A product of Bellflower High School in Bellflower, California and the Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy in Compton, Anthony Gose dominated the Southern California high school baseball scene in the early-to-mid-2000s and was on pace to be the highest left-handed pitcher drafted since Bill Bordley, who was drafted 4th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft.
Unfortunately for Gose, some rotator cuff tendinitis during his senior season gave teams enough doubt to have his draft stock plummet and he ended up being selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the second round of the 2008 MLB Draft, 51st overall instead.