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My Takeaways from Spring So Far

With most of the major player reassignment done, the Angels Opening Day roster is beginning to take shape.  While a few questions still remain, I think I've seen enough to feel confident in posting my opinions here. I want to make it clear that I'm not a professional analyst, nor a professional hater. The things I'm talking about here are things I've been seeing and thinking all spring, and as much as I love the players the Angels have I'm an Angels fan above that.  Anywhere I see shortcomings o
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My 2024 Predictions

By @CartiHalos, AngelsWin.com Columnist With pitchers and catchers having reported, I like to think of the 2024 season as officially underway. While the angels won't play a game for another 9 days, the wheels of baseball are finally churning and as such, I'd like to give my predictions for the Angels and their players. While I'm not the most optimistic person in the world for this specific season, I think it's another season of Angels baseball and I'll never be too mad at getting to watch m
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Mike Trout out 6-8 weeks with calf injury

Mike Trout has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right calf strain, the team announced Tuesday. His recovery time is estimated to be six to eight weeks. The three-time American League MVP leads the major leagues in on-base percentage (.462) and OPS (1.086), has 8 home runs and is slashing .333/.466/.624 so far this season Fan reaction on this terrible news here:  
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Mike Trout and the High Heat

By @Docwaukee, AngelsWin.com Contributor There is a lot of anecdotal info and observation in regard to Mike Trout's ability to handle high fastball.   There always has been.  It's been his 'kryptonite' for years.  Yet until recently, he was still putting up hall of fame numbers.  Why now, all of a sudden, is he struggling, and does it have to do with attacking him up in the zone?  How's he performing on pitches up in the zone?  How's he performing on pitches up and out of the zone?  Is he s
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MIKE TROUT AND SHOHEI OHTANI SELECTED TO START 2022 ALL-STAR GAME

Trout earns 10th career All-Star selection and ninth straight as a starter Ohtani makes his second consecutive Major League All-Star Team ANAHEIM – Mike Trout (OF) and Shohei Ohtani (DH) have been selected via fan voting to start for the American League in the 2022 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, to be played Tuesday, July 19 at Dodger Stadium. Trout extends his Angels records with 10 overall All-Star selections and nine selections via fan voting. Ohtani earns his second consecuti
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Los Angeles Angels Trade Candidates - and what they're worth

By Jonathan Northrup, AngelsWin.com Columnist All of this is highly subjective, so feel free to tell me I'm an idoit. Very simply, a 50 FV prospect projects to be an average regular; everything above that is good or better (55 = good regular, 60 = all-star, etc), and everything below that is worse (45 = fringe regular/platoon, 40 = bench, etc). LIKELY means I would be surprised if the player in question wasn't traded. MAYBE means there's at least a 50-50 chance. UNLIKELY means I would
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Los Angeles Angels Prospect Prospect Hotlist! (7/26 - 8/8)

Robinson Pina, RHP Tri-Cities Dust Devils   By Tres Hefter, AngelsWin.com Columnist With the trade deadline now in the past and prospects on the move to the bigs, attention continues to turn towards some of the Angels breakout prospects; unexpected performance from once-prospects, 2021 draftees and trade returns making their debuts, players adjusting to new leagues and other names returning from injury... -- Pitchers-- 1) Robinson Pina – RHP, Tri-City A+: In the las
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Los Angeles Angels Prospect Prospect Hotlist (8/9-8/22)

By Tres Hefter, AngelsWin.com Columnist An infusion of pitching talent from the 2021 draft began their pro careers over the last two weeks, and a number of familiar names continued to make an impact at the higher levels on the offensive side of things. As the minor league season draws close to its final month, more attention will turn towards which prospects earn promotions to the next level, including some to the major leagues, with the Angels bolstering their youth movement and looking mo
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Los Angeles Angels Prospect Prospect Hotlist (8/23 - 9/5)

By Tres Hefter, AngelsWin.com Columnist A slew of late-season promotions continue to shuffle the Angels' minor league deck, but strong performances remain! --Pitchers-- 1) Davis Daniel – RHP, Rocket City AA: You can sort of Davis Daniel is becoming the Angels’ pitching equivalent of Michael Stefanic; both came into 2021 without much hype, both have performed not only extremely well, but extremely well consistently throughout the season, and both arguably are MLB-ready, even with Dani
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Los Angeles Angels Prospect Prospect Hotlist (7/12-7/25)

