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  • Chuck

    Mike Trout and the 8 WAR Season

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    By @Angelsjunky, AngelsWin.com Contributor I like to find new angles on the greatness of Mike Trout - not hard to do, but always satisfying. Here's something tasty for your enjoyment. I'm going to be focusing on 8 WAR seasons. Why 8 WAR? Well, it represents a level beyond just garden variety superstardom. Generally speaking, 8 WAR is either a career year for a superstar or a good peak year for an inner circle Hall of Famer. In other words, it is a good benchmark for a truly great season.
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    27 for Number 27: 27 Amazing Trout Stats (#24-25: Best Angels Seasons and that Mantle Comp)

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    By Jonathan Northrop, AngelsWin.com Columnist Best Angels Seasons by WAR Let’s face it: the Angels aren’t exactly a top tier franchise. For a brief time from 2002-09, they were one of the best franchises in MLB, but as far as their entire history goes—from 1961 to 2019—they’re pretty mediocre, not only in terms of postseason participation, but superstar talent. Consider that before Trout, only three players had surpassed 8 WAR in a season (Erstad, Glaus, DeCinces), only four 7 WAR (add
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    2024 Angels Best-and Worst-case Scenarios 2: Starting Pitchers

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    By Jonathan Northrop, AngelsWin.com Senior Writer As with the hitters, the Angels pitching staff has a good amount of variability, although perhaps a bit less, with almost every starter having a floor of a #4-5 and either #3 or, in one or two cases, #2 upside. I'll look at the bullpen in a third instalment. A note on "worst-case scenarios:" For pitchers, even durable ones, there's always the lingering phantom of a blowout and/or Tommy John surgery. Rather than repeat myself for every p
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    Los Angeles Angels Prospect Sonny DiChiara Talks with AngelsWin.com

    By Chuck

    Photo by: Cristina Byrne-Sternberg/Rocket City Trash Pandas By Chuck Richter, AngelsWin.com The Angels selected first baseman Sonny DiChiara in the fifth round (148th overall) out of Auburn. DiChiara started in all 61 games played for the Tigers batting .838 (79/206) with 15 doubles, 22 home runs, 59 RBI and 59 runs scored. DiChiara was named First Team All-America by ABCA, Baseball America, D1 Baseball and Perfect Game and Second Team AllAmerica by College Baseball Foundation, Co
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    Taking stock as we approach spring training (and my take on the Perry Minasian Plan, v. 2024)

    By Chuck

    By Jonathon Northrop, AngelsWin.com Senior Writer So its February 5th and pitchers and catchers report in less than two weeks. Let's take stock of Perry's moves and where the Angels might go from here. Perry's made no major acquisitions - no starting pitchers, no positions players, only bench and bullpen guys. The team as it stands looks to be something like this (with likely 26-man roster in bold and potential first call-ups in parentheses): C - O'Hoppe, Thaiss (Mejia, Wallach)
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Angels Caden Dana eyeing bigger role in 2025

By Ryan Falla; Featured Writer Most budding prospects would be lucky to face the problem of having to outdo a literal historic debut to kick off their Major League career, but for the Angels Caden Dana this is just another day in the life as he prepares for Spring Training with a real chance to cement his coming legacy. Though the big league pitching staff is quite incumbered heading into February it seems without question that Dana will earn a long-term starting role at some point in 20
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Angels prospect Barrett Kent reflects on challenges faced in 2024

by Ryan Falla; Featured Writer The most difficult learning curve for any young ballplayer entering their first full professional season always comes through the first taste of the long, grueling workload. While college players tend to have a closer taste of that reality with their college schedule, most top level hitters getting about 300 PAs and pitchers near 100 IP, higher schoolers face the harshest curve with about half those totals in a single season. The most important evaluations you
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Angels Samy Natera Jr carving quick route to MLB considerations

by Ryan Michael Falla; Featured Contributor Angels GM Perry Minasian has shown a number of qualities over the years that lends strongly to a coming success for the Angels organization, and one of those best qualities has been an ability to pull legitimate talent from the deep end of the draft. Year after year sees the Angels pull in steaming hot names in the final hours, from this recent drafts Trey-Gregory Alford and Ryan Johnson to 2023’s Rio Foster. The upcoming 2025 season looks to bear
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If I Were Perry...

