The Official Los Angeles Angels 2016 MLB Draft Thread

[Richard]

In, before someone calls Montgomery Trout's replacement for when he leaves via FA.

[totdprods]

Kole was also an 8th rounder.

[Docwaukee]

Just now, Angels N Skins said:

Calhoun is exactly what I thought too after seeing that video

there is a little bit of Willits Mcslappy in that second video.  But with his speed it's all good.  Another fun pick.  

[Chuck]

3 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

there is a little bit of Willits Mcslappy in that second video.  But with his speed it's all good.  Another fun pick.  

I like.. fun picks.. and I cannot lie! 

[Richard]

 

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

Loving the potential of this draft. 

[Docwaukee]

Come to think of it, Montgomery kinda reminds me of Brett Gardner.  

[Second Base]

36 minutes ago, nikkachez said:

Jonathan Mayo saying he thought Williams was more of a 2017 name, but it sounded like he could possibly have ended up being an easy first round pick with his skillset. If they sign Thaiss, Marsh, and Williams, I'd consider this is a pretty dope draft. Could also be some of the reasoning to overdraft Thaiss? Save money for the guys with sign-ability concerns/commitments (Marsh and Williams) 

Yes, that's what I indicated a few hours ago, before the Williams pick. 

[nikkachez]

5 minutes ago, ScottyA_MWAH said:

Yes, that's what I indicated a few hours ago, before the Williams pick. 

Hipster

 

But seriously, can't tell if there was a pretentious undertone there or nah. Always tougher to gauge through text. 

[fanfromday1]

Ninth round Texas A&M catcher Michael Barash. Haven't been counting but I think we've drafted more catchers than pictures.

[ettin]

Angels take RHP Andrew Vinson in 10th/306

[fanfromday1]

Round 10 Texas A&M  RHP  Andrew Vinson. Battery mate to the catcher we drafted the round before.

[ettin]

2 minutes ago, fanfromday1 said:

Round 10 Texas A&M  RHP  Andrew Vinson. Battery mate to the catcher we drafted the round before.

Vinson supposedly has a wicked cutter.

[fanfromday1]

Well, our 9th round pick, catcher Michael Barash should be ably to handle him after catching him for several years at Texas A&M.

[Docwaukee]

there were only 4 high school players drafted in rounds 7-10.  I am sure that is common although i don't think I ever noticed it before.  gonna have to check that out.  

[eaterfan]

19 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

there were only 4 high school players drafted in rounds 7-10.  I am sure that is common although i don't think I ever noticed it before.  gonna have to check that out.  

Probably more common since the hard slotting system. The slot values are low enough that it's worth it for the kids to go to college and getting an education and trying to improve their stock. Most of the teams figure to have used up what they save by signing guys under slot in early rounds before they get to the 7th round so they can't overpay to entice those kids to skip college.

[Inside Pitch]

2 hours ago, Kody Mac said:

Brandon Wood had a long swing ...

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=troy-montgomery   Did Brandon Wood ever walk 50 times to 41 Ks?   This Montgomery kid walked 50 times in 236 at bats...    In his college career he walked 100 times .vs 88 Ks....    So, very much not Brandon Wood.

[Inside Pitch]

2 hours ago, Dochalo said:

how the hell did a guy with three 60+ tools and power fall to the 8th round?

BTW, Troy Montgomery sounds like someone you'd play polo with 

He's also another guy with a k/bb ratio of less than 1

He's a midget ....  5'8".   They don't like them small.   

[ten ocho recon scout]

I missed this whole thread. Anyone want to give me a brief synopsis, did we do better this year than last (at least potential wise)

[Broad Street]

45 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=troy-montgomery   Did Brandon Wood ever walk 50 times to 41 Ks?   This Montgomery kid walked 50 times in 236 at bats...    In his college career he walked 100 times .vs 88 Ks....    So, very much not Brandon Wood.

He's also tiny. How many college pitchers can locate their pitches well enough to consistently strike out a dude who is 5'8" standing straight up? Imagine what his height is when he's crouched.

I'm not saying this to knock him, or say he won't pan out, just don't get too excited over his walk rate. I also probably have no idea what I'm talking about, so take anything I say with a grain of salt because I'm probably wrong.

 

 

[ettin]

28 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

I missed this whole thread. Anyone want to give me a brief synopsis, did we do better this year than last (at least potential wise)

I think we got better talent overall this year @ten ocho recon scout

Our 2nd-4th picks are particularly interesting to me and some of the others and I think we pulled out some talent after that as well.

[Blarg]

36 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

I missed this whole thread. Anyone want to give me a brief synopsis, did we do better this year than last (at least potential wise)

If you read my post at the start of the draft,  the Angels  took Mathis with their first pick. 

[IEAngelsfan]

38 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

I missed this whole thread. Anyone want to give me a brief synopsis, did we do better this year than last (at least potential wise)

No.

Darn you ettin, these slackers need to read all these pages like the rest of us. 

[Docwaukee]

2 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

I missed this whole thread. Anyone want to give me a brief synopsis, did we do better this year than last (at least potential wise)

So I can say with absolute certainty that I have absolutely no idea.  

We got some guys with upside in the first 6 rounds.  I feel like there are some very interesting picks.  Marsh and Williams are raw high schoolers.  Williams in particular has off the chart tools.  Our college picks aren't just high floor guys like we targeted the last few years.   Two college seniors in the 9th and 10th were probably to save some pool money for some higher risk guys to follow on day 3.  Otherwise, it was HS and college JR's.  

Last year, we got some pretty interesting guys in the first 8 rounds outside of Ward.  Jones, Grayson Long, Sanger and Foster all have some upside.  

It was day three that has left me bored to tears the last few years.   So I hope we target some real boom or bust guys for 11-40.  

Overall though, way more potential from this year's class so far but we've seen how that can turn out as evident by 2009 followed up by 2010.  

 

[ADHB]

Interesting that they drafted a couple college seniors in their top 10 picks.  Those guys have no leverage, so they'll sign for super cheap, which allows the team to give more to some of the others. Obviously they're gonna use that savings to try and sign some of the HS guys (I have no idea if any of them are tough signs).