Angels All-Time prospects who never quite made it

[notherhalo]

Angels top 30 got me thinking....

Trevor Reckling, D Mac, Matt Brown, Taylor Lindsey..

Is there enough to build a position by position?

[Erstad Grit]

Brandon Wood of course.  Not sure how hyped jose arrendondo was but I was convinced he'd be our closer for several years.  I think I remember Torres  being talked about as a future star. Im sure I have rookie baseball cards from all the failed prospects of the 90s and early 2000s somewhere in the garage.  

[Billy_Ball]

Kyle Abbott - P

Pete Janicki - P

Jon Bachanov - P

Mackay Christensen - OF

Brian Anderson - P

 

[Ohtaniland]

Kaleb Cowart.

[Jig Stew]

Todd Green

George Arias

Brandon Wood

Dallas McPherson 

Jeff Mathis 

 

all 5 of these guys were highly rated and not just high draft picks

 

[Jig Stew]

Oh and Mike Trout 

[Ohtaniland]

4 minutes ago, Jig Stew said:

Oh and Mike Trout's brother 

fixed 

[Jig Stew]

5 minutes ago, CALZONE said:

Oh and Mike Trout's brother

fixed 

You leave Rodrigo Trout out of this!!!

[ettin]

According to Scotty's favorite poster, Zach Borenstein was a rising superstar.

[Jig Stew]

1 minute ago, ettin said:

According to Scotty's favorite poster, Zach Borenstein was a rising superstar.

Yeah but our bias prejudice ways wouldn't allow us to acknowledge it

[Chuck]

1B Lee Stevens, Casey Kotchman, Jim Eppard

2B Justin Baughman, Taylor Lindsey

SS Brandon Wood, Gus Polidor

3B Dallas McPherson/George Arias

OF: McKay Christensen, Mark Doran, Billy Taylor, Chevy Clarke

C: Jeff Mathis, John Orton, Jorge Fabregas, Hank Conger, Todd Greene

DH: Eduardo Perez, Danny Goodwin

P: Kyle Abbott, Pete Janicki, Willie Fraser, Joe Torres, Chris Bootcheck, Seth Etherton, Jonathan Bachanov, Trevor Bell, Tyler Kehrer, Trevor Reckling

[Jig Stew]

3 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

1B Lee Stevens, Casey Kotchman, Jim Eppard

2B Justin Baughman, Taylor Lindsey

SS Brandon Wood, Gus Polidor

3B Dallas McPherson/George Arias

OF: McKay Christensen, Mark Doran, Billy Taylor, Chevy Clarke

C: Jeff Mathis, John Orton, Jorge Fabregas, Hank Conger, Todd Greene

DH: Eduardo Perez, Danny Goodwin

P: Kyle Abbott, Pete Janicki, Willie Fraser, Joe Torres, Chris Bootcheck, Seth Etherton, Jonathan Bachanov, Trevor Bell, Tyler Kehrer

Show Off

[Jig Stew]

Matt Harvey

Buster Posey

Chris Davis

Kyle Hendricks

all 4 of these guys never "quite" made it with the Angels cause we didn't sign them after we drafted them

[Broad Street]

JT Snow

 

Lol

[Broad Street]

3 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

1B Lee Stevens, Casey Kotchman, Jim Eppard

2B Justin Baughman, Taylor Lindsey

SS Brandon Wood, Gus Polidor

3B Dallas McPherson/George Arias

OF: McKay Christensen, Mark Doran, Billy Taylor, Chevy Clarke

C: Jeff Mathis, John Orton, Jorge Fabregas, Hank Conger, Todd Greene

DH: Eduardo Perez, Danny Goodwin

P: Kyle Abbott, Pete Janicki, Willie Fraser, Joe Torres, Chris Bootcheck, Seth Etherton, Jonathan Bachanov, Trevor Bell, Tyler Kehrer

How dare you list Mathis up there. CERA king!

[John Taylor]

3 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

1B Lee Stevens, Casey Kotchman, Jim Eppard

2B Justin Baughman, Taylor Lindsey

SS Brandon Wood, Gus Polidor

3B Dallas McPherson/George Arias

OF: McKay Christensen, Mark Doran, Billy Taylor, Chevy Clarke

C: Jeff Mathis, John Orton, Jorge Fabregas, Hank Conger, Todd Greene

DH: Eduardo Perez, Danny Goodwin

P: Kyle Abbott, Pete Janicki, Willie Fraser, Joe Torres, Chris Bootcheck, Seth Etherton, Jonathan Bachanov, Trevor Bell, Tyler Kehrer

Kyle Abbott had one hand too many to succeed as an Angel.

[Chuck]

I still cannot believe we took a chance on McKay Christensen with such a high pick. (6th overall)

What a waste! 

[makepeac]

At least Mike Miley had a valid excuse.

[Chuck]

6 minutes ago, makepeac said:

At least Mike Miley had a valid excuse.

True.

He doesn't deserve to be on this list. Removed! 

[aznhockeyguy]

Brandon Wood, he was hyped as a top 5 in all of baseball prospect for two years, but in the show he was so awful.

[tdawg87]

Ralston Schmidt Jr. 

He had a successful HOF career but he only hit 602 HR and pitched 4 no-hitters. Well below what his father accomplished.

[California Cajun]

Very interesting topic.  I'm going to post my list before reading other responses.

• Brandon Wood
• Rick Reichardt
• Tom Egan
• Tom Satriano
• Jorge Fabregas 
• Darryl Scioners 
• Dallas McPherson 
• Jay Johnstone (became an impact player after leaving the Angels)
• Chad Curtis
• Willie Aikens 
• Devon White (became an impact player after leaving the Angels)

[tdawg87]

Chad Curtis was great in the minors.

[vlad27]

Anyone mentioned Trevor Reckling ? 

[Chuck]

1 hour ago, tdawg87 said:

Chad Curtis was great in the minors.

I see what you did there.