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Los Angeles Angels 2021 MLB Mock Draft Roundup


We've been tracking MLB mock drafts from various baseball analysts, writers and bloggers via our 2021 MLB Mock Draft Database.

The Los Angeles Angels have the 9th pick in the 2021 MLB Draft and our Los Angeles Angels 2021 MLB Mock Draft Roundup compiles picks for the Angels in recently-updated mock drafts.

The picks listed below are sorted by when the mock draft was updated (date in parenthesis) with the most recent mocks listed first.

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MLB.com - Mayo (6/2)
Benny Montgomery, OF, Red Land HS (Lewisberry, Pa.)

The safe bet would be a college bat like Sal Frelick from Boston College or Matt McLain from UCLA, but this week I'm going with Montgomery in a "this year's Jo Adell type pick" guess.

The Athletic - Law (5/27)
Kahlil Watson, SS, Wake Forest (NC) HS

The Angels might have a new GM but they're still linked to the kind of high-ceiling athletes they've targeted since Matt Swanson took over as scouting director, including Watson, Bubba Chandler, Jay Allen (probably for the second round), and Jobe.

MLB.com - Callis (5/26)
Matt McLain, SS, UCLA

The Angels likely would scoop up any of the top eight players if they make it to No. 9. There are differing schools of thought that they otherwise would prefer a college product (McLain, Frelick, Texas right-hander Ty Madden) or a Georgia prepster (right-hander shortstop Bubba Chandler, catcher Harry Ford).

ESPN - McDaniel (5/11)
Bubba Chandler, SS/RHP, North Oconee H.S. (GA), Clemson commit

The Angels have been all over Chandler all spring, and the chatter is that they prefer him as a switch-hitting shortstop, where some scouts have suggested physical and swing similarities to a certain former switch-hitting Braves legend and Hall of Famer that I won't name. Making it even more intriguing is that most teams seem to prefer Chandler on the mound, where he's up to 97 mph and flashes a solid three-pitch mix with some feel despite limited baseball reps. He's also committed to Clemson to play quarterback and shortstop. One more element on the intrigue-o-meter is that Kumar Rocker also went to North Oconee three years ago.

The fascinating question is if the consensus view of Chandler is a mid-to-late first-round pitcher and a compensation-to-second-round position player, do you take him in the top half of the first round because he can do both, giving you a backup plan? Do you let him do both in pro ball? We still haven't totally answered that question with Shohei Ohtani.

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