Angels Prospects: Baseball Prospectus Top 11

by Rev Halofan on Dec 5, 2009 2:28 PM PST in Minor Leagues

Most of THE ARTICLE is behind their pay wall. Nice Assortment of Holiday Gifts for Arte to unwrap...

Four-Star Prospects
1. Mike Trout, OF
2. Hank Conger, C
3. Jordan Walden, RHP
4. Trevor Reckling, LHP
5. Fabio Martinez, RHP
Three-Star Prospects

6. Garrett Richards, RHP
7. Peter Bourjos, CF
8. Randall Grichuk , LF
9. Tyler Skaggs, LHP
10. Jon Bachanov, RHP
11. Tyler Kehrer, LHP

They toss in four bonus babies: Chris Petit, Tyler Chatwood, Alexia Amarista (who they refer to as "Alex"), and Mark Trumbo in that order.

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Sorry, Rev.

Football is on right now……………………..

I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t halftime.

wumbug - December 5, 2009 reply

so basically 50% of our top 10 came from last years draft

makes losing Type-A’s sting less, that’s for sure.

ihearhowie2.0 - December 5, 2009 reply

Hank Trout -Trumbo

Are you guys seriously bummed to see Mrs. Figginsworth leave…?

Basically, the M’skis need not sign Costco’s own Jason Bay. Just wish Garth Anderson could switch hit and bat righty — classic to see him sign with the Ichiro’s of Marinara.

Any HH meet & greats this off-season? Blog-love.

Big Daddy OB GYN - December 5, 2009 reply

Umm... What?

Maybe I’ve been too overwhelmed with finals to keep up with Figgy being known as Mrs. Figginsworth and Jason Bay being apart of Costco. And who’s Garth Anderson?

Am I just really out of things?

BruinHalo - December 5, 2009 reply

Study well,

friend.

Big Daddy OB GYN - December 5, 2009 reply

I don't have finals

And I still don’t know what the f is going on here.

Sethy - December 5, 2009 reply

I haven't had any finals since high school..

And I have no idea what that post meant. Garth Anderson and Mrs. Figginsworth? Jason Bay works at Costco? What the hell does this mean? Inside jokes are fine, but, only if at least one other person gets the joke.

halofolife - December 5, 2009 reply

What is the top ranking by BP?

5 stars?

mustard_man - December 5, 2009 reply

yes

Sethy - December 5, 2009 reply

That's a lot of trade bait

To pick up other parts. As I see it, Conger, Reckling, Walden, Bourjos, and Trumbo will all make the bigs, but a few of those will likely be with other clubs.

Everything I’ve read about Trout leads me to think that he’ll hit much like a Johnny Damon, only without the girl scout arm, and I’m sorry for offending any strong armed girl scouts that might be reading this post.

Slasher52 - December 5, 2009 reply

Brownies

much fiercer as they have not yet been socialized to abhor violence.

Rev Halofan - December 5, 2009 reply

Oh

Good point. Heaven help you if you don’t buy their cookies…you’ll be pushed into traffic after passing their booth outside the grocery store.

Slasher52 - December 5, 2009 reply

apparently trout's arm is pretty weak

FYI

ihearhowie2.0 - December 5, 2009 reply

FutureAngels.com

Has it as a partially a mechanics issue as well so it could potentially get fixed or at least improved upon

http://www.futureangels.com/top10/2009.aspx

HaloFanInDC - December 6, 2009 reply

That's what I've seen

I think an “average” arm is likely, he’ll never have a gun like Clemente, but then again…who has ever come close to that!

Slasher52 - December 6, 2009 reply

hmm tons of arms on that list.......

not suprising…..

norcaliangelsfan - December 6, 2009 reply

Bottom-line from this article

Top 10 Talents 25 And Under (Born 4/1/84 or later)
1. Brandon Wood, 3B
2. Mike Trout, LF
3. Kevin Jepsen, RHP
4. Hank Conger, C
5. Jordan Walden, RHP
6. Trevor Reckling, LHP
7. Fabio Martinez, RHP
8. Garrett Richards, RHP
9. Peter Bourjos, CF
10. Randall Grichuk , LF

I might be the only Brandon Wood believer still out there, and at this point I’m almost rooting for a trade or Chone Figgins signing elsewhere to finally give him an unfettered opportunity to produce. He still has star potential. Kevin Jepsen has tons of velocity and enough other stuff to be a very good set-up man for a long time.

Summary: The Angels’ system is down significantly from past years, but it’s also one of the youngest Top 11s you’ll see, with seven of the players seeing primarily short-season action in 2009. There’s a high risk of collapse here, but also a chance that the system could return to former glory as well if the top prospects live up to expectations.

K3YEROUT - December 6, 2009 reply

You're not the only Brandon Wood believer..........

I promise!

wumbug - December 6, 2009 reply

The Angels Minor League System is Strong.

We’re bottom heavy right now. But that’s a good thing. We’re so strong and deep in the majors, that a lot of the talent we need, won’t be needed for 3 or 4 years. Santana’s contract is up in 3 years, Weaver’s a FA in 3 years, Kazmir in two years and Saunders in 4. We’re going to need Will Smith, Garret Richards, Fabio Martinez, Tyler Chatwood, Tyler Skaggs etc..

Within the next 3 years we won’t have Hunter, GMJ, Rivera or Abreu anymore, we’re going to need Bourjos, Trumbo, Trout, Grichuk….

Soon enough, we’re going to be overloaded with catchers. Napoli and Mathis are fine splitting time now, but Bobby Wilson’s going to need a spot, Hank Conger’s too good to keep down and Carlos Ramirez may have been the steal of the draft.

We’re strong everywhere we need it.

Halowood - December 6, 2009 reply

Halos Heaven