Baseball America Ranks Los Angeles Angels of Anaheims Minor League Talent in Top 5 - Major, Minor

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MLN Newswire-www.mlntherawfeed.com-Rancho Cucamonga , CA - For the fifth consecutive season, Baseball America has ranked the Angels' Minor League talent in the publication's Top 5 in all of baseball. The Angels are the only organization to be ranked in the Top 5 by the publication each of the last five seasons (2003, No. 5; 2004, No. 3; 2005, No. 1; 2006, No. 4; 2007, No. 4).

Baseball America states "for the better part of the new millennium, the Angels have accrued talent as effectively as any organization in baseball."

Of the top ten prospects in the Angels’ system according to the publication, seven of the ten have played for the Quakes during a portion of their time spent with the Angels’ organization.

1. Brandon Wood, ss (2005)
2. Nick Adenhart, rhp (2006)
3. Erick Aybar, ss (2004)
4. Young-Il Jung, rhp
5. Stephen Marek, rhp (2006)
6. Hank Conger, c
7. Jeff Mathis, c (2003)
8. Sean Rodriguez, ss/2b (2006)
9. Sean O'Sullivan, rhp
10. Tommy Mendoza, rhp (2005)

It is anticipated that Mendoza , Marek, Adenhart, and possibly O’Sullivan and Conger will see time with the Quakes the upcoming 2007 season.

"It's really a testament to the hard work of our scouts and player development people," said Angels Scouting Director Eddie Bane. "We appreciated the recognition from Baseball America and their commitment to the Minor Leagues."