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If Social media means anything -- Jeremiah Jackson has updated his Twitter bio... Jeremiah Jackson @datdudejackson2 •player in Angels organization •under-armor all-American •perfect game all-American insta: jeremiahjackson_2

William English is signing... https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/2018/06/06/detroit-westerns-william-english-forgo-college-career/676478002/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Tuesday afternoon, Holmes' son — William English — was drafted as a pitcher by the Los Angeles Angels with the No. 151 overall pick in the 2018 MLB draft. He told the Free Press on Wednesday he will forgo his college career at Tennessee, sign with the Angels and pursue his dream of playing in the major leagues.

Currently in the organization... https://247sports.com/mlb/angels/Article/2018-Angels-Organization-Roster-111313171 CATCHERS B/T HT WT DOB AFFILIATE Apolinar, Samy L/R 5'11 235 12/1/97 fRK - DSL Arcia, Francisco L/R 5'11 195 9/14/89 AA - Mobile Barash, Michael R/R 6'1 190 10/12/94 AA - Mobile Bisay, Edwin S/R 5'11 165 3/8/00 fRK - DSL Briceno, Jose R/R 6'1 205 9/19/92 MLB - Los Angeles Fitzsimons, Connor R/R 5'10 190 9/29/94 Flores, Jeans R/R 5'11 165 3/20/98 Gonzalez, Andres R/R 5'10 170 9/8/00 Graterol, Juan R/R 6'1 205 2/14/89 AAA - Salt Lake Kruger, Jack R/R 6'1 185 10/26/94 A+ - Inland Empire Leon, Julian R/R 5'11 210 1/24/96 AA - Mobile Maldonado, Martin R/R 6'0 230 8/16/86 MLB - Los Angeles Marcano, Marlon R/R 5'10 180 9/14/99 fRK - DSL Mendoza, Willian R/R 5'11 175 12/1/97 Molina, Angel R/R 6'0 175 8/20/97 Navarro, Franklin S/R 5'9 181 10/17/94 A+ - Inland Empire Nunez, Geison R/R 6'1 200 7/30/00 fRK - DSL Olmeda, Alexis R/R 6'0 225 4/5/94 Pina, Keinner R/R 5'10 165 2/12/97 A - Burlington Rivera, Rene R/R 5'10 215 7/31/83 MLB - Los Angeles* Roper, Erven L/R 6'0 205 2/28/95 Sanchez, Jeyson R/R 5'10 174 7/4/94 A - Burlington Sanjur, Mario R/R 5'7 174 12/23/95 Wass, Wade R/R 6'0 215 9/23/91 AAA - Salt Lake Wenson, Harrison R/R 6'3 235 4/21/95 A - Burlington

And yet it's typical....

The college guys... Rnd 13 - Cooper Criswell, http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=215250 Rnd 15 - Nick Frank, http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=212829 Rnd 17 - Luis Alvarado, http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=187838 Looks like he was an OFer until very recently. Rnd 18 - Dylan King http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=197461 Seems to have been hurt all year. Rnd 20 - Kyle Tyler, http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=201172

i would assume they went into the draft knowing they had the 17th pick, or better yet....knowing they didn't have the first pick.... So that sort of established their focus. Your question is Facking retarded. Your "this is part for the course " comment ignores the fact there were other teams saying the Angels were in on this guy .... It was their interest in him that was driving him up according to many, and not the other way around... The Angels had plenty of guys predicted to go before him that did drop to them, they passed on all of them and took the guy they had been connected to. To be honest, I should have saved us both the time and never responded in the first place.. So, my bad.

You never know with RPs. My guess is it's an attempt to flood the system with guys who are already in the role -- they seem content with the SP depth in the system. Maybe they like something and think with some sequencing and the sort they might become something but I think it's more a move to free up money to possibly spend on guys in rounds 11-15 like Doc alluded to. Picks 1-5 are all guys with some upside and tools... the first four picks were all ranked among the top 100. There is enough to dream on 1-5 to not worry if picks 6-10 turn out to be filler.

Was reading a Mariners message board to see what they thought of their draft so far... Lots of people talking about how it was smart of Jerry's front office to focus their draft on high floor college players because it will mean an infusion of MLB ready talent. Say what you will about him, he sells his vision well. I do not miss those days.

Four college RPs taken between 6-10 one SP -- all of them college seniors so... likely very cheap to sign..

Bryce Monte De Oca's first blown save... "More like Bryce Mounte de Caca" -- AO

Id like to see them draft him just to watch AO come up with nicknames for him.

Kyle Glaser Retweeted Jon Roegele‏ @MLBPlayerAnalys 4h4 hours ago More For everyone freaking out over the Rays having 3 pitchers in their system undergo TJ surgery this year, I have recorded at least 170 different instances of 3 players in the same org having TJ surgeries closer together than Honeywell/De Leon/Banda. It's not good, but it's typical.

Was looking at how he planted and couldn't get passed the pink sock... it was damn mesmerizing... and why not two pink socks, only one. Is mystique a tool? Cause Billy English has it.

What did I miss? I was in the back corner eating paste....

LOL, he juked the crap out of that DB... LOLOL..

William English definitely has one pink sock and one white sock on in that pitching video.

The cool part is they can say to guys -- hey, we have actual success doing it...

Like 50/50 maybe...

Was still definitely me....

Definitely!

That was definitely me....

Bradish MLB.com Scouting grades: Fastball: 60 | Curveball: 50 | Slider: 50 | Changeup: 45 | Control: 45 | Overall: 45 Pitching in New Mexico and the Western Athletic Conference isn't an easy task, but Bradish has been doing it as a starter for three years. The tall right-hander was a first-team all-WAC performer as a sophomore, then used a strong performance in the Cape Cod League to springboard to an even better junior year to put him firmly on the Draft radar. There's a lot to like with this Arizona native's size and stuff. The 6-foot-4 righty has a fastball-curve combination that's attractive to many teams. He'll sit 92-94 mph with his fastball, and can touch 96 mph at times. He has a big 12-to-6 curve, thrown in the 76-80 mph range, that he uses effectively as his out pitch, and he mixes in a changeup. A big x-factor for Bradsish might be his cutter-like slider, thrown in the upper-80s, that could develop into a much better pitch in the future. All of it comes from a catapult-like delivery with a lot of moving pieces. The positive of that is deception; the negative is spotty command, which gets away from him when he tries to go up and down in the zone or gets off to the side in his delivery. There's a split camp among scouts about Bradish's future role. With the potential for a four-pitch mix, a team taking him in the top three rounds is bound to let him head out as a starter, but knowing that his fastball-curve combination could tick up in shorter relief stints provides a nice backup plan.

Grant Green soured me on all Grants forever.... Even Little ones. Anyone named Tanner is okay by me. Long Live Tanner Boyle!

Only allowed 3 HRs in 101 innings this year. Thats hard to do in that conference and at NM.