The 2019 HH prospect rankings are here!

If you’re interested in the 2019 Angels prospect rankings, then we have you covered.

Methodology

We will use a similar methodology to those used in prior years. In short, we will be ranking our top 30 prospects, but only the top 25 receive a point value in order to reward prospects with higher potential. The tiered point structure, as seen below, is designed to display both a traditional ranking within the system but also the distance between them, which provides additional context to how valuable a prospect is or may become.

A 1st-5th place vote is 50-45-40-35-30 points, 6th-10th is 28-26-24-22-20 points, and 11th-25th place is 15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points.

This year, we have six writers voting, for a maximum total of 300 points a prospect can receive.

Here is what our consensus top 30 Angels prospects look like entering the 2019 season.

Here is a breakdown of how each of our writers voted on their top 30 prospects.

System overview:

Jo Adell (1st), Brandon Marsh (3rd), and Jordyn Adams (7th) comprise a terrific crop of athletic, young outfielders capable of potentially filling starting roles while Griffin Canning (2nd), Jose Suarez (6th), and Patrick Sandoval (8th) offer close-to-major-league starting pitching with various levels of upside. That’s not all, though. Jahmai Jones (4th) and Luis Rengifo (5th) are both instinctive, talented infielders in the high minors and potential everyday lineup options. Jose Soriano (12th) might just be the best rotation arm in the Angels’ system, and that’s to say nothing of the many other fledgling players in development.

Under Billy Eppler, the Angels have gone from having one of the worst farm systems in decades to what many see as a top-ten system. I’m wouldn’t call it an embarrassment of riches like others are—Adell, Canning, and Marsh are the only “surefire” impact players, after all—but it’s the start of building a sustainable winner from the ground-up, and that’s certainly saying something.

How did each of our writers vote, and what are your thoughts on the consensus rankings? Let us know in the comments section below.

I’ll be writing up a brief overview to cover Angels prospects from a grades perspective shortly, so keep an eye out for that post in the near future.