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    Los Angeles Angels Prospect Eric Torres Talks with AngelsWin.com

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    Photo by: Cristina Byrne-Sternberg/Rocket City Trash Pandas By Chuck Richter, AngelsWin.com Torres spent three seasons pitching at Kansas State and was named to the Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team in 2021. He made 49 relief appearances there as a junior before the Los Angeles Angels selected him in the 14th-round in the 2021 draft. Last summer after he signed, Torres went straight to Tri-Cities, the Angels High-A affiliate where he had eight appearances that included four
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    27 for Number 27: 27 Amazing Trout Stats (#21-23: OPS, wRC+ and WPA)

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    By Jonathan Northrop, AngelsWin.com Columnist My apologizes for the two-month gap in this series--extenuating real-life circumstances (and no, I wasn't sick, but thanks for the concern!). Let's continue... #21: On-Base + Slugging Percentage Remember back in the 90s when OPS was the new-fangled stat that only stat-nerds were using? We’ve come along way  from there, with more sophisticated versions, but it was a starting point for looking at total hitting. Like most conventional sta
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    Los Angeles Angels 2023 Primer

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    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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    Angels pitcher Caden Dana blazing a fast track towards Major League debut

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    By Ryan Falla, AngelsWin.com Staff Reporter It's not everyday you find an ace-caliber high schooler bulldogging his way to top prospect rankings just one year out of high school, and it's even less often that you find that arm in the 11th round of the draft. The Angels latest top prospect, RHP Caden Dana, came into the Angels organization as a high schooler in the 2022 draft, and though he’s pitched less than 80 innings with the organization he’s already established himself atop the leaderb
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    Los Angeles Angels 2022 Amateur Draft Recap

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    By Taylor Blake Ward, AngelsWin.com Columnist GENERAL THOUGHTS Perspective only comes with a full view. I write this as a caveat, as most will make an initial knee-jerk reaction to any club's first-round selection and make that the brash opinion of the entire draft for the club as it has the most value and is the one with the most accessible perceptions as to the player taken. For example, speaking to a Texas Rangers fanatic on Sunday night, he was distraught that Texas spent their fir
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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

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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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 Executive, Former MLB Player and Prospect Analyst Discuss 2024 Angels Top Young Players

By Taylor Blake Ward, AngelsWin.com Contributor Cactus League has finished. Freeway Series has finished. Up next is the Major League season followed by the start of the Minor League season. Looking back on this spring, we put an emphasis on a handful of Angels prospects and how different perspectives came about this spring from the trained eye. We asked three different people from three differing fields about their opinions on specific players in Angels camp over Spring Training. In a

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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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2024: The long-belayed "taking stock" year (and what it means)

By Jonathan Northrop, AngelsWin.com Senior Writer Part One: The Cycle of Ages - Angels Baseball version After the dead-cat bounce of the post-Golden Era (2014-15), the Angels dipped below .500 in 2016 and have stayed there since, with a .465 Win% from 2016-23, which equates with a 75-87 record. In other words, for the last eight seasons, the Angels have been, on average, a 75-win team. Without going back into it again in too much depth, the Angels are long overdue for a rebuild, o

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Angels Cole Fontenelle turning heads within the organization

Ryan Falla, AngelsWin.com Staff Reporter It appears fortunes are changing in Anaheim. Where once was an organization laid bare of any internal development is now an Angels future full of the most young promise they've had since their glory days of fifteen years past. Whereas that legacy run was fueled by homegrown talents so too does this window look to be forced open by the quality of youth across the organization. This years Spring Training has offered a glimpse into the star studded

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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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Wayne Randazzo joins the AngelsWin.com Podcast

On this episode of the AngelsWin Podcast, the guys welcome the television voice of the Angels, Wayne Randazzo!  They discuss Wayne’s first season with the team, what he’s looking forward to in 2024, the differences between the Mets and Angels’ fanbases and much more.  Geoff and Chuck wrap up the show with a recap of the AngelsWin 2024 Spring Training Fanfest in Tempe and Chuck’s thoughts about how the team looked.   Grab a seat, grab and drink and enjoy Episode 31!   If

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WATCH LIVE HERE!! The Spring Breakout Game of the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Los Angeles Angels (March 16th, 4:10pm PST)

Hear that sound? It's the crack of the bat and roar of the crowd signalling America's pastime is BACK! There's no better way to kick off the MLB season than with an exclusive look at the future stars of the game. That's why we're going to knock your socks off with LIVE Spring Breakout action from March 14-16! Thanks to our amazing partners at Major League Baseball, you can livestream these top prospect matchups without paying a dime. MLB.com's Angels beat reporter has everything you ne

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Angels Michael Stefanic's growing bat ready to contribute significantly in 2024

- by Ryan Falla The Angels lack of major splashes in this free agent market has some fans concerned over the stability of the roster through the 2024 season after losing one of the biggest names in baseball. However, the Angels biggest needs have always been more than having or not having one single superstar to carry the roster. A sputtering internal talent pipeline to the Major Leagues has more often than not been the crux of the Angels efforts towards contention season after season, yet

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Angels Kenny Rosenberg pitching a path to Opening Day

By Ryan Falla, AngelsWin.com Columnist Though the Angels are heading into the 2024 season with the most question marks we’ve seen in modern Angels memory there is enough sneaky value across the board to offer outside chances at success all throughout the year. From front-line starters ready to tap into their highest upside behind the philosophies of Ron Washington's coaching staff to the reserves prepared carry the team through tumultuous stretches. The Angels may not be rich in brand names

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2024 Angels Best-and Worst-case Scenarios 2: Starting Pitchers

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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