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    Cole Fontenelle (Angels 2023 Seventh Round Draft Pick) Exclusive Interview with AngelsWin.com

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    By Taylor Blake Ward, AngelsWin.com Columnist Fontenelle took a roundabout way to Fort Worth after stops at Washington and McClennan CC before turning into a big-moment bat for the Horned Frogs in 2023. A switch-hitter, Fontenelle stays simple is his load with some drift in his hands. He has strength in his hands to manipulate the barrel and cover the entire zone from the left side where the physical strength in his six-foot-three, 205-pound frame lets him produce some bat speed and near ab
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    Angels Zach Joyce talks draft, expectations coming into organization out of Tennessee

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    The Angels 2023 draft saw a number of fascinating selections from GM Perry Minasian as the team targeted a number of near ready, college level talents with turnaround potentials within the next two seasons. From the highly developed batter’s eye of Nolan Schanuel (with a swing to see his discipline through) alongside the big power potential of Alberto Rios, there is no shortage of high potential names beginning their journey in the system. One name that stands above the rest of this draft class
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    2021 Angelswin.com Trade Deadline Series: Keepers, Assets, and Targets

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    By Robert Cunningham, Angelswin.com Senior Writer So now that we have performed some basic analysis to understand where the Angels are strong and weak and which teams are likely sellers, buyers, or somewhere in-between, we can make more knowledgeable guesses about how the Angels might generally upgrade, whom they might sell, and the probable, more specific target areas of improvement. The first step is to determine who the Halos plan to build the team around moving forward into the fut
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  • Chuck

    Top Greatest Moments in Los Angeles Angels History

    By Chuck

    Sponsored Article The history of the Los Angeles Angels is punctuated by moments of brilliance that have defined the team's journey in Major League Baseball. Each landmark achievement, from game-winning home runs to perfect games, contributes to the team's narrative, offering fans a repository of memories that underscore the team's impact on the sport. Nolan Ryan's No-Hitters (1972-1979) During his tenure with the Angels, Nolan Ryan etched his name into the annals of baseball hist
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    AngelsWin.com's Exclusive Interview with Angels LHP Relief Prospect Kolton Ingram

    By Chuck

    Photo by: Javier Sanchez/Rocket City Trash Pandas By Chuck Richter, AngelsWin.com November 24th, 2022 Kolton Ingram pitched in 50 games for the Double-A Rocket City Trash Pandas in 2022 and went 6-2 with a 2.67 ERA, 0.92 WHIP while striking out 73 batters.  He led all of Double-A qualified relief pitchers in holds with 13. The former Detroit Tigers 37th-round pick in the 2019 MLB Draft turned 26-years-old in October and after his solid season in Double-A the Angels rewarded him by
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Angelswin.com 2018 Primer Series: Final Thoughts

By Robert Cunningham, Angelswin.com Senior Writer Edited by Chance Hevia (Inside Pitch) and Jason Sinner (Dochalo) As I said in the final installment of the Trade Deadline Series, the only substantive path moving forward from the 2017 Trade Deadline through the end of 2020 is contending over the next 3 1/2 seasons of Mike Trout’s current contractual control. Nothing else matters. This does not mean that we do not plan beyond 2020 or that we sacrifice everything now for this 3-year period but
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AngelsWin Top 30 Prospects: #28 LHP Jerryell Rivera

Prospect: Jerryell Rivera           Rank: 28 2016: UR                                         Position(s): Left Handed Pitcher Level: Rookie Ball                          Age: Entering Age 19 season in 2018. Height: 6’3”                       Weight: 180 lb. ____________________________________________________________________ Present                    Future Fastball          50                     60 Curve             40                     60 Change    
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Angelswin.com 2018 Primer Series: Backstops and Bench Players

By Robert Cunningham, Angelswin.com Senior Writer Edited by Chance Hevia (Inside Pitch) and Jason Sinner (Dochalo) Every team has injuries throughout the year and maintaining the ability to swap them, hopefully on a temporary basis only, with a player or prospect that can provide production above replacement level (i.e. greater than 0 WAR) is quite valuable. Over the last two years, Billy Eppler made it a point to improve catcher defense and build depth on the 40-man roster. Although he has h
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AngelsWin Top 30 Prospects: #29 RHP Joe Gatto

Prospect: Joe Gatto           Rank: 29 2016: 23                                    Position(s): Right Handed Pitcher Level: Advanced A Ball         Age: Entering Age 23 season in 2018. Height: 6’3”                       Weight: 220 lb. _____________________________________________________________________________ Present                    Future Fastball          55                     60 Curve             55                     60 Change          50       
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AngelsWin Top 30 Prospects: #30 OF Jonah Todd

