LA Angels prospect Luis Alvarado has taken a long road to get into Major League Baseball for the Salinas, Puerto Rico native. In 2014 Alvarado he was drafted as an outfielder in the 33rd round by the Boston Red Sox, after playing one year of high school ball in the U.S at Monteverdi Academy in Florida, but he decided to go in a different direction accepting a college scholarship to the University of Nebraska.
So what is the significance of that move for Alvarado, plenty. As many Angels fans now Angel legend Darin Erstad was the head coach for the University of Nebraska so Alvarado got to know more about the Angels franchise then most prospects in the Angels minor league system.