Mike Trout and 2009 Draft; How The Best Was Almost A Yankee

[Docwaukee]

http://yanksgoyard.com/2014/04/27/mike-trout-2009-draft-best-almost-yankee/

 

 

I figured most would get a kick out of this. 

[nate]

This is only about the 500th article about it.

[Blarg]

He could have been picked by some other team 23 times but still doesn't mean they had any intention to use their pick for him.

[Chuck]

Our Eddie Bane podcast interview covered this in detail.

[tdawg87]

Surprised this isn't an ESPN Insider article.

[SoWhat]

[seenoevil]

Thank you Yankees for taking texiera

off our hands for your valuable draft pick: )

Edited April 29, 2014 by seenoevil

[arch stanton]

Nothing I love more than rehashing stuff that didn't happen 5 years ago.

[Guest]

Thank you Yankees for taking texiera

off our hands for your valuable draft pick: )

Unfortunately we traded the fruits of that draft pick for David Freese.

[ELEVEN]

I still can't believe they shitcanned the guy that drafted Mike Trout.

[nmh]

This story comes up frequently, but what doesn't is how Trout was the only player to come to the initial draft at MLB Network and it was awkward until the Angels picked him. They had him in a fake dugout. Surprised this isn't shown more based on his success.

[Guest]

I still can't believe they shitcanned the guy that drafted Mike Trout.

I can. The Angels 2010 draft was a complete fustercluck. Four first round picks with only Kaleb Cowart, Chevy Clarke, Taylor Lindsay, and Ryan Bolden to show. 

 

Also, aside from Richards, Corbin and Skaggs our system has failed to draft any decent pitchers -- starters or relievers -- in many many years.

Edited April 29, 2014 by ScottLux

[AngelArcher]

Author didn't even get  Greg Morhardt's name right. 

[Inside Pitch]

I can. The Angels 2010 draft was a complete fustercluck. Four first round picks with only Kaleb Cowart, Chevy Clarke, Taylor Lindsay, and Ryan Bolden to show. 

 

Also, aside from Richards, Corbin and Skaggs our system has failed to draft any decent pitchers -- starters or relievers -- in many many years.

 

Bolden was actually the 5th 1st rounder from that draft, Cam Bedrosian was the second pick for the Angels (29th overall).   As great as the 2009 draft was, the 2010 one may be the worst in Angels history given the 5 picks in the top 40.   Not to make any excuses for the Angels as they could have done much better than Clarke, or Bolden but that 2010 draft is looking sort of shallow as a whole.

[Inside Pitch]

Author didn't even get  Greg Morhardt's name right. 

 

He spelled Yankees right, that's the only thing his target audience cares about.

[ABC]

The Yankees losing a chance at Trout with their number 25 pick because they signed Tex makes for a more interesting story for Yankee lovin' ESPN but the reality is that the Mets signing KRod is why we also had the number 24 pick. Although the Angels officially picked Grichuk before Trout, had there been only one pick available for the Angels in the first round they would have selected Trout. Trout ended up bring the pick after Grichuk because any one of many reasons that I don't know, some possibilities being as simple as being announced alphabetically or Bane wanting to tease the Yankees since he knew they also liked Trout.

 

The Angels lost their pick that year because of signing Fuentes. I'm not sure which pick the Halos lost for that brilliant move. 

 

In 2009 the Angels also had additional supplemental picks because of losing Tex and KRod. Those two loses resulted in the Angels drafting Tyler Skaggs and Garrett Richards, respectively. 

Edited April 29, 2014 by CF8

[jsnpritchett]

I can. The Angels 2010 draft was a complete fustercluck. Four first round picks with only Kaleb Cowart, Chevy Clarke, Taylor Lindsay, and Ryan Bolden to show. 

 

Also, aside from Richards, Corbin and Skaggs our system has failed to draft any decent pitchers -- starters or relievers -- in many many years.

 

Ugh.  Ryan Bolden...Did the Angels finally get rid of him this off-season, or is he going to get a 5th chance to stink up rookie ball this year?

[ABC]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Major_League_Baseball_Draft

 

From Wiki:

Other notable players

• Billy Hamilton, 2nd round, 57th overall by the Cincinnati Reds
• Jason Kipnis, 2nd round, 63rd overall by the Cleveland Indians
• DJ LeMahieu, 2nd round, 79th overall by the Chicago Cubs
• Patrick Corbin, 2nd round, 80th overall by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
• Kyle Seager, 3rd round, 82nd overall by the Seattle Mariners
• Wil Myers, 3rd round, 91st overall by the Kansas City Royals
• Joe Kelly, 3rd round, 98th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
• Brandon Belt, 5th round, 147th overall by the San Francisco Giants
• Louis Coleman, 5th round, 152nd overall by the Kansas City Royals
• Dallas Keuchel, 7th round, 221st overall by the Houston Astros
• Khris Davis, 7th round, 226th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers
• Paul Goldschmidt, 8th round, 246th overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks
• Brian Dozier, 8th round, 252nd overall by the Minnesota Twins
• Aaron Loup, 9th round, 280th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
• Yan Gomes, 10th round, 310th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
• Matt Carpenter, 13th round, 399th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
• Mark Appel, 15th round, 450th overall by the Detroit Tigers, but did not sign
• Drew Hutchison, 15th round, 460th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
• J.D. Martinez, 20th round, 611th overall by the Houston Astros
• Darin Ruf, 20th round, 617th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies
• A.J. Ramos, 21st round, 638th overall by the Florida Marlins
• Trevor Rosenthal, 21st round, 639th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
• Mike Fiers, 21st round, 676th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers
• Matt Adams, 23rd round, 699th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
• Dan Straily, 24th round, 723rd overall by the Oakland Athletics
• Mike Zunino, 29th round, 873rd overall by the Oakland Athletics, but did not sign
• Jake Dunning, 33rd round, 987th overall by the San Francisco Giants
• A.J. Griffin, 34th round, 1,037th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies, but did not sign

NFL players drafted

• Jake Locker, 10th round, 321st overall by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, but did not sign
• Riley Cooper, 25th round, 754th overall by the Texas Rangers, but did not sign
• Eric Decker, 27th round, 822nd overall by the Minnesota Twins, but did not sign
• Colin Kaepernick 43rd round, 1310th overall by the Chicago Cubs, but did not sign.

[seenoevil]

Yankees tampering again.

[Hubs]

I hadn't listened to the Eddie Bane podcast, but if memory serves me, had the Angels only had one pick, it would've been Trout. They took Girchuck first but he wasn't first on their board.

[jshep]

Ugh.  Ryan Bolden...Did the Angels finally get rid of him this off-season, or is he going to get a 5th chance to stink up rookie ball this year?

 

He's gone. Chevy Clarke is still around and not doing anything though! He finally made it to A+!

[CaliAngel]

This is only about the 500th article about it.

 

But the first one I read about it...guess that means it was worth posting, eh?

[seenoevil]

Yankees need to keep "Mike Trout" name out of their mouth!