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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Baseball America’s Top 10 Prospects: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Never realized just how un-sharp, un-knack Sharpnack truly was.

1. Mike Trout, of
2. Jean Segura, ss
3. Garrett Richards, rhp
4. Johnny Hellweg, rhp
5. C.J. Cron, 1b
6. Kaleb Cowart, 3b
7. Taylor Lindsey, 2b
8. Daniel Tillman, rhp
9. Ariel Pena, rhp
10. Nick Maronde, lhp

Chatwood was one of six Angels rookies in 2011. Jordan Walden rode a 98 mph fastball to 32 saves and a place on the AL all-star team, while Mark Trumbo belted 29 homers and finished runner-up for AL rookie of the year honors. Unless he learns a new position, however, Trumbo becomes redundant with the acquisition of Pujols.

Last season, the trio of Mathis, Trumbo and Wells extinguished many a rally by combining for a .262 on-base percentage. In 2012, Los Angeles could replace that trio in the lineup with Iannetta, Pujols and elite prospect Mike Trout. Those upgrades, combined with a stout rotation featuring Jered Weaver, Dan Haren, Wilson and Ervin Santana, give the Angels hope of snapping their two-year playoff drought.

Repoz Posted: January 31, 2012 at 01:46 PM | 7 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: January 31, 2012 at 02:16 PM (#4050457)

Is Wells going to the bench?

2. Rants Mulliniks (formerly Cold Prosimian) Posted: January 31, 2012 at 02:32 PM (#4050477)

No, Wells is going to have a 125ish OPS plus this year.

3. Walt Davis Posted: January 31, 2012 at 02:36 PM (#4050483)

Were the Knack knack or not?

No, Wells is going to have a 125ish OPS plus this year.

C'mon man, he'll do better than 067/058/067. :-)

4. Mike Emeigh

Posted: January 31, 2012 at 04:36 PM (#4050563)

I was just thinking about how different things might have been with Nick Adenhart still on this team.

-- MWE

5. Robert in Manhattan Beach Posted: January 31, 2012 at 05:15 PM (#4050606)

give the Angels hope of snapping their two-year playoff drought.

You think? That's a pretty sturdy looking limb.

6. Brian

Posted: January 31, 2012 at 07:27 PM (#4050735)

7. Walt Davis Posted: January 31, 2012 at 11:57 PM (#4050902)

So is the general idea that Wells starts the year in LF until he proves he can't perform and then Trout takes over? Not sure if that's the best way to play it. Somebody better be ready to pull that ripcord quick.

My guess is a mix of Wells, Trout, Bourjos, Hunter, Abreu, Trumbo through 3 OF spots, DH, and a little 1B/3B for Trumbo. Of course Trout could start the year in AAA -- and it wouldn't necessarily be the worst thing, not like he hit a ton when he came up and he didn't play AAA. (Note, he's got about 60 days of service time already so not much point in playing arb clock games with him.)

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