Prospect: Jonah Todd       Rank: 23 2016: UR                               Position(s): Right Handed Pitcher Level: A Ball                         Age: Entering Age 22 season in 2018. Height: 6’0”                            Weight: 185 lb. _____________________________________________________________________________                          Present                Future Hitting Ability            45                                           55 Power                    
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Angelswin.com 2018 Primer Series: Outfield

Is the Impossible, Possible? By Robert Cunningham, Angelswin.com Senior Writer Edited by Chance Hevia (Inside Pitch) and Jason Sinner (Dochalo) The Angels, as currently constructed, will be entering the new season with what can only be described as one of the best set of outfielders in all of baseball featuring a unique, Hall of Fame-bound, league-enviable center fielder, a competent, defensively-sound right fielder, and a two-time Silver Slugger and four-time All-Star roaming left field. Ac
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AngelsWin.com Top 30 Prospects

It’s the time of year again folks! The leaves are turning colors, the winter rains begin to fall, and top prospect lists will begin rolling out of every website.  “Arm-chair GM’s” do their best with the information provided to give you a list they feel is worth looking at.  “Experts” will do the same thing, except they’ll make you pay a monthly fee for it.  At the end of the day, the information can look downright copy and pasted. We here at AngelsWin have our top prospect list too, but the di
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Angels 40 Man Roster Transactions

Many roster crunches have taken place across baseball today in anticipation of the 5 PM deadline for teams to add players to their 40 man rosters. Most moves are minor transactions or obvious moves but a few big ones have stood out, including former #1 pick Mark Appel being designated for assignment by the Philadelphia Phillies. For the Angels, their moves were rather straight forward. They added 4 key prospects to their 40 man roster, deeming them unattainable for other teams. Jaime Bar
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Angelswin.com 2018 Primer Series: Corner Infield

#HugWatch2018 By Robert Cunningham, Angelswin.com Senior Writer Edited by Chance Hevia (Inside Pitch) and Jason Sinner (Dochalo) As the season crept to a merciful end, Billy Eppler and his team officially kicked into high gear for the off-season where they will have to make a decision regarding the future of 3B, with the exit of Yunel Escobar, and 1B, where it was a tale of two halves for both C.J. Cron and Luis Valbuena. Both positions are not high priorities to fill when compared to findin
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Angelswin.com 2018 Primer Series: Middle Infield

By Robert Cunningham, Angelswin.com Senior Writer Edited by Chance Hevia (Inside Pitch) and Jason Sinner (Dochalo)   The Angels enter the 2017-2018 off-season with a surefire superstar at one up-the-middle position and a potential black hole at the other. In regards to the former Billy Eppler took care of that need nearly two years ago and it has quite possibly been the best decision in his brief tenure as General Manager of the Angels. However a good fix to the latter has proven elusive an
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Angelswin.com 2018 Primer Series: Bullpen

By Robert Cunningham, Angelswin.com Senior Writer Edited by Chance Hevia (Inside Pitch) and Jason Sinner (Dochalo) If there was one thing that went really right in 2017 it was the Angels bullpen, sporting a 3.92 ERA (11th), 6.6 WAR (5th), 18.5% K%-BB% (5th), 1.20 WHIP (5th), and .238 BAA (12th), spread out over 569 IP (8th most). Leading that charge was Yusmeiro Petit, whom Eppler signed out of free agency, followed closely by waiver-wire claim, Blake Parker. Behind them was trade pick-up D
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Angelswin.com 2018 Primer Series: Rotation

A touchy subject for the last two years running, the Angels rotation appears to be heading towards a semblance of health as the team slides into the 2017-2018 off-season, but whether it stays that way is a different matter, so Billy Eppler will need to evaluate his options from a medical, seasonal, and a potential playoff point-of-view before Opening Day 2018 to determine if it is an area where the team stands pat or is in need of an upgrade. Before we go any further we need to examine which pi
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A Career Defining Off-season for Billy Eppler?

By Jason Sinner (aka, Dochalo), AngelsWin.com Contributor His name is Billy. Not William. At least everything that the google machine produces about him has his given name as such. Not sure why that’s interesting. Maybe it’s because you’d expect it to be conventional but it’s not. Just like Billy. Billy the greenhorn. At least that was my first impression. He’s not Jerry Dipoto. Not some camera kind socal surfer with easy words. And that’s a good thing as it turns out. So instead of Billy short
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It’s Baseball for the Win

As Terrance Mann said, the one constant throughout all the years has been baseball. It’s in our DNA. It’s woven into the fabric of America. It’s more than just our national pastime; it teaches us everything from our concept of fairness to what is good in life. And, with so much of America fraying in one way or another, it’s not at all by accident that baseball once again comes to our rescue. While the culture wars rage in Hollywood and the NFL, and politics threatens to rip the country apart, b
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Angelswin.com 2018 Primer Series: Eppler’s Strategy Part II

