Anaheim Angels round-by-round picks

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Anaheim vice president and general manager Bill Stoneman said the 2002 draft was about as good as it could have been for the Angels.

"We're happy," Stoneman said. "Maybe this draft was a little shallower than we've had in a long time, but we like the guys we drafted."

Lefty Joe Saunders of Virginia Tech was the player the team was happiest about.

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Saunders signed with the club on Wednesday. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

Despite a claim a few weeks ago that the pitching-rich organization might be leaning toward position players, the Angels went for pitching in the first three rounds and in 10 of Tuesday's first 22 picks.

On Wednesday, the Angels took 17 more pitchers in the final 28 rounds.

"When it comes to our turn and you've got two guys you grade out the same, this year we would probably go with a position guy," Stoneman said.

"But most of the time we felt there was a clear difference and we went with the best guy available on our charts, which were pitchers."

Still, the organization says it has plucked some potential pearls from this year's shallow waters.

Jordan Renz, the team's fourth-round pick out of a high school in Oklahoma, is a 6-foot-3, 210-pound outfielder with what Rowland calls "the best pure bat speed in the draft."

And SS/2B Javy Rodriguez, whom the Angels selected in the fifth round, led Miami to the College World Series in 2001 and is known as a smart, gritty player, perfect for Anaheim's 2002 mold.

	ANGELS 2002 DRAFT PICKS
	12	JOSEPH F SAUNDERS	LHP	VIRGINIA TECH U
	53	KEVIN M JEPSEN	RHP	BISHOP MANOGUE HS
	84	KYLE T PAWELCZYK	LHP	CHIPOLA JC
	114	JORDAN T RENZ	OF	UNION HS
	144	JAVIER RODRIGUEZ	SS	U MIAMI
	174	CHRISTOPHER A WALSTON	RF	EL CAPITAN HS
	204	JEFFREY J LEISE	OF	U NEBRASKA
	234	JAMES R HOLCOMB	RHP	U NEVADA
	264	CALEB MAHER	LF	CERES HS
	294	HOWARD KENDRICK	2B	ST JOHNS RIVER CC
	324	AARON I PEEL	CF	SEMINOLE HS
	354	MICHEAL R KENNING	LF	NEW MEXICO ST U
	384	OSVALDO LUGO	RHP	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL U
	414	RONALD A RAY	RHP	PACIFIC HS
	444	JUSTIN K HANCOCK	3B	FLORIDA SOUTHERN COL
	474	THOMAS J DUENAS	C	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL U
	504	ANTHONY W MANDEL	RHP	CHIPOLA JC
	534	NICHOLAS S TOUCHSTONE	LHP	OKALOOSA WALTON CC
	564	MICHAEL PERDOMO	LF	BROWARD CC
	594	RYAN M BRODERICK	LF RF	PALM DESERT HIGH
	624	MATTHEW W MCCARTHY	LHP	YALE U
	654	SCOTT C HINDMAN	LHP	PRINCETON U
	684	ANDREW P SLORP	RHP	BELLARMINE COL PREP
	714	BRETT J MARTINEZ	C	REDLANDS EAST VALLEY HS
	744	MICHEL SIMARD	RHP	ST PETERSBURG JC
	774	ALEXANDER M DVORSKY	C	U NORTHERN IOWA
	804	JOHN B WILLIAMS	RHP	JACKSONVILLE U
	834	JAKE D MATHIS	3B	U ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE
	864	RYAN A ROTE	RHP	KISHWAUKEE COL
	894	JEFFREY MARQUEZ	RHP	BROWARD CC
	924	ROSS T LEWIS	RHP RF	CENTRAL FLORIDA CC
	954	CHRISTOPHER J HUNTER	RHP	UTAH VALLEY STATE JC
	984	CHRISTOPHER ROQUE	RHP	BROWARD CC
	1014	JEREMY L KING	LHP	ITAWAMBA JC
	1044	JASON A SUGDEN	OF	NO SCHOOL
	1074	MATTHEW L BYRD	C	JAMES HUNT HS
	1104	TREVOR H WHEEDON	C	NORDHOFF HS
	1134	BUCK SHAW	RHP	WAGONER HS
	1164	TAYLOR R MCINTYRE	LHP	EDMOND SANTA FE HS
	1194	ADAM RODGERS	C	GRAYSON COUNTY COL
	1224	MICHAEL J COX	1B	LAMAR CC
	1254	BRAD D BEAMAN	LF	NORTHGLENN HS
	1283	STEVEN E DELABAR	RHP	VOLUNTEER ST CC
	1311	WAYNE P HEDDEN	RHP	HILLSBOROUGH CC
	1338	SHAWN P MCGILL	C	SOUTH KINGSTOWN HS
	1365	BROCK M KEFFER	RHP	ILLINOIS VALLEY CC
	1391	KARL GELINAS	RHP	EDOUARD MONTPETIT COL
	1417	ROBERT L WILSON	C	ST PETERSBURG JC
	1443	JASON C CORBETT	RHP	PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HS
	1467	CODY P DICKENS	RHP	FORBUSH HS

Doug Miller covers the Angels for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.