John Sickels Top 20 Angels Prospects

Apparently this Mike Trout guy is pretty good. Anyone hear of him before?

5 months ago MH252525 14 comments 1 recs |

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Jimenez and Cowart remarks are interesting.

I feel the anticipation for Jimenez, and question the production I’ve seen so far in the stats for Cowart.

by wumbug on Dec 22, 2011 11:27 AM PST reply actions

And here we have the Eddie Bane problem spelled out

Recent heavy bets in the draft with tools guys like Grichuk, Clarke, and Ryan Bolden haven’t panned out, although Trout shows what happens when you hit on one of those wagers.

Drafting is almost always a crapshoot, but Bane seemed to love going for longshots with high risk/high reward. As we recall, Grichuk was drafted the player before Trout (though which was 1st or 2nd doesn’t really matter). In taking Grichuk, the Angels passed on opportunities to take players like Rex Brothers (who has rocketed through the Rockies’ organization), James Paxon and Brett Jackson, all of whom were college players and perhaps of less interest to Bane than the younger, more raw high schoolers.

"The contract is brought up a lot. What it's going to take to get past it is winning. This organization took on the contract. I'm here to make them look good."~Vernon Wells

by George Kaplan on Dec 22, 2011 1:28 PM PST reply actions

yea I agree mostly

I have some hope for Randal but when a scouting report says he struggles to square up the ball in batting practice, regardless of his tools he shouldn’t be drafted in the first round.

Jim Bowden on Tony Reagins.

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by MH252525 on Dec 22, 2011 1:59 PM PST up reply actions