The Official 2019 Minor League Statline and Prospect Discussion Thread

[Make Angels Great Again]

Damn, he let that thing get deep.

See how long he waits before committing?

[Second Base]

Jo Adell just keeps getting more impressive. He had power when he was drafted, but it was power like any other strong high schooler had power, which is the pull variety.

Last year, I got all sorts of giddy, because he'd sting 110 mph line drives over the second baseman's head. I thought that read the coolest thing to see from an 18-19 year old. I hadn't seen that in this organization since Trout.

And now we see him one year later in the hardest environment he'll see in this farm system, and those line drive singles and doubles to the opposite field have grown into 375 foot homers. And again, you have to remind yourself that he's doing that at age 20. 

Ask yourself for a moment what he will be doing when he's 25. If you think he has elite bat speed now, just wait. 

There won't be a good comp for him.

[Docwaukee]

In addition to Vera, Placencia and Bonilla, the Halos also signed 4 more Venezuelans.  

Adrian Pena RHP
Leonar Garcia LHP
Jeremy Villahermosa C
Gabriel Rodriguez C

no info on any of them.  sorry.  

 

[Docwaukee]

also, Robinson Pina had 10 k's over 4.2 ip tonight.  

[Docwaukee]

23 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

In addition to Vera, Placencia and Bonilla, the Halos also signed 4 more Venezuelans.  

Adrian Pena RHP
Leonar Garcia LHP
Jeremy Villahermosa C
Gabriel Rodriguez C

no info on any of them.  sorry.  

 

add Alejandro Hidalgo, RHP Venezuela

[Docwaukee]

1 hour ago, Dochalo said:

add Alejandro Hidalgo, RHP Venezuela

Sandy Charle, RHP, Dominican Republic.  

9 total on the day so far.  

[Second Base]

30 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

Sandy Charle, RHP, Dominican Republic.  

9 total on the day so far.  

Solid name.

[Docwaukee]

Marsh has been rehabbing in the AZL.  He's 1-19 in his first 5 games with no walks.  

[Second Base]

Rainier Rivas up to .414 and stole his 3rd bag. Again, keep in mind, he's a big kid at 6'3 220 lbs (last years measurements at age 16. They rarely update these so for all I know he may be 250 by now).

[rafibomb]

Jo Adell's bat speed is no joke. I feel like every single double-a home run he has hit has been the opposite-field.

[Chuck]

1 hour ago, Dochalo said:

Marsh has been rehabbing in the AZL.  He's 1-19 in his first 5 games with no walks.  

I say keep him there until he's fully healthy and his swing and pitch recognition is back.

[mulwin444]

Tropeano in the 1st game of the doubleheader:

6 IP 1 H 0 ER 1 BB 7 K

[Docwaukee]

4 hours ago, Dochalo said:

Sandy Charle, RHP, Dominican Republic.  

9 total on the day so far.  

3 more DR pitchers.  complete list:

Los Angeles Angels
 

Arol Vera, ss, Venezuela (video)
Adrian Placencia, ss, Dominican Republic 
Jose Bonilla, ss, Dominican Republic (video)
Adrian Pena, rhp, Venezuela
Leonar Garcia, lhp, Venezuela
Jeremy Villahermosa, c, Venezuela
Gabriel Rodriguez, c, Venezuela
Alejandro Hidalgo, rhp, Venezuela
Sandy Charle, rhp, Dominican Republic
Julio Torres, lhp, Dominican Republic
Cristofer Tejada, rhp, Dominican Republic
Anderson Vargas, lhp, Dominican Republic

 

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Excellent work, Doc.  Really appreciate the updates.

[Lou]

10 hours ago, mulwin444 said:

Tropeano in the 1st game of the doubleheader:

6 IP 1 H 0 ER 1 BB 7 K

 

[totdprods]

One Twitter source that called a promotion earlier this year has reported Thaiss is headed to the bigs.

[Chuck]

3 minutes ago, totdprods said:

One Twitter source that called a promotion earlier this year has reported Thaiss is headed to the bigs.

I wonder if La Stella and Goodwin are headed to the IL?

 

[T.G.]

 

[Angelsjunky]

2 hours ago, Lou said:

 

Why are black guys making fun of white guys so funny? They just are, and Murphy was a master at it. And in this case I think he was making fun of an "Oreo-esque" black guy.

[Angelsjunky]

19 hours ago, Second Base said:

Jo Adell just keeps getting more impressive. He had power when he was drafted, but it was power like any other strong high schooler had power, which is the pull variety.

Last year, I got all sorts of giddy, because he'd sting 110 mph line drives over the second baseman's head. I thought that read the coolest thing to see from an 18-19 year old. I hadn't seen that in this organization since Trout.

And now we see him one year later in the hardest environment he'll see in this farm system, and those line drive singles and doubles to the opposite field have grown into 375 foot homers. And again, you have to remind yourself that he's doing that at age 20. 

Ask yourself for a moment what he will be doing when he's 25. If you think he has elite bat speed now, just wait. 

There won't be a good comp for him.

How about Hank Aaron? The reason I think of Aaron is that he was a lanky guy with line-drive power which, because he had such tremendous bat speed, ended up being 40+ HR power. 

In his prime I could see Adell hitting .290/.350/.600 with 40+ HR and 20 SB, which looks like a Hank Aaron season.

Of course I'm not predicting he'll have Aaron's career, because Aaron's greatness was less about his upside--which was substantial, but not as great as contemporaries Mays and Mantle, more a half step down with Frank Robinson--and more about his consistency and longevity. Aaron's highest five-year HR span was age 35-39...the only player that I can think of that also did that was Barry Bonds, and there were obviously "extenuating circumstances." But my comparison is on skill-set and the basic type of player. Adell won't be a batting champion like Aaron, but he should be able to hit .300 in some seasons, probably more typically in the .280-.290+ range. I suspect he'll develop into a 60-70ish walk type, like Aaron, steal a few bases (15-20ish) like Aaron, and moreso have line-drive HR power that will yield lots of 70+ extra-base hit seasons, and at least a few 40+ HR seasons.

[Scott34]

Year after year it was "The Angels are not expected to make any big international signings". 

Now we are signing 2 top 30 guys and a bunch more from all around the world. I love Eppler. 

[Docwaukee]

3 hours ago, Scott34 said:

Year after year it was "The Angels are not expected to make any big international signings". 

Now we are signing 2 top 30 guys and a bunch more from all around the world. I love Eppler. 

some would argue that it's 3 actually with Bonilla.  

[Docwaukee]

Mobile took a no-no into the 9th and ended up allowing only one hit.  

[ScottT]

2 walks tonight for Adell. I dig it. That's really my only question about him.  Plate discipline. 

[Docwaukee]

Will Wilson has been looking better. 

Bunch of guys I knew in college were good enough to play for the cape cod league.  They always talked about how it would take 50-60 PA to adjust from metal to wood bats.  When you finally started to get more comfortable, the season would be over and you'd head back to college.  

You can see that happening with Wilson now.  I think he's starting to get comfortable.