The Official 2018 Minor League Statline and Prospect Discussion Thread

[Chuck]

Years ago when I lived in So. Cal, I watched Nick Gorneault beat Luke Scott in the High-A Cal League All-Star game. That was pretty awesome! 

[totdprods]

Seeing Barash, Briceno, and even Wass advance into upper minors and Pina and Kruger advance out of short season are making the Perez/Graterol transactions and Ward position move make a lot more sense in a larger context. Four of those have drawn praise for their defense and Wass profiles as an offense-first option. 

[Stax]

Alexander: Angels prospect Jahmai Jones starts a new adventure in IE

https://www.pe.com/2018/04/04/alexander-angels-prospect-jahmai-jones-starts-a-new-adventure-in-ie/

[Chuck]

2 minutes ago, Stax said:

Alexander: Angels prospect Jahmai Jones starts a new adventure in IE

https://www.pe.com/2018/04/04/alexander-angels-prospect-jahmai-jones-starts-a-new-adventure-in-ie/

@Stax check out our interview with Jones, as he goes into great detail about the move and other good stuff. 

 

[tdawg87]

My dong is tanning for Canning

[Stax]

Yes, good stuff/interview. Well spoken individual.

[Second Base]

4 hours ago, SuperTroopers said:

Scotty said he’s a cross between Nolan Ryan and Beyoncé.   

#Aroused

[Chuck]

Some love from Baseball America....

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/griffin-canning-dominates-in-professional-debut/

[Chuck]

12 hours ago, Dochalo said:

Daniel Procopio pitched two scoreless with 4k but walked two and gave up a hit.  He was dominant as a reliever for Orem last year.  10th round pick in 2017 out of Niagra U.  Entering age 22yo season.  Curious as to what he was hitting on the gun.  If they continue to use him in relief, he could move pretty quick.  

 

Daniel Procopio has some kind of life on his fastball, 91-95 with some late explosion, two strikeouts on elevated fastballs #Angels

— Taylor Blake Ward (@TaylorBlakeWard) April 6, 2018

[Stax]

Very impressed with Daniel Procopio's outing. Closer potential.

[Angel Oracle]

Canning maybe top 30 overall MLB prospect by September?    That's some electric stuff and command.

[John Smith]

Angels PR‏ @LAAngelsPR 33s33 seconds ago

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Today, the @Dbacks claimed RHP Troy Scribner off waivers.

[tdawg87]

7 minutes ago, John Smith said:

Angels PR‏ @LAAngelsPR 33s33 seconds ago

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Today, the @Dbacks claimed RHP Troy Scribner off waivers.

Season over

[ettin]

1 minute ago, tdawg87 said:

Season over

tdawg will have to find a new up and down guy now.

[Second Base]

Griffin Canning will be a top 30 prospect by next winter. 

As I said, he should have gone first round. Teams overthink easy decisions sometimes. 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

2 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Canning maybe top 30 overall MLB prospect by September?    That's some electric stuff and command.

Jeff Fletcher Retweeted

MiLB.com‏Verified account @MiLB 17h17 hours ago

#Angels No. 8 prospect Griffin Canning gives up one hit over four scoreless innings (2BB, 6K) in his professional debut for @66ersBaseball. https://atmilb.com/2GB6TWG

[Warfarin]

What's a realistic timeline for Canning?  Might we see him in the rotation as early as the end of next season? 

[tdawg87]

1 minute ago, Warfarin said:

What's a realistic timeline for Canning?  Might we see him in the rotation as early as the end of next season? 

If all goes well, absolutely. That will be his age 23 season. Then he'll be given a full time rotation spot in 2020 during his age 24 season.

[Warfarin]

5 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

If all goes well, absolutely. That will be his age 23 season. Then he'll be given a full time rotation spot in 2020 during his age 24 season.

Awesome.

Man, we have a ton of legit depth.  Assuming we re-sign Richards, we could potentially have the following depth by the end of next year:

Richards, Ohtani, Heaney, Skaggs, Shoemaker, Barria, Canning, Bridwell, Ramirez, Tropeano, Meyer...

That's 11 legitimate ML pitchers!

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

13 minutes ago, hangin n wangin said:

11 bodies but really the equivalent of like 6.5 pitchers after they drop like flies.

hope not, but...

[Warfarin]

12 minutes ago, hangin n wangin said:

11 bodies but really the equivalent of like 6.5 pitchers after they drop like flies.

Good enough

That's how teams should be built these days.  Pitchers get hurt all the time, so you need a lot of solid quality depth to absorb the rigors of a 162 season.  Rest your top pitchers enough, have them pitch maybe 150-160 innings in the regular season, then rely on them more heavily come postseason.  We don't need starters to go 200+ innings during the season.

[Warfarin]

11 minutes ago, hangin n wangin said:

I agree. The depth is nice.

Yessir!  I am all for the Angels skipping a few of Ohtani's starts along the way this year.  Ideally, I'd like to keep him around 130-135ish during the season, with the ability to have him pitch about 20 or so more innings in the postseason.  You know, when we win the World Series and all  

[Angel Oracle]

Six man rotation may well be here to stay, to preserve the arms for late into the season.

[Chuck]

44 minutes ago, Warfarin said:

What's a realistic timeline for Canning?  Might we see him in the rotation as early as the end of next season? 

I hear he can move quickly much like Prior, Price & Verlander 

[Second Base]

Canning is legitimately major league ready right now. He won't be promoted for a while because there's still some development that he can undergo, but right now, he can get major league hitters out.