TOP TEN PROSPECTS 1. Kaleb Cowart, 3b 2. Nick Maronde, lhp 3. C.J. Cron, 1b 4. Mike Clevinger, rhp 5. Austin Wood, rhp 6. Randal Grichuk, of 7. Taylor Lindsey, 2b 8. R.J. Alvarez, rhp 9. Mark Sappington, rhp 10. Alex Yarbrough, 2b BEST TOOLS Best Hitter for Average Kaleb Cowart Best Power Hitter C.J. Cron Best Strike Zone Discipline Drew Heid Fastest Baserunner Eric Stamets Best Athlete Travis Witherspoon Best Fastball R.J. Alvarez Best Curveball Ryan Chaffee Best Slider Austin Wood Best Changeup Mike Clevinger Best Control Nick Maronde Best Defensive Catcher Carlos Ramirez Best Defensive Infielder Eric Stamets Best Infield Arm Kaleb Cowart Best Defensive OF Travis Witherspoon Best Outfield Arm Kole Calhoun PROJECTED 2016 LINEUP Catcher Chris Iannetta First Base Albert Pujols Second Base Howie Kendrick Third Base Kaleb Cowart Shortstop Erick Aybar Left Field Mark Trumbo Center Field Mike Trout Right Field Randal Grichuk Designated Hitter Kendrys Morales No. 1 Starter Jered Weaver No. 2 Starter C.J. Wilson No. 3 Starter Garrett Richards No. 4 Starter Nick Maronde No. 5 Starter Mike Clevinger Closer Ernesto Frieri After signing Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson last December, the Angels introduced their expensive new free agents outside Angel Stadium at a press conference that more closely resembled a pep rally. While the team stopped short of guaranteeing a multitude of championships a la the Miami Heat, its grandiose celebration for winning the offseason looked just as silly when the 2012 regular season ended without a trip to the playoffs. The Angels won 89 games—one more than the American League pennant-winning Tigers—and featured an offense that finished fourth in baseball in scoring despite playing in one of baseball's most pitcher-friendly home parks. Yet a 6-14 start sunk them to nine games behind the Rangers in the AL West early in the season, a hole that proved to be insurmountable. The highlight of the season—and perhaps the biggest story in baseball—was the emergence of Mike Trout. He became the first player to ever win Baseball America's Major League Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors in the same season, though he finished second in the AL MVP vote to Miguel Cabrera. Trout, who spent the first month of the season in Triple-A Salt Lake, hit .326/.399/.564 in 639 plate appearances. He led the American League with 129 runs scored and 49 stolen bases and regularly made highlight plays in center field. His 10.7 Wins Above Replacement (as measured by Baseball-Reference.com) was the highest single-season mark since Barry Bonds in 2002 (11.6) and the third-highest ever for a center fielder, trailing only Mickey Mantle (11.1 in 1957) and Willie Mays (10.9 in 1965). There isn't another Trout in the farm system, which is now one of the worst in baseball. Third baseman Kaleb Cowart stands out as the organization's best prospect, but behind him the system lacks both impact talent and depth— though there are reasons for that beyond talent evaluation. A 2009 high school first-round pick, Trout zipped to the big leagues. The Angels used three players who would have ranked among their Top 10 Prospects (shortstop Jean Segura, righthanders Johnny Hellweg and Ariel Pena) in a July trade with the Brewers to acquire Zack Greinke, who became a free agent after the season. Righthander Donn Roach also would have been in the Top 10 had they not included him in a May deal with the Padres for Ernesto Frieri. Additionally, signing Pujols and Wilson cost the club its first- and second-round picks in the 2012 draft as compensation. That left the team with baseball's smallest bonus pool ($1.6 million) for the first 10 rounds, hampering its efforts to restock the system. The Angels made a series of personnel changes in scouting and player development. The most notable departure was that of Tom Kotchman, who had managed in the system since 1984 and doubled as an area scout in Florida since 1990. Kotchman, who signed more than a dozen big leaguers for the club, resigned after the Angels asked him to focus solely on scouting and took a job with the Red Sox. International scouting director Marc Russo, who helped rebuild the Angels' Latin American program after they cleaned house in mid-2009, also wasn't retained. GM Jerry Dipoto brought in Carlos Gomez, who had worked with Dipoto in Arizona as the Diamondbacks' international scouting director, to replace Russo. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/organization-top-10-prospects/2013/2614387.html --

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