Mike Trout was the 25th pick in the 2009 Rule 4 (amateur) Draft.
Almost Anyone Could Have Drafted Mike Trout
↵Why did he slide so far? What did the Angels see in him that nobody else did?
↵Here’s the definitive work, from Baseball America last September.
↵p.s. The Angels also owned the 24th pick, and used that on another high-school outfielder, one week younger than Trout. He’s still in Class A. But he’s pretty good. He’s just not Mike Trout.
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