Randal Grichuk and Jose Rondon: 2012 Minor League Breakout Candidates
Randal Grichuk, 8/13/91 - RF, A, High A.256/.292/.432 with 3 HR's and 0 SB.The Dream: Currently a forgotten man, Grichuk may have the best pure bat speed on the farm. With long levers and a good feel...
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Scrub Screening: Lindsey, Hellweg and Pena
The Angels' five top position prospects have gone 34 for 81 this spring, combining for a .420/.461/.704 slash line. Everyone has destroyed Cactus League fastballs. And that's without contributions from...
View ArticleBats To Dream On: Jett Bandy
The Dream: Here's a guy who the Halos brass clearly holds in high esteem. We've seen more of him this spring than any other catcher drafted in the past three years. While he's only gone to the plate...
View ArticleMinor League Opening Day Thread
***UPDATE*** The Halos' affiliates swept the opposition. Awesomeness.Cedar Rapids Kernel Austin Wood looked dominant, blowing 97 mph FB's (98 mph according to the stadium gun) past the opposition....
View ArticleFabio Martinez Mesa (WAS) To Start For The 66'ers today
Fabio Martinez Mesa (WAS) To Start For The 66'ers today The guy does it again, vanishing into depths of the organization like a million-dollar-armed ghost. Martinez Mesa starting was big news, since...
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Austin Wood Off To A Hot Start And Other Prospect News
Austin Wood kicked off the season with a dominant start for the Kernels opening night, racking up 10 K's to 1 walk over five innings of one run ball.I finally had a chance to sit down and watch his...
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Austin Wood Still Awesome. Other Prospect News
Austin Wood tossed his second gem in as many tries last night, racking up five no-hit innings with five K's to two walks and ten groundball outs. No hit batsman, no wild pitches. Just plenty of gas,...
View ArticleFabio Martinez Mesa To The DL
He fractured his foot, apparently. No word yet on how long he'll be out. After missing all of 2011, that's got to be disappointing for both him and the organization.
View Article2012 Angels' Extended Spring Training Roster
2012 Angels' Extended Spring Training RosterHere's the Angels' extended spring training roster, thanks to Matt Birch of the Halos' media relations office. Nick Mutz and Cam Bedrosian could still be...
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Mike Trout in Hiding: Angels Minor League Update
Here are a some guys who've rocked over the first three weeks of minor league ball:1) Mike Trout- .400/.463/.600, 4 triples and 6 SBThe Halos' FO dodged a spring bullet when the sick bug bit Trout in...
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Midseason Minor League Highlights: Hitters
Halos' farm products came up big in 2012, with T'n'T providing the lion's share of offense and a couple of miscellaneous pieces yielding Ernesto Frieri early in the season. Times on the farm are...
View ArticleMidseason Minor League Highlights; Pitchers
1) Ariel Pena, 23, AA ~ 2.3 WAR2.92 ERA, 101.2 IP, 98 K/37 BBPena ranks first among Angels' starters in full season ball with a K-rate of 8.7 per nine innings. If you judge young arms on that stat,...
View ArticleAngels' Midseason Top Prospects
A new, post-Trout era is dawning for the Angels' farm system, but it's not quite as apocalyptic as it might have been a year ago. While depth remains a serious issue, breakout seasons by Cowart,...
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Valuing the Angels' Primary Trade Chips
Lots of trade talk right now. With three or four high end starters on the market, someone is going to make a move, and the Angels are as likely as anyone to be in the thick of things. No one has a...
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Fun with Rate Stats: K% and FIP on the Angels' Farm
Let's start with the pitching:Seventeen year old Eduar Lopez led the Dominican Summer League in K percentage, striking out 37% of the batters that he faced over 11 starts. The DSL is huge - we're...
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Fun With Rate Stats: C.J. Cron and Performance with RISP
Before reviewing the best prospect performances of 2012 in the Angels' system, I thought it might be interesting to look at a few guys who posted outrageous rate stats, even if their cumulative...
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The Usual Suspects: Top Angels Prospect Performances of 2012
26) Hank Conger, 24, C - 2.0 WAR, +4 bat, + 0 glove. .295/.347/.473 with 10 HR and 2 SB.Hammer'n Hank made the 2 WAR cut off for this list, but just barely (as in, I had to round up). Still, he did his...
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Steven Geltz, Still Up in the Air: Top Angels Prospect Performances of 2012
The Series Continues with #22 and 23...22) Steven Geltz, 24, RHRP - 2.1 WAR, +12 runs saved. 59 IP, 3.05 ERA, 42 hits, 70 K/20 BBGeltz is the only reliever to reach the 2 WAR threshold this year. He...
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Matt Long's Sneaky Good Season: Top Angels' Prospect Performances