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The Padres doing cool things is because they have a deep farm


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2 minutes ago, Hubs said:

2010: Angels took Kaleb Cowart (18), Bedrosian (29), Chevy Clarke (30), Taylor Lindsey (38), Ryan Bolden (40) and Daniel Tillman (81) in the first, supplemental first and second rounds. Who they should've taken: Christian Yelich (23), Aaron Sanchez (34), Noah Syndergaard (39), and Nick Castellanos (44). Jedd Gyorko (59), Andrelton Simmons (70).

2011: Angels took CJ Cron (17) in the first, supplemental first and second rounds. Who they should've taken: Sonny Gray (18).

2012: Angels took no one in the first, supplemental first and second rounds. (Pujols, Wilson comp picks).

2013: Angels took Hunter Greene (59) in the second round. There weren't any substantially better or missed picks in that round or the third round.

2014: Angels took Sean Newcomb (15) in the firstround, who was an okay pick. Matt Chapman was the best pick from the first round that they could've selected (25) and Jack Flaherty went (34). They took Joe Gatto (53) in the second and could've taken Alex Verdugo (62).

2015: Angels took Taylor Ward (26). Could've taken Mike Soroka (28). Took Jam Jones (70) in the second. OK Picks.

2016: Angels took Matt Thaiss (16). Should've taken Will Smith (32). Took Brandon Marsh (60) in the second. Pete Alonso (64) went four picks later. That probably truns out to be a wash, if Marsh develops the way most think he will.

2017: Angels took Jo Adell (10) and Griffin Canning in the second (47). No one established or higher rated prospect that arguably should've been selected over either of these guys...yet.

2018: Angels took Jordyn Adams (17). Jeremiah Jackson in the second (57). No one established or higher rated prospect that arguably should've been selected over either of these guys...yet.

2019: Angels took Will Wilson (15) and Kyren Paris (55). No one established or higher rated prospect that arguably should've been selected over either of these guys...yet.

So Eppler did a much much better job than DiPoto or Reagins sans Bane. The vast majority of the Angels top prospects have been selected under Eppler. I know that's a recency thing to some extent, but out of all those 2010-2015 guys, who would've been a top prospect in any other organization? Maybe Newcomb?

And that 2010 draft was a disaster. Only Cowart and Bedrosian saw the majors and not to much success. Obviously they would've have taken all of the 6 guys I mentioned instead, but say they took two? or three?

 

 

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J. Pierrepont Reagins was a joke.

Some tried to say the 2010 draft in general was not very good.   Tell that to Yelich, Sanchez, Thor, Castellanos, Gyorko, and Simba.  HTF do you take Cowart over Yelich, Bedrock Jr. over Sanchez, Clarke over Thor, Bolden over Castellanos, and Lindsey over Simba ALL in the same draft???

Dumbpoto was dumb or stupid, take your pick.

Eppler was an improvement.

Let’s hope Minasian is one over Eppler. 
 

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Let's also remember for a moment that Preller actually sorta blew it when he first took over as GM of the Padres.

Initially, he had some "push the chips to the center and go for it" moves to try to make the Padres an instant winner.  The trades he made at the time were actually pretty bad and set them back for years.

However, he had the benefit of a patient owner who let him tank and trade for picks for years.

Preller was patient and so was the owner.  They didn't sign any significant contracts for a bit and were a bad team for about 5-6 years of time.

Once it was clear they were starting to amass a LOT of talent, they still didn't quite go "all in" until just this last year.  Now, they have encountered the perfect storm of events: an owner who is willing to spend money in a year when most owners are looking to cut costs, a LOT of prospects, and not that many salary commitments.

Their plan worked out very well, but let's also remember that it started off poorly and they had to "reset," which effectively set them back half a decade of time.

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On 12/28/2020 at 2:49 PM, mmc said:

Even if the Angels didn't trade their prospects, to get a farm like the Padres have you still need both several years of picking at the top of the draft (which won't happen as long as we have Trout) and fire sales which we won't do as we're trying to compete as well.  A good farm is needed but we can't realistically expect to have one as deep as SD's with how the major league team is constructed.

their farm has to be more shallow now after last weeks trades.

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