The offseason is upon us - and I figured I had more time to make this blog before moves started to happen, but Perry decided to start firing em off as soon as the gun sounded.  We've heard from Arte that the pocketbooks will be more open.  We've heard on the Angelswin.com podcast that that may be even more than we expect. So far we've made some signings that indicate both of those to be solid indicators of how the rest of the offseason will go.  While I wasn't the biggest fan of the extension of
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Angels Alberto Rios' explosive development flying under the radar

by Ryan Falla, AngelsWin.com Featured Reporter One of the more undersung prospects within the Angels system, Alberto Rios entered the 2024 season with a weight of responsibility absent from most 3rd round picks. The lack of a true defensive home coming out of the draft saw the young star bouncing about multiple positions professionally in 2023 as Rios found himself acclimating at a professional game speed to what most have acquiesced by his age. For many this would be a tall task, yet Alber
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(2024) Los Angeles Angels Arizona Complex League & Dominican Summer League Prospect Report

By Taylor Blake Ward, AngelsWin.com Feature Reporter Let's start with a proviso: Variance is vital to assessment. When talking about the Dominican Summer League (DSL) and Arizona Complex League (CPX), you have to acknowledge that performance is going to be taken with a heavy grain of salt in multiple directions. Players in the DSL can range from 16 to 22 years of age, and upwards of 17 to 24 in the CPX. This could be the difference between no professional experience to upwards of six y
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Angels prospect Michael Darrell-Hicks knocking on MLB door

By Ryan Falla, AngelsWin.com Feature Reporter Michael Darrell-Hicks came into the Angels organization as an undrafted free agent out of Jacksonville University in 2022, yet from the numbers he’s amassed in his minor league experience you would believe him to have come by as a highly coveted top round pick. His two full seasons in the organization has been the definition of peak performance for a relief prospect as the young star has collected 180 strikeouts over 159.1 IP from 2023 through t
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Outfield Prospect Rio Foster Interview with AngelsWin.com

Interview conducted by Taylor Blake Ward, AngelsWin.com Feature Reporter Taylor Blake Ward made a trip down to the Inland Empire 66ers stadium last night and caught up with Rio Foster who has sensational with the Angels Low-A club to the tune of a .384/.451/.562 slash across 18 games. So we thought we talk to the red hot outfielder.  But first, a quick scouting report from our scouting team and a take by Angels Scouting Director, Tim McIlvaine. Scouting Report: Foster is a high-ce
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Samuel Aldegheri Interview with AngelsWin.com (8–10-2024)

Chuck Richter spoke with newly acquired LHP pitching prospect Samuel Aldegheri during his annual visit down to Madison, AL.  The Angels acquired Samuel Aldegheri (and George Klassen) in a deal that sent Carlos Estevez to the Phillies ahead of the trade deadline this season. The southpaw starting pitcher who has compiled a 3.52 ERA, .217 BAA across 199 2/3 minor league innings could be the first Italian-born pitcher to make it to the big leagues since Marino Pieretti, who appeared in 194 gam
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Caden Dana Interview with AngelsWin.com (8-10-2024)

Don’t let the late round selection fool you, Caden Dana was one of the best prep pitchers in the nation following his senior year.  Bosco Prep, where Dana is from, in New Jersey is the East Coast equivalent of a Harvard Westlake or Bishop Gorman out West.  It’s a private school where players are recruited from a very young age and typically go on to play after high school. Dana had a strong college commitment to Kentucky and wasn’t expected to sign unless he was selected in the first couple roun
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Taking Stock Post MLB Draft/Trade Deadline

As of my writing this, it's 5:40 PT, and I think it's safe to say that all moves made at the 1 PM deadline are accounted for. To be completely blunt, I'm having trouble remembering a time I was more upset by an event in my time as an Angels fan.  I can't believe that only 3 trades were made, only 2 of our players were moved, and we failed to capitalize on some of our expiring contracts.  If it were up to me, Rengifo, Ward, Pillar, Strickland and Anderson (or at the VERY least Pillar and Strickla
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Angels Camden Minacci smashing through developmental milestones at AA

Angels Camden Minacci came into the organization as a superstar closer out of a superstar college program with Wake Forest and thus far has shown himself to be every bit the superstar that was drafted back in 2023. While the Angels are known for their quick promotions on high grade prospects Minacci’s relatively quick rise to AA has come by the virtue of his own strength. Nothing borrowed or begged for, Minacci has taken the accountability of his growth into his own hands, leaving nothing to org
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Los Angeles Angels 2024 Draft Analysis with exclusive notes from Angels Scouting Director Tim McIlvaine

By Taylor Blake Ward, AngelsWin.com Contributor   1st Round, 8th Overall Christian Moore, 2B, Tennessee R/R, 6'1, 210, 10/21/2002 Scouting Report: Christian Moore is a super physical six-foot-one, 210-pound second baseman with incredible power and hitting prowess. A touted Connecticut prep, Moore was a three-year starter for Tennessee with outstanding offensive performance. Prior to his freshman year, Moore had eye site issues addressed with contact lenses and hit
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Angels Caden Dana on Futures Game invite, looming MLB promotion

By Ryan Falla, AngelsWin.com Staff Reporter The biggest asset a young ballplayer can bring into their initial exposures to the professional game is confidence. Above the fastball, the control, the pitchability, and many other factors, confidence is often what separates the amateurs from the budding professionals. This extends beyond baseball and into all of life, and if there is anyone who understands this sentiment deeply it would be the freshly nominated Futures Game invitee (and Top 100
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Los Angeles Angels 2024 Amateur Draft Preview

By Taylor Blake Ward, AngelsWin.com Feature Writer   The 2024 MLB Draft is a potentially pivotal turning point for the Los Angeles Angels organization. Selecting eighth overall, it is the highest the team has made a selection since 1997, when they took Troy Glaus -- a top 10 position player in franchise history -- third overall. You cannot ask whoever is selected eighth overall by the Angels this July to have a career or production level similar to Glaus, but it is a selection tha
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Angels/Dodgers remain most likely trade partners this coming Deadline

By Ryan Falla, AngelsWin.com Feature Reporter The Angels and Dodgers lack of a working relationship is no secret to the baseball world. Their last collaboration ended famously as Angels owner Arte Moreno unceremoniously nixed the deal over impatience due to time taken to complete the deal. There was no easy way to see them working together before this season, but now with the Dodgers super team in need of multiple pieces to hold the World Series picture together there is more reason than ev
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How do you fix the Los Angeles Angels and their continued downward trajectory?

By Jonathan Northrop, AngelsWin.com Senior Writer So in response to this thread by an AngelsWin.com member, I thought I'd take a stab at how to fix the Angels.  Even the best franchises go through cycles, down periods. The smart ones can minimize the length of the down periods, so they spend, say, 6-8 years contending, then 2-3 years rebuilding...or whatever, the point being that they're more "up" than "down." Dumb franchises, like the Angels, fight against the cycle - when the te
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Angels sporting a bundle of near-ready arms in Triple A

By Ryan Falla, AngelsWin.com Feature Reporter Earlier this week we highlighted the Angels crop of arms developing at Double A and their potential ability to impact at the Majors in 2024. The first thing that came to mind when researching this article was just how many promising arms there actually are in the system, and a go around the Triple A the roster is no different. There are a number of talents brewing at Salt Lake, some you've seen before and some whose names you'll be hearing for t
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Angels Double A impact arms closing in on MLB debuts

Ryan Falla, AngelsWin.com Feature Reporter The need for legitimate arm talent in the Angels big league bullpen is lost on no one, and while it may seem options for improvement are vastly limited, there currently exists a wide pool of Angels minor league talent ready to be plucked. From Triple A all the way down to High A exists a plethora of arms on the cusp of their Major League debuts, some which we will likely see in the coming months. Some names you will be familiar with, and some you m
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The Kids are Alright!

By @totdprods, AngelsWin.com Contributor   ZACH NETO:  Currently on pace for 24 doubles, 20 HR, 20 SB, 40 BB over 161 G Out of 176 plate appearances on the year, his last 100 of them are looking pretty good: .309/.350/.575/.925 with a reasonable .354 BABip. This is cherry-picking, yes, but I also don't think anyone expected a .900+ OPS from him.  Starting to look a little like the Trea Turner-lite I hoped for. A 20/20 season is in reach. The power and contact have
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Los Angeles Angels Prospect Interviews with IE 66ers OF Joe Redfield - RHP's Barrett Kent, Logan Britt and Riley Bauman

Taylor Blake Ward made a trip out to San Bernardino to visit the Inland Empire 66er's and caught up with Los Angeles Angels prospects RHP's Riley Bauman, Justin Britt and Barrett Kent, and outfielder Joe Redfield.  Check out the interviews below.  Barrett Kent has seen an immense rise in his prospect status after a strong post-draft showing in 2023. Continuing to show his rotation prowess during the spring, he has carried that into a strong start to the 2024 season. Barrett t
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Angels Cam Minacci carving All-Star path to the Majors

By Ryan Falla, AngelsWin.com Staff Reporter Despite the Angels negative developmental reputations coming into 2024 recent months have shown an elite class of talent waiting in the wings for the organization. Whereas this time last year Angel prospects came as a group of unknowns this past Spring Training has revealed a favorable future on the Angels horizons. Standing tall amongst a brevy of extreme upside future MLB talent is former Wake Forest superstar closer Cam Minacci, who comes as a
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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: 12 Games In

12 games have come and gone, and, for lack of a better word, the results have left lots of room for conversation. The Angels are 6-6 - frankly, a result better than I expected, since I found our first month or so very difficult, schedule wise.  Despite this, I am not pleased with the result, because based on the events of said 12 games, we could easily be 8-4 or even 9-3.  That being said, we're still 2nd in the division and only a game back of the Rangers. With 150 games ahead, there's bee
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