The Angels system has been in the dumps for several years now. They have done well with some early-round draft picks ... Darin Erstad and Troy Glaus, for example, but both of those guys were no-brainers. The system's biggest problem is an incredible lack of depth. Once you get past the first two or three prospects, the level of quality drops off severely.

Anaheim hasn't done a very good job of finding players past the first round, which makes it hard to build system depth. The Latin American program was actually shut down as a "cost-saving" measure a few years ago. It has been revived and has already produced top prospect Ramon Ortiz, but the Angels remain well behind the curve in looking for talent in non-traditional ways.

The team is under new management again, and new GM Bill Stoneman certainly has his work cut out for him.

Third-rounder Phil Wilson, a high school pitcher from Poway, California, throws in the low 90s, but like Lackey he isn't on the fast track. Fourth-rounder Stan Burkowski, a high school pitcher from Florida, also throws hard ... and you guessed it, he is very raw.

College players Robb Quinlan (10th round, University of Minnesota, 3B), OF Mike O'Keefe (12th round, Providence College), SS Alfredo Amezaga (13th round, St. Petersburg JC), and 1B Jon Palmieri (14th round, Wake Forest) all did well after signing, but will have to prove themselves at higher levels.

This is a high-risk draft, dependent on the high school pitching at the top to develop.