By David Saltzer and Chuck Richter
At long last the AngelsWin.com Top-50 Prospect List is out! We will be unveiling this list slowly, to allow each prospect, from the lowest to the highest to have his particular time to shine. Over the next few weeks we will be unveiling it by in 4-parts from bottom to top: 31-50; 21-30; 11-20; 1-10. Keep checking back to see the next segment of the list.
This year has been particularly challenging for us to create our Top-50 List—not because the talent pool is so shallow. Instead, this year was very challenging because the talent pool is rather deep. Unlike other national rankings which only look at the Top-10 or top-30 prospects, AngelsWin.com provides a list of the Top-50 Prospects to give a full and complete picture of the state of the organization.
AngelsWin.com believes that overall the Angels organization is in the upper half of all minor league systems. The Angels have one prospect that everyone in baseball knows: Mike Trout. But, the An...
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PLAYERS:
Mike Trout,
Garrett Richards,
Jean Segura,
John Hellweg,
Luis Jimenez,
Kole Calhoun,
Carlos Ramirez,
Daniel Tillman,
Ariel Pena,
Fabio Martinez-Mesa,
Jeremy Moore,
Trevor Reckling,
David Carpenter,
Travis Witherspoon,
Alexi Amarista,
Andrew Romine,
Ryan Brasier,
Darwin Perez,
Chris Scholl,
Austin Wood,
Donn Roach,
Max Russell,
Eddie McKiernan,
Steven Geltz,
Mike Piazza,
Michael Wing,
Garrett Baker,
Jeremy Berg,
Michael Kohn,
Matt Long,
Efren Navarro,
Andrew Taylor,
Loek Van Mil
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TEAMS: Los Angeles Angels
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