This (with the thanks of http://riveraveblues.com/2010-draft-order/)

I am excited to see that the Angels have 8 picks in the first 106 picks. that is 8% of the picks according to my 7th grade math

I am bummed to miss out on resigning Vlad, Lackey and Figgins. But, with the great draft it seemed like we had last year and a whole bunch of great picks this year, it is exciting as an Angel fan to see that we are restocking for the future.

We have young guys ready to hopefuly make a difference in the next few years and now we can be sure with last year and this year that in 2015 we'll have a great team on the field.

First Round
1. Nationals
2. Pirates
3. Orioles
4. Royals
5. Indians
6. Diamondbacks
7. Mets
8. Astros
9. Padres
10. Athletics
11. Blue Jays
12. Reds
13. White Sox
14. Brewers
15. Rangers (for failure to sign ‘09 first rounder Matt Purke)
16. Cubs
17. Rays
18. Angels (from Mariners for Type-A Chone Figgins)
19. Tigers
20. Red Sox (from Braves for Type-A Billy Wagner)
21. Twins
22. Rangers
23. Marlins
24. Giants
25. Cardinals
26. Rockies
27. Phillies
28. Dodgers
29. Angels (from Red Sox for Type-A John Lackey)
30. Angels
31. Rays (for failure to sign ‘09 first rounder LeVon Washington)
32. Yankees

Supplemental First Round

33. Blue Jays (for Type-A Marco Scutaro)
34. Braves (for Type-A Mike Gonzalez)
    
35. Red Sox (for Type-A Billy Wagner)
36. Angels (for Type-A John Lackey)
    
37. Angels (for Type-A Chone Figgins)
38. Blue Jays (for failure to sign ‘09 sandwich rounder James Paxton)
39. Rays (for Type-B Gregg Zaun)
40. Tigers (for Type-B Brandon Lyon)
41. Rangers (for Type-B Ivan Rodriguez)
    

Second Round

42. Nationals
43. Pirates
44. Braves (from Orioles for Type-A Mike Gonzalez)
45. Royals
46. Indians
47. Diamondbacks
48. Mets
49. Astros
50. Padres
51. Athletics
52. Blue Jays
53. Reds
54. White Sox
55. Brewers
56. Cubs
57. Rays
58. Mariners
59. Tigers
60. Braves
61. Twins
62. Rangers
63. Marlins
64. Giants
65. Cardinals
66. Rockies
67. Phillies
68. Dodgers
69. Blue Jays (for failure to sign ‘09 second rounder Jake Eliopoulos)
70. Blue Jays (from Red Sox for Type-A Marco Scutaro)
71. Angels
72. Yankees

Third Round

73. Nationals
74. Pirates
75. Orioles
76. Royals
77. Indians
78. Diamondbacks
79. Rays (for failure to sign ‘09 second rounder Kenny Diekroeger)
80. Mets
81. Astros
82. Padres
83. Athletics
84. Blue Jays
85. Reds
86. White Sox
87. Brewers
88. Cubs
89. Rays
90. Mariners
91. Tigers
92. Braves
93. Twins
94. Rangers
95. Marlins
96. Giants
97. Cardinals
98. Rockies
99. Phillies
100. Dodgers
101. Red Sox
102. Angels
103. Yankees

Supplemental Third Round

104. Blue Jays (for failure to sign ‘09 third rounder Jake Barrett)
105. White Sox (for failure to sign ‘09 third rounder Bryan Morgado)
106. Angels (for failure to sign ‘09 third rounder Josh Spence)

The Angels will have a good chunk o' change coming off the books this off season.

-- Guerrero - $15m
-- Escobar - $9.5m
-- Lackey - $9m
-- Figgins - $6m
-- Abreu - $5m
-- Oliver - $3.6m
-- Quinlan - $1m

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Just announced.

Good for him, he definetely deserved it.

Question, If a player changes leagues what is the rule for Gold Glove? Seems to me that Texiera should have won, either for National leauge or American.

Also side note, Reports are that Frankie has gotten the 'not interested' vibe from the Tigers, Orioles, and Indians. Leaving only the Mets as a likely canidate.

Funny if he has to come back to us for what we paid him last year, because no one will pay him.

The poll on whether we wanted to see Wood or Aybar in there got me thinking.

Because this is the deepest Angels team I have ever seen, I feel that setting up who will make the post season roster, might be Soth's toughest managerial task yet. He has to take into cosideration Veterans who have been there before, fading talent, injuries etc... I'm sure that even some of us here cant really decide. Im not talking who is going to be the 25th guy on the roster, there are some big decisions to be made.

So assuming that Soth will carry 10 pitchers and 15 positional players

I will list the no-brainer picks that aren't really debatable

Pitchers

Lackey,Garland,Saunders, Santana, Arredondo, Shields, Krod, Weaver

Positional Players

Vlad,Tex,Torii, Mathis, Napoli, GA, Figgy,

Some are more likely to make it than others (i.e Rivera etc....)

But what is the rest of your postseason first round roster look like

You have 2 pitchers and 8 positional players to select.

". Angels pitcher Kelvim Escobar had right shoulder surgery Tuesday in New York. Mets team doctor David Altchek repaired Escobar's posterior labrum"

This kind of went unnotticed with all the trade deadline stuff going down. This is kind of a bummer and I wish he would have gotten it sooner... there is no mention on how long they think it will take to heal, and when he does what happens then? I know we are all caught up in pennant fever and next year is ages away, but I love Escobar and yet love the way our rotation has blossomed this year, tough to say who takes a seat.

Sports Ill. has a great article this month on our own HK.

It talks about his ability to hit even from toddler age and the importance of his Grandma to him. They also say that it is concievable that he in the future can hit .320 and 20+ jacks a year. One scout even says that besides a batting title, if he continues to mature defensively a gold glove wouldn't be out of the picture

Apparantly Mike Napoli has been working out with Miguel FatCab. Miggy has claimed that his oath to get into shape is working, most would think this is a ploy to eleviate any concerns about his bad habits. But Napoli has confirmed this and says, "He looks, good.... He's starting to slim down, and he's getting real strong."
If our main concern about this guy is his weight, defense at third being second, maybe this is the best time to pull the trigger. I love Howie and think he will be a star. But you have to remember that our younger guys are all 'possibly' going to be stars this guy is the real deal. think of it as getting rid of a pitcher who's a head case (Santana) and a great young second baseman to get the future A-Rod.
Pull the Trigger Reagins

I've been thinking... A lot of us have been coming to this site for awhile and besides the occasional Vegas trip not many of us get to intermingle or see what our fellow HH'ers are like. I figured I'd make this post because it would be nice to hear a little bit about each person that posts here regularly. Plus until the winter meeting we know nothing of great importance is going to happen anyway.
Maybe after getting to know your HH'ers next time your at the game you can say hi.
I figured the best way is to have every say where you sit if you have season seats, what city they live in, what year they became an Angels fan, best angels memory and something about themselves, maybe an interesting tidbit.

I'll start:
Sinatrasratpack is 27 years old

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Geoff jenkins of Mil, had his option declined by the Brewers, Geoff had 21 HRs and could be had for cheap. The story on him has always been that his hitting would improve if you could get him out of Left Field. assuming he could move that # to 25 HRs .275 avg. .330 Obp. Would he be better that what a tandem of Juan Rivera and Reggie Willits could give us?
I love both those guys but they are also extremely tradeable right now and we can get something for them while cheaply replacing their #'s... Just a thought