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Photo: Los Angeles Angels prospect Kyren Paris

By Tres Hefter, AngelsWin.com Columnist

With all this great SS discussion going on and the first two weeks of the minor league season officially in the books it's time for the first prospect hotlist. A reminder - the names listed here aren't always necessarily the Angels top prospects, but rather simply a look at who has been among the best on the farm over the last two weeks, in this case, 5/4 - 5/16, in an effort to help identify some of the guys who might not always get the notice or attention they'd typically receive.

-- Position Players --

1) Kyren Paris - 2B/SS, Inland Empire, A:

In a system starved for high-contact, high-speed, high-on base guys, Paris' first two weeks provided an immense injection of excitement as to what could come. Following an 0-4 debut with 4 strikeouts, Paris would go on to hit .297 the next ten games, punching eleven hits (including a double and two triples) and drawing twelve walks - good for a .480 OBP in that span - against ten strikeouts. He also added ten stolen bases in that span, getting caught twice, proving to be an absolute force on the base paths and setting the table for Inland Empire. Splitting time almost evenly between 2B and SS, Paris, only 19, has picked up right where he left off after a similar brief Rookie Ball debut in 2019. 

2021 (IE, A): .268/.444/.390/.835 with 1 double, two triples, 10-12 in SB attempts, 12 BB, 10 K in 11 G/54 PA

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Dodgers sign Pujols

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This will be fun. 

Gonna be a bullpen game:

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By David Saltzer, AngelsWin.com Senior Writer

—"Closing time, every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.” Semisonic

In life, we all will face the point where we will be replaced. It’s never easy. If we are lucky, it’s on our own terms and we can retire when we want to. At other times, life dictates the ending. Whether it’s a business closing, an illness affecting us, a life event happening to someone else, a global pandemic, it will happen. That’s an unfortunate certainty to life.

If baseball is anything, it is brutally honest about when it’s time to go. Injuries and age take their toll. Whether one is a sure-fire Hall of Famer, a regular player, or just up for a cup of coffee, players with more ability and skill will eventually force the issue. It may be hard for the player to accept it, but the game doesn’t lie about it.  

There are a lot of ways to analyze the end of the Pujols era with the Angels. As a baseball decision, it is an easy decision. His performance on the field wasn’t good enough to justify the playing time. The emergence of Walsh and Ohtani playing everyday made the team better offensively. There wasn’t going to be much playing time for Albert going forward.

Additionally, after a shortened season last year, the concern about pitching is very real. The

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Rays SP Collin McHugh

Randy Arozarena (R) LF


Manuel Margot (R) RF


Austin Meadows (L) DH


Yandy Diaz (R) 1B


Mike Brosseau (R) 2B


Joey Wendle (L) 3B


Mike Zunino (R) C


Willy Adames (R) SS


Brett Phillips (L) CF

Per several sources, the Angels have release first baseman Albert Pujols.


 

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