MLB.com updated top 100 prospects

[NrM]

Angels have one player ranking in the top 100. Kaleb Cowart at 86.

 

The Redsox and Astros are tied for the most with 8.

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130726&content_id=54258374&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

[Troll Daddy]

At least that's a start ... one better than none

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130726&content_id=54557612&c_id=ana

Cowart has dropped from #67 to #86.

[tdawg87]

lol

[rafibomb]

Rondon fell from 11th to 16th? Weird.

[ettin]

Are we being punk'd?

[NrM]

Like the only angels prospect that is actually doing anything impressive right now is Zach Borenstein. A left handed hitting jewish dude that was on no ones radar. He's crushing the ball in the CAL league.

 

http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=605148

[YouthofToday]

Angels have one player ranking in the top 100. Kaleb Cowart at 86.

The Redsox and Astros are tied for the most with 8.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130726&content_id=54258374&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

Queue a Ruben Amaro style rant on how prospect lists from so-called "experts" don't mean anything. External prospect lists are a false truth.

[Scott34]

MLB is consistently the worst at ranking prospects.

 

ESPN, BA, BP, AngelsWin are leaps and bounds above MLB.

 

That's no diss on Mayo but he has no help.

[Tyler]

Looks accurate to me.

[Dave Saltzer]

Poozy, the Angels have more than just Borenstein doing well. Heck, just looking at the California League, there's Sappington, Yarbrough, Stamets just to name a few. At Arkansas, there's Grichuk, Lindsey (who should have been on that list based on what scouts are telling me), Marin, besides Cowart. Triple A is pretty much a wasteland behind Calhoun, but Orem is loaded with talent. Rondon will be in our Top 10 next year. He is one of many with upside there.

So, it's not like the sky is falling. Is our organization thin and on the week side? Yes. Is it devoid of talent? No.

[The God of Runs]

Things are looking REALLY good......... For the Astros

[Ohtaniland]

Now I completely understand the "WIN NOW" plan.

[Docwaukee]

three years and I think we'll be middle of the pack again. 

[m0nkey]

I thought hunter green was supposed to be their number one prospect when he got drafted

[Second Base]

Not a ton to work off of there.  I think it's hilarious they offer no information, scouting report or video on Morin yet rank him 11th.  At the very least you should be able to explian what you like about a prospect or try to justify it. 

[NrM]

Poozy, the Angels have more than just Borenstein doing well. Heck, just looking at the California League, there's Sappington, Yarbrough, Stamets just to name a few. At Arkansas, there's Grichuk, Lindsey (who should have been on that list based on what scouts are telling me), Marin, besides Cowart. Triple A is pretty much a wasteland behind Calhoun, but Orem is loaded with talent. Rondon will be in our Top 10 next year. He is one of many with upside there.

So, it's not like the sky is falling. Is our organization thin and on the week side? Yes. Is it devoid of talent? No.

Well all those guys you listed haven't really been impressive this year from a stats standpoint.

Calhoun has, but that's because he's been in AAA for a long ass time and is almost 26.

[Second Base]

Not to sound too old school Poozy, but there's quite a bit more to this game than stats.  And even if numbers are all you care about, look at Yarbrough's overall production, Lindsey's power and discipline development, Grichuk's power in probably the hardest place to hit for power in Minor League Baseball, Rondon just killing everything in Orem, Nat Delgado and Ismael Dionicio's numbers down in Rookie Ball.  - There really are a lot of stats that'll jump off the page for Angels prospects. 

 

From a non-statistical standpoint there are some story lines that make the Angels minor leaguers worth following. 

 

1. This team really needs help in the SP department, and Mark Sappington's doing quite well in his first taste of pro ball.  Skipped over A Ball and went straight to the Cal League, notoriously tough on pitchers.  3.42 RA, lots of innings and lots of strikeouts in your first year is nothing to sneeze at.  Not to mention his profiue as a power pitcher.  He could be a decent #3-4-5 SP and could be ready to take on that role with the Angels in a year or two. 

 

2. This team is going to have a good, inexpensive bullpen rather soon.  Long term, Frieri, Jepsen, Kohn and De La Rosa are pretty solid.  Add in Mike Morin, Nick Maronde, R.J. Alvarez and suddenly the Angels will be lethal.

 

3. The offense has had its brigt spots, but take a look at all the bats coming up.  Even if they're currently blocked, these players will be valuable trade candidates.  Calhoun, Grichuk, Lindsey, Cron, Witherspoon, Yarbrough, Stamets, Borenstein and Rondon all look like they'll fill roles at the major league level, several of which would be starters.

 

4. The wave of high risk, high reward pitchers that have been infused into the system since Dipoto's arrival.  Arjenis Fernandez, Key Middleton, Yency Almonte, Victor Alcantara, Daniel Hurtado, Austin Wood, Reid Scoggins, Hunter Green, Kyle McGowin and Jonah Wesely.  I'm not saying many of those guys are going to be big league starters.  But of those 10 pitchers, you gotta figure that at least one or two (probably more) make it into a big league rotation and with their arsenal, they could be impressive.