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    Eddie Bane recalls the Angels’ draft for the ages

    Mar 04, 2021 3 minutes
    by J.J. COOPER

    When then-Angels scouting director Eddie Bane wrapped up the 2009 draft, he felt confident that he’d had a draft for the ages. Blessed with five picks in the top 50 because of the losses of free agents Mark Teixeira and Francisco Rodriguez, the Angels had a draft bonanza.

    Now here’s the thing about draft bonanzas: they very rarely work out. There was a running feature in Baseball America in the lead-up to the

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