Kevin Goldstein recently unveiled his list of the top ten Angels prospects in his latest Future Shock and you have to like what you see. Five of the ten rate at least Very Good and you have Brandon Wood and Nick Adenhart in the “excellent” category.
Wood comes as no surprise and you hope to see him matched up with Howie Kendrick as the team’s double play combination for years to come. The problem of course is Orlando Cabrerra. I like the idea of moving him to third to get him up quicker but it looks like that might be on hold.
Adenhart had a nice season last year splitting time between Low A and High A. It looks like he’ll repeat High A next year but it wouldn’t surprise me to see him at Double A by the All Star break. Expect Adenhart to break through some time late in 2008.
Erick Aybar (another shortstop), Sean Rodriguez (yet another shortstop) and Hank Conger (catcher) round out the top five. The final prognosis is that the Angels have both depth and star power in their system. You can’t ask for much more then that.