By Robert Cunningham, Angelswin.com Senior Writer Edited by Angelswin.com Members Chance Hevia (Inside Pitch) and Jason Sinner (Dochalo) Author’s Note: If you missed the first three installments of the 2018 Angelswin.com Primer Series you can go back and read the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd posts. So how do the Angels fill one or more positional needs now, to improve the team for 2018, while handing out extensions to key players this off-season, or possibly next off-season, as well as keeping Mike Trou
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Justin Upton re-ups in Anaheim

Less than 24 hours after the Houston Astros won a decisive Game 7 of the World Series over the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim wasted no time making their blueprint on this upcoming offseason. Justin Upton, whom the Angels acquired on the last day of the waiver trade deadline on August 31st, will remain in Anaheim for 5 more years. Upton had 4 years and 88.5 million dollars remaining on his original deal that the Detroit Tigers handed him before 2016 but his opt out
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Angelswin.com 2018 Primer Series: Eppler’s Strategy Part I

By Robert Cunningham, Angelswin.com Senior Writer Edited by Angelswin.com Members Chance Hevia (Inside Pitch) and Jason Sinner (Dochalo) **** EDIT: Immediately prior to publication the Angels struck early again in the off-season signing Justin Upton to a 5-year, $106M deal. The article has not been altered but realize that Justin is an Angel for the next 5 seasons, solving our LF problem long-term **** We determined in the previous Introduction and Financial articles that team payroll is sign
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Angelswin.com 2018 Primer Series: Finances

By Robert Cunningham, Angelswin.com Senior Writer Edited by Angelswin.com Members Chance Hevia (Inside Pitch) and Jason Sinner (Dochalo) Now that we have established some of the Angels primary goals, restrictions, and needs we can take a deeper dive into the teams projected finances heading into the off-season. As it currently stands, if Justin Upton elects to not opt-out and the Angels bring back all of their contractually controlled (including team options), pre-arbitration eligible, and ar
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Angelswin.com 2018 Primer Series: Introduction

By Robert Cunningham, Angelswin.com Senior Writer Edited by Angelswin.com Members Chance Hevia (Inside Pitch) and Jason Sinner (Dochalo) Author’s Note: The author does not have full access to complete team financial data so the numbers contained in this series represent either actual, published contractual details or best estimates. Great effort was made to provide factual evidence and details using reliable sources such as BaseballProspectus.com, Baseball-Reference.com, MLBTraderumors.com, Ba
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Last Week in Angels Baseball: The Penultimate Edition

By Glen McKee, Something or Other When I came back from camping last Sunday the Angels still had a chance at the second wild card spot in the AL.  Technically speaking, they still do, but yeah, I know.  It’s over.  Last week was the equivalent of driving down the road at 55 mph and then suddenly and simultaneously getting four flat tires. We shouldn’t be surprised, though.  The Angels jalopy has been driving all year behind a truck with a bed full of nails and for some strange reason, a fan blo
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Blake Parker’s superb 2017 season

In a year of the unexpected for the Angels, maybe no player has provided a more unexpected season than reliever Blake Parker. Prior to this season, Parker endured a transactional history that many players never go through. A quick look at his Fox Sports profile gives you an idea of what he’s been through just since the year 2015. It seems as if Major League Baseball teams either really valued Blake Parker or barely valued him, allowing him to swap teams like it was nothing. Just this past of
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Last Week in Angels Baseball: The “It Sure Doesn’t Feel Like It, Though” Edition

By Glen McKee, Wearing Reading Glasses as I Type This Ya know, last week wasn’t horrible when you look at it as a whole, but it sure doesn’t feel like it, after another lousy weekend in Arlington.  What do I mean?  I’m glad you asked.  Here are a few examples. – The “red-hot” Twins seem destined to upset us (I won’t get into remaining schedules), and they’re on a tear.  However, we’re only 1.5 games behind them for the second wild card spot, and in the last ten games the Twins are 6-4, the Ang
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Up-ton here, Up-ton here: Angels acquire Justin Upton

The Angels have been unlikely contenders for an American League Wild Card spot in a season where Mike Trout has missed significant time and a barrage of injuries have hit the starting rotation yet again. After a 3 game sweep of the Oakland Athletics to start the week, the Angels were sitting one game behind the Minnesota Twins for the 2nd Wild Card spot. With the August trade deadline approaching, Angels general manager Billy Eppler decided to make a big splash to bolster the roster. He acquired
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