lavon Washington, OF from the Gulf Coast League, drafted in 1st round by Rays last year, and Matt Harvey, another former first rounder drafted by the Angels, who didn’t sign and went to North Carolina. This time we’ll sign him.
"He’s not a Rhodes Scholar to begin with, obviously." -Theo Epstein talking about Jon Papelbon.
"OMG, I think I'm gonna barf!" Halowood's reaction to Fuentes facing a Right Handed Batter.
Oh, you're right, good call.
It wouldn’t be the first time we drafted a player multiple times. Carlos Ramirez comes to mind.
"He’s not a Rhodes Scholar to begin with, obviously." -Theo Epstein talking about Jon Papelbon.
"OMG, I think I'm gonna barf!" Halowood's reaction to Fuentes facing a Right Handed Batter.
I've seen one mock
where Harvey went in the top 10.
The HK-47 hitting droid is the finest line drive machine ever built
Doubt Harvey drops that far and I don't really see Castellanos as an upside bat
The only one, if available over some of the prep arms would probably be Josh Sale. Castellanos, from most places i’ve read, will have to move to third and his bat isn’t ideal for a corner infield spot. There’s also the issue of signing bonus since he’d have to be signed away from Miami.
Agreed
Castellanos, Justin O’Conner, Drew Vettleson, Garin Cechinni, and Dominic Fiociello are my favorite prep bats that I see us having a shot at from the back of the first round on, but none are enough of a sure thing to draft over the top tier prep arms.
Guess you'd have to add Yordy Cabrera and Kris Bryant to that list
But I’m wary of both due to contact issues, and don’t see Cabrera dropping to us.
I could see Austin Wilson and Christian Yelich as a part of that list as well
Though Wilson has those same problems as Cabrera and Bryant. I wouldn’t mind Yelich, but with the organizational depth with moderately powered corner infielder, I think the team passes.
What are your thoughts on the college bats? I’m thinking there could be a college or JC bat thrown in somewhere in the supplemental or second round since the team is going to be spending so much on first rounders (particularly if they pick up a 1 or hopefully 2 of the top prep arms). People are talking about Choice out of UT-Arlington as having plus-plus raw power and Vitek out of Ball State seems like an Angel’s type player.
No chance Harvery drops that far
44fan claims that it is a fact Vlad will get hurt. Here is to your "borrowed time" Vlad. You were, are, and will be the man Vlad.
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