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Angels draft Aaron Cox, the brother of Mike Trout's girlfriend (Big League Stew)

As is the case every year, the middle and late rounds of the 2015 first-year player draft was filled with several players who have connections to MLB personnel or MLB lineage.

Though not necessarily throwaway picks, most are done as a show of appreciation or good faith to loyal employees. But there are occasions where these off-the-radar prospects develop into major league talents, such as Mike Piazza did for the Los Angeles Dodgers are being drafted in the 62nd round in 1988. And there are occasions where they're viewed as upside prospects with a chance to contribute somewhere down the line.