Keith Law ranks Angels' minor league system 27th

[jsnpritchett]

http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/12211903/chicago-cubs-no-1-farm-system-rankings-2015-mlb?ex_cid=InsiderTwitter_law_2015rankingall30farmsystems

 

 

"27. Los Angeles Angels

They were a lock to be 30th before they acquired Andrew Heaney in the Howie Kendrick trade and signed Cuban amateur Roberto Baldoquin, but after those two and first-rounder Sean Newcomb, the system drops off very quickly."

 

Top 5:

 

Cubs

Twins

Astros

Mets

Red Sox

 

[wopphil]

The cubs' farm is ridiculous, particularly because several of those guys (Bryant, Russell, and Schwarber) appear to be can't miss players.

[bloodbrother]

Fire Dipoto

[Angel Oracle]

LOL at Law

 

You have your measuring stick, and we have ours (Shoe, Calhoun, Morin, Cron all contributing as first year MLB players this past season). 

[laagamer]

We'll see who's getting rings this year. 

[eaterfan]

LOL at Law

 

You have your measuring stick, and we have ours (Shoe, Calhoun, Morin, Cron all contributing as first year MLB players this past season). 

 

 

Probably we're the only organization in baseball who got any contribution from rookies last season.

[Diaz15]

No longer dead last!

[Blarg]

LOL at Law

You have your measuring stick, and we have ours (Shoe, Calhoun, Morin, Cron all contributing as first year MLB players this past season).

He is ranking the farm for this season and none of those guys spent significant time in the minors last season.

[Lhalo]

No longer dead last!

 

Validation!

[Stradling]

He is ranking the farm for this season and none of those guys spent significant time in the minors last season.

But going into last season we were dead last and all those guys came up and contributed.

[Taylor]

Just remember how many Angels prospects panned out when their farm system was ranked in the top 10.

[Blarg]

You both need to update your calendars to 2015. Law is talking about what we have now not sleepers that we promoted out of need last season. And Calhoun had the right field job going into spring training.

[eaterfan]

Just remember how many Angels prospects panned out when their farm system was ranked in the top 10.

 

Kendrick, Aybar, weaver, Santana, Napoli, Saunders, Callaspo and more. It was pretty solid. Did it produce a ton of great players? No. But it produced a lot of guys who are solid and made the occasional all star team. 

 

Many here consider that production a sign of the failure of our farm system but are now holding up guys like Calhoun and Shoemaker as signs if success. Those guys are no better than Kendrick, Aybar or most of the guys I mentioned.

[TobiasFunke]

At least we aren't 30th like last year. Baby steps (until Dipoto trades away our two decent minor guys for a scrub pitcher)

[Blarg]

Callaspo was traded for Bulger, who didn't work out. Then the Angels traded O'Sullivan and Smith get him back. Then dumped him again for Green who has yet to produce. In effect he was a four player deal none of which has really helped the Angels so far.

[Adam]

Keith Law would criticize a spontaneous blowjob 

[eaterfan]

Callaspo was traded for Bulger, who didn't work out. Then the Angels traded O'Sullivan and Smith get him back. Then dumped him again for Green who has yet to produce. In effect he was a four player deal none of which has really helped the Angels so far.

 

 

Callaspo has been in the majors for what, 8 years now. he was a starter for much of that. That's a solid major leaguer. Once again, not great but solid. So far, other than Trout or Richards that's pretty much the best our system has produced in the last 5 years. 

 

Alberto was traded but he was largely a product of our system and part of why the system was ranked so highly (a very tiny part).

 

I'm just saying those highly ranked systems produced some good players. In fact more than our current lower ranked system.

[Taylor]

Kendrick, Aybar, weaver, Santana, Napoli, Saunders, Callaspo and more. It was pretty solid. Did it produce a ton of great players? No. But it produced a lot of guys who are solid and made the occasional all star team. 

 

Many here consider that production a sign of the failure of our farm system but are now holding up guys like Calhoun and Shoemaker as signs if success. Those guys are no better than Kendrick, Aybar or most of the guys I mentioned.

 

I'd rather have 28-year-old Shoemaker than 28-year-old Santana or Saunders.

[OregonLAA]

I feel like Boston is always near the top and everything that comes out of there is so overrated. Bradley jr. Boegarts (still young). All their pitching lately. Middlebrooks

[Angel Oracle]

He is ranking the farm for this season and none of those guys spent significant time in the minors last season.

This is true.   It's more a dig at how he, and others, sees the farm going back a few years. 

[Angel Oracle]

I feel like Boston is always near the top and everything that comes out of there is so overrated. Bradley jr. Boegarts (still young). All their pitching lately. Middlebrooks

Really, how many Boston farm products have truly become productive at the MLB level this past decade?

It doesn't seem like many.

[Guest]

ESPN is a joke. You guys, know this right?

[Angelsjunky]

Man, the butthurt around here whenever someone "criticizes" the Angels is just too much. Anyhow, he's not really criticizing them. If anything, we should be happy that #27 isn't #30 like it was last year. Also, why do people assume that anyone who says anything non-glowing about the Angels is biased or uninformed? Aren't we biased?

 

As for the Red Sox, they've produced quite a few good players over the last decade. How about Lester, Pedroia, Ellsbury, Buchholz, Bard, Lowrie, Bogaerts, Doubront, Reddick, not to mention Hanley Ramirez, Papelbon, Moss, Anibal Sanchez, etc. All of these players have appeared on Red Sox prospects lists over the last decade - and probably more that I'm not remembering or finding (I searched a few of Sickels' top 20 lists going back to 2005).

 

That said, the Red Sox and Yankees do seem to get a tad overrated, but not by as much as some here say. Keith Law is a pretty good analyst.

[wopphil]

Where does Law rank the Dodgers? Other than the Cubs, they seem to have the best collection of top tier talent (Urias, Pederson and Seager).

[Blarg]

Really, how many Boston farm products have truly become productive at the MLB level this past decade?

It doesn't seem like many.

 

Threeve?