By Tres Hefter, AngelsWin.com Columnist Some new names, some familiar names, an interesting couple of weeks saw new Angel farmhands continuing to break out and Angel pitchers position themselves for potential MLB call-ups… -- Position Players-- 1) Edwin Yon – RF, Inland Empire, A: The towering (6’5”? 6’8”?) outfielder hailing from La Romana in the Dominican Republic easily had the hottest two weeks of any Angels farmhand, highlighted by a 2 HR, 9 RBI performance on July 14th.
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Los Angeles Angels Prospect Jordyn Adams talks with AngelsWin.com

Photo by: Cristina Byrne-Sternberg/Rocket City Trash Pandas By Chuck Richter, AngelsWin.com When it comes to knowing Jordyn Adams, there are a lot of numbers to know. The most important number to know, though, is the number 22. Why that number? It's not the number of times Jordyn has stolen a base for the Trash Pandas without getting caught. That number is 15.  It's also not the total number of bases that Jordyn has stolen on the season. That number is 33, and he's only been
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Los Angeles Angels Prospect Hotlist 6/28-7/1 (Position Players Only)

By Tres Hefter, AngelsWin.com Columnist In honor of the draft, the commencement of the Arizona League, and reaching the halfway point of the MLB season, we’re doubling up today – featuring ten hitters and ten pitchers who have performed well over the last two weeks. This is also in part to the hot hitting on the farm, as eight Angels farmhands posted an OPS over 1.000, with four prospects from the Arizona team opening their seasons with big production at the plate.    --Posit
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Los Angeles Angels Prospect Hotlist 6/28 - 7/11 (Pitchers Only Edition)

Davis Daniel out of Auburn was selected in the 7th round of the 2019 amateur draft by the Los Angeles Angels By Tres Hefter, AngelsWin.com Columnist As with the position player version posted on Monday, I decided to expand the pitchers up to ten this week as well, in honor of the amateur draft, the Arizona League beginning play, and the rampant trade speculation that will exist over the next two weeks. With a whole bevy of newly drafted pitchers joining the ranks soon, it's time for an
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Los Angeles Angels Prospect Edgar Quero talks with AngelsWin.com

Interview conducted by Taylor Blake Ward, AngelsWin.com The Angels switch-hitting catching prospect from Cuba had a breakout season in Low-A hitting .312/.435/.530 with 17 home runs and 73 walks in 111 games. His advanced approach at the plate is what the Angels are most excited about, as he rarely swings at pitches out of the zone and barrels up mistake pitches. There's not much to dislike in Quero's game at the plate as he showed a good contact rate, power and an excellent eye which ascen
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Los Angeles Angels Play-By-Play Announcer Wayne Randazzo Chats With AngelsWin.com

Interview conducted by David Saltzer and Geoff Stoddart April 25, 2023 Geoff Stoddart and I recently sat down with Angels Play-By-Play Announcer Wayne Randazzo to find out more about him, his background, and how he came to be with the Angels. Along the way, we learned quite a bit about him, and how he came to be an Angels announcer. Wayne grew up near Chicago and attended St. Charles East High School. He loved watching the Chicago teams and modeled his broadcasting after many of t
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Los Angeles Angels name Perry Minasian as their new general manager

The Los Angeles Angels have named Perry Minasian as their new general manager according to Katherine Acquavella of CBS Sports on Thursday. Minasian had previously been the assistant general manager of the Atlanta Braves, a role he had since 2017. Minasian takes over from Billy Eppler, who was relieved of his duties on September 28. Last season, the Angels finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 26 wins and 34 losses. Prior to being with the Braves, Minasian spent n
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Los Angeles Angels GM Perry Minasian on current roster depth

By Taylor Blake Ward, AngelsWin.com Columnist Tapping into their depth again, the Angels called up Kevin Padlo to fill a corner infield spot with both Anthony Rendon and Gio Urshela going to the injured list, with that depth becoming a key focus for the Angels success in 2023, both over the previous winter and with the upcoming trade deadline. Padlo becomes the 20th player of 48 the Angels have used in 2023 that was not originally on the Opening Day roster, which isn't uncommon, but wa
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Los Angeles Angels Day I & II MLB Draft Recap

