ANAHEIM ANGELS While much of the Disney Corporation’s vast empire has been built on the exploitation of children, that will not be the case for the 1999 version of the Anaheim Angels, as it is unlikely that any rookies will leave Tempe with the parent club (Troy Glaus and Jarrod Washburn are no longer rookies)….
ATLANTA BRAVES The real deal: lefty pitchers Bruce Chen and Odalis Perez. Inevitably, both will be overhyped because they’re Braves pitchers, and many observers seem to believe the Braves genetically re-engineer pitchers who enter the organization with Mazzone’s ancient recipe for pitching success. That may make their rookie seasons seem like disappointments if they don’t…