Angels aquire Rondon

[krAbs]

 

Angels appear to be stockpiling Rondons in case they need to make a mid season trade.

 

Edit:

This guy actually looks half way decent:
https://www.draysbay.com/2018/2/10/16943322/rays-top-50-prospects-no-34-3b-adrian-rondon

[DMVol]

Crap....When I saw the headline I thought it was Rendon, from the Nats....my first thought was, damn we've traded Adell.....

[Blarg]

Their 14th highest prospects for just cash? That's great. 

[failos]

Can always use a few of those

[AngelsLakersFan]

Rays having trouble making payroll this month or something?

[Bronson]

Wow, now that’s a steal. We got a top prospect for basically nothing.

 

All hail Eppler. 

[DMVol]

6 minutes ago, Bronson said:

Wow, now that’s a steal. We got a top prospect for basically nothing.

All hail Eppler. 

Something missing in that movie....

[krAbs]

Per the article I posted, "[Rondon joined the Rays by way of the] international market, where the Rays grabbed him with a $2.95 million deal.

At the time, MLB.com had ranked him the 3rd best international prospect available, behind only Dermis Garcia and Nelson Gomez and had given him the following,

Scouting Grades: Hit: 60 | Power: 55 | Run: 40 | Arm: 55 | Field: 50

Since then, his scouting grades have fallen to the following levels,

Scouting grades: Hit: 45 | Power: 50 | Run: 45 | Arm: 60 | Field: 50 | Overall: 45"

So, it sounds like he came to America and really hasn't been able to find his bat. If our coaches can work with him and the change in scenery can help with that, he seems like a guy with some real potential. At this point, I wouldn't rank him as a top (former) Rays prospect, though; MLB.com doesn't rate him in their top 30, and fangraphs doesn't put him in their top 50.

[floplag]

[Mark68]

As long as it cost no Rondons to acquire Rondon, it's good. 

[Inside Pitch]

16 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Their 14th highest prospects for just cash? That's great. 

That was in 2016 -- he's nowhere near there anymore.   

That ranking seemed justified at the time coming off his age 17 season when he was all upside and showed signs of emerging power and a plus arm to go with a decent glove.  Dude has just completely flat-lined and shown almost zero development since then.

He still shows a ton of raw power but he swings pretty wildly -- K rate was over 30% last year in A ball.

 

 

[Inside Pitch]

11 minutes ago, krAbs said:

Per the article I posted, "[Rondon joined the Rays by way of the] international market, where the Rays grabbed him with a $2.95 million deal.

At the time, MLB.com had ranked him the 3rd best international prospect available, behind only Dermis Garcia and Nelson Gomez and had given him the following,

Scouting Grades: Hit: 60 | Power: 55 | Run: 40 | Arm: 55 | Field: 50

Since then, his scouting grades have fallen to the following levels,

Scouting grades: Hit: 45 | Power: 50 | Run: 45 | Arm: 60 | Field: 50 | Overall: 45"

So, it sounds like he came to America and really hasn't been able to find his bat. If our coaches can work with him and the change in scenery can help with that, he seems like a guy with some real potential. At this point, I wouldn't rank him as a top (former) Rays prospect, though; MLB.com doesn't rate him in their top 30, and fangraphs doesn't put him in their top 50.

The most recent thing I saw on him had his hit tool down to 20/40...    He's still a guy because someone spent 2.9 mil on him, but the star has dimmed pretty dramatically.

[m0nkey]

Thought it was Carlos Rodon when I first saw the headline 

[krAbs]

3 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

The most recent thing I saw on him had his hit tool down to 20/40...    He's still a guy because someone spent 2.9 mil on him, but the star has dimmed pretty dramatically.

Owch. Honestly, he reminds me a little of Cowart. High praise early on for glove and some pure hitting ability, but he just lost all ability to consistently make good contact.

[totdprods]

Sort of sounds like Tampa’s Baldoquin.

[Inside Pitch]

2 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Sort of sounds like Tampa’s Baldoquin.

Thats a fairly good comp but at least this guy is still only 20.   Still, like Baldo, he hasn't lived up to the advanced billing.   It's a pretty common thing with international signings.

Edited March 27, 2019 by Inside Pitch

[Second Base]

Buying low and gambling on upside.  I like it. 

[DMVol]

39 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Thats a fairly good comp but at least this guy is still only 20.   Still, like Baldo, he hasn't lived up to the advanced billing.   It's a pretty common thing with international signings.

Except that most thought Baldoquin was an ok, nothing special prospect...everybody but DiPoto....

[totdprods]

20 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Thought it was Carlos Rodon when I first saw the headline 

Ironically I think he may wind up a trade target this year.

[Mark68]

47 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Sort of sounds like Tampa’s Baldoquin.

More like Tampa's Maitan.

[Ordos]

1 hour ago, Mark68 said:

As long as it cost no Rondons to acquire Rondon, it's good. 

Agreed.

Thankfully, Angels have one as a trade chip now. I wonder what we can get for him...

[Taylor]

How many Rondons equals a Vladdy Jr.? Not THE Vladdy Jr., but a standard one.

[greginpsca]

Angels just acquired Sam Freeman from the Braves. Not sure how much more this complicates the 25 man roster.

 

[Docwaukee]

7 minutes ago, Taylor said:

How many Rondons equals a Vladdy Jr.? Not THE Vladdy Jr., but a standard one.

If a Rondon is a dolla bill then a Vladdy jr is a Benjamin 

[Make Angels Great Again]

Thought this was going to be our old Jose Rondon that we flipped for Huston Street.

 

Speaking of him, looks like he made the White Sox opening day roster.