By @Inside Pitch, AngelsWin.com Contributor Pitcherpalooza!!!   Two days and 10 rounds into the 2021 MLB draft and we can honestly say it's been a bit of a fun if somewhat "steady" ride...   Day one started off with a bang when the consensus "draft day" first overall pick, SS Marcelo Mayer was passed over for Louisville C, Henry Davis.  So, was it really a surprise when the Angels' pick came up at number 9 and the consensus "pre-season" first overall pick was still on the
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Los Angeles Angels 2024 Top-10 Prospects Feature

By Scott Allen, AngelsWin.com Columnist My family and I are blessed to live in an area with the ideal climate, extremely fertile soil, and plentiful clean, fresh water.  And we can be divided into two distinct groups, the men and their orchard, and the women and their garden.  For us men, the best time to plant is a tree is ten years ago.  The second best time is today.  These trees require a great deal of time and nurturing, but the end result is that after a few years, we have a plentiful
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Los Angeles Angels 2023 Primer

By Jonathan Northrop, AngelsWin.com Senior Writer Introduction: It Can't Be Worse While we just tipped over into the second half of January, which means we're still several weeks away from pitchers and catchers reporting (February 14) and two and a half months from Opening Day (March 30), it is still the new year, and it seems that the Angels are--barring a surprise move--mostly done in assembling their 2023 team. How does the team look? What can we expect and reasonably hope for?
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Los Angeles Angels 2023 Draft Review - Quotes on the draftees from Scouting Director Tim McIlvaine

By Taylor Blake Ward, AngelsWin.com Staff Writer   1st Round, 11th Overall: Nolan Schanuel, 1B, Florida Atlantic Schanuel was the best performer across Division-1 baseball in 2023, barely missing out on the slash line Triple Crown, leading the nation in on-base percentage, falling just .002 short of the batting title, and .047 short of the slugging title which went to a player at the high-elevation Brigham Young. Regardless of falling short of a fun title, Schanuel put up video ga
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Is Trevor Bauer the final piece?

By @angelsnationtalk, AngelsWin.com Contributor Before we get started let's look at the 5 majors additions the Angels have made so far in 2020. Traded for RP Raisel Iglesias (+$9.125M) Traded for SS Jose Iglesias (+3.5M) Signed RP Alex Claudio (+$1.125M) Signed C Kurt Suzuki (+$1.5M) Signed SP Jose Quintana (+8M) Total adds an additional $23.25M to the 2021 payroll. Here's what is interesting. All of these players become free agents after the 2021 season.  Therefore....
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I'm Starting to Believe - A Stroll through Angels History and a Look at the 2022 Club

By Jonathan Northrop (@Angelsjunky), AngelsWin.com Senior Writer Introduction Before the season began, I predicted that the Angels would go 91-71, with a good chance of earning a wildcard berth. At the time, I doubted my own prediction - as @Dochalo half-jokingly remarked, he and I did the same thing every year: Wrote a long, stat-heavy post that showed how the Angels could be better than expected. And they never were. But this year seems different - and more so, I'm starting to b
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From the Archives: Arte Moreno's exclusive interview with AngelsWin.com & its dinner guests (March 10th, 2012)

Arte Moreno answering questions from Geoff Stoddart, AngelsWin.com's Director of Social Media.    TEMPE, AZ - In what was the first ever interview with Arte Moreno from a fan-run website/Blog, the owner of the Los Angeles Angels spoke for just under an hour to a crowd of 125 AngelsWin.com members on Saturday, March 10th, 2012.   The AngelsWin.com staff of writers and contributors put together several questions and presented them to Arte at the Fiesta Resorts Conferenc
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Five Take-Aways From Los Angeles Angels GM Perry Minasian’s 2024 Chalk-Talk

By David Saltzer, AngelsWin.com Senior Writer  First and foremost, since we are opening the season in Baltimore, if you are reading this article, please take a moment to think upon all those who died on the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Thank you. Tuesday, before the Angels-Dodgers last game of Spring Training, Angels GM Perry Minasian met with season ticketholders for his annual “Chalk-Talk”. The event was moderated by Trent Rush, who did a great job, and asked most of the questions, alth
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