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Los Angeles Angels Top 10 Prospects For 2017

By Benjamin Chase

Jul 3, 2015; Arlington, TX, USA; A view of a Los Angeles Angels baseball hat and glove and logo before the game between the Texas Rangers and the Los Angeles Angels at Globe Life Park in Arlington. The Angels defeated the Rangers 8-2. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 3, 2015; Arlington, TX, USA; A view of a Los Angeles Angels baseball hat and glove and logo before the game between the Texas Rangers and the Los Angeles Angels at Globe Life Park in Arlington. The Angels defeated the Rangers 8-2. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jul 3, 2015; Arlington, TX, USA; A view of a Los Angeles Angels baseball hat and glove and logo before the game between the Texas Rangers and the Los Angeles Angels at Globe Life Park in Arlington. The Angels defeated the Rangers 8-2. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 3, 2015; Arlington, TX, USA; A view of a Los Angeles Angels baseball hat and glove and logo before the game between the Texas Rangers and the Los Angeles Angels at Globe Life Park in Arlington. The Angels defeated the Rangers 8-2. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /

The Los Angeles Angels had a fall back season in 2016 after competing for a number of seasons and using up a lot of their prospect depth. Is there hope on their farm?

An Introduction

Our minor league top 10 series is coordinated by Benjamin Chase, one of our contributors at Call To The Pen.

He has poured over thousands of minor league games over the course of the year via milb.tv along with speaking with a number of team and independent scouts. These lists are based out of those conversations.

Each system will have prospects from 10 to 1, and then finish with one newcomer to the system that is worth keeping an eye on that is not in the top 10 at this time.

Conversations are certainly encouraged in the comments section on each system as we go along!

The drain on talent in the Angels system is really not due to poor drafting or even poor development

Angels System Review

To put it bluntly, this is a bad system. When I finish my system reviews and top 10s, I’ll be putting out a post that ranks the farm systems, and while I’m still undecided among 2-3 teams for the top spot, the Angels have the bottom spot well locked down.

The drain on talent in the Angels system is really not due to poor drafting or even poor development, however. The Angels have produced quite a number of solid prospects. The issue is that they have been utilized widely in deals in order to attempt to win at the major league level, sometimes foolishly throwing prospects at a chance that really wasn’t there.

Last offseason’s trade for Andrelton Simmons cost the team what would easily be their #1 prospect in Sean Newcomb and another pitcher in Chris Ellis that would likely be in their top 5. Then they went through a season where an already-shallow team suffered a litany of injuries and really wasn’t in contention all season.

In defense of the team, the moves made since those injuries truly took hold in early summer of last year have been wise and brought in some intriguing players in trades and waiver claims. There is honestly movement upward as a system from this point in 2015, however, this will be a very long process.

Let’s take a look at the top 10!

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