The Official 2021 Los Angeles Angels Minor League Stats, Reports & Scouting Thread

[Angelsjunky]

Thaiss reminds me a bit of Brandon Belt, at least as far as his statistical profile. I suppose Belt is his best-case scenario, and a lot of teams could use that caliber of player.

[Inside Pitch]

9 hours ago, Dochalo said:

#poorbilly

Where is @Angel Oracle with a Chuck Morono, drop when you need him!?

[Angel Oracle]

1 minute ago, Inside Pitch said:

Where is @Angel Oracle with a Chuck Morono, drop when you need him!?

Starry Eyed Arte?

Edited June 11, 2021 by Angel Oracle

[Docwaukee]

38 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Starry Eyed Arte?

[Revad]

[Revad]

Resistance is futile.

[rafibomb]

 

I feel like I've seen this name before

[Angelsjunky]

Waiting for Davis Daniel to promoted soonish. I also wonder how long they'll keep Detmers in AA. Maybe a few more starts at a consistently high level?

[rafibomb]

7 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

Waiting for Davis Daniel to promoted soonish. I also wonder how long they'll keep Detmers in AA. Maybe a few more starts at a consistently high level?

That'd be my guess. Also Aaron Hernandez is making his Double-A debut tonight. Once Davis Daniel is promoted, there is going to be a lot of starting pitching prospects working their way through the upper minors. Very exciting.

[Angel Oracle]

Detmers has to be pitching tonight.   May 30 was his previous start.

[Taylor]

21 hours ago, Second Base said:

That is a clean, textbook delivery.  Perfect balance, good weight transfer, tons of legs, great momentum, ideal reach, consistent arm slot and landing. Good hip turn to hide the ball a little too. 

Reminds me of Mark Prior back in the day. 

My only concern about Davis Daniel is he has a reverse name: a last name as his first name and a first name as his last name. That's a double party foul. 

[rafibomb]

 

 

[rafibomb]

Pretty solid Double-A debut for Hernandez:

5.0 IP  2 H  3 BB  2 R  8 SO  88 pitches (58 strikes)

[ScottM]

Who is Ryan Smith 

[jsnpritchett]

Is Brandon Marsh ever coming back? Meanwhile, a friend of mine was his sister's coach in high school, so I get random Instagram stories about her in the NCAA track and field tournament in my feed... ha ha

 

[rafibomb]

 

 

[Docwaukee]

6 minutes ago, rafibomb said:

 

 

nice arm side run on that fastball.  Liking that slow curve and slider in the dirt.  Seems like he throws the curve for a strike and the slider out of the zone.   Seems like he can get swings and misses when ahead.  

Here's something I noticed which several other probably already did and I'm not sure it's been brought up specifically, but if you go back and look at pretty much every K video for almost every player you see that they are getting lots of swings and misses at the fastball up and out of the zone.  That's obviously been a trend in mlb over the last couple years but for some reason it's become a lot more noticeable for the minor league guys this year.  To me anyway.  

It seems the trend overall is that guys are throwing more and more breaking pitches than they ever have before and the fastball up in zone is sort of acting as the 'off speed' pitch.  Or maybe we should start calling it the 'on speed'.  

[Docwaukee]

sure enough, per fangraphs data, fastball usage has gone from 64.4% in 2002 to 50.8% this year which is about the same as last year and almost 2% lower than in 2019.  

cut fastball increased a bit over the last 20 years but that may be related to tracking techniques.  But slider have gone from 12.1% in 2002 to 19.9% now.  Curve, change, split and others have stayed about the same.  

[Second Base]

The Angels are still trying to develop Hernandez as a starter, when had they put him on a relief path, he likely would be in the majors contributing to the bullpen already.  

[totdprods]

1 minute ago, Second Base said:

The Angels are still trying to develop Hernandez as a starter, when had they put him on a relief path, he likely would be in the majors contributing to the bullpen already.  

Kinda see a Sandoval-esque path. Some starts, some relief, some multi-inning relief, some tandem starts…

[Second Base]

17 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Kinda see a Sandoval-esque path. Some starts, some relief, some multi-inning relief, some tandem starts…

Hernandez was a reliever in the cape cod league when he started hitting 97 on the radar gun pre-draft. The Angels moving him into a starting role was never really viewed as a permanent designation as much as an exploratory move to get some innings under his belt, possibly to develop him as a multi-inning relief weapon.  

Most scouts don't view him as a starter any more now than they did a few years ago.  His velo has dropped down into the 91-94 range and he still hasn't developed a third pitch that could be used with any consistency. The slider has always been a plus pitch.  

Then again, he was pretty impressive as a starter in the AFL, but still typically only going 3-4 innings. 

I think personally, I'd rather see him firing 95-97 and unleashing that deadly slider in the major leagues for three outs.

Sandoval still has the makings of a major league starter, I think. 

Edited June 12, 2021 by Second Base

[HanfordGuy]

21 hours ago, Taylor said:

My only concern about Davis Daniel is he has a reverse name: a last name as his first name and a first name as his last name. That's a double party foul. 

[mmc]

 

[jsnpritchett]

Curious to see how long Detmers stays in tonight.  So far, 53 pitches through 2 IP.  4 K, but 3 H and 2 BB.  Just 1 run, though.  The opposing starting pitcher has hit 3 batters in 2 IP--but hasn't allowed a hit or a walk, oddly enough.

[Angel Oracle]

Could Hernandez have some K-Rod in him, with that filthy slider and approaching mid 90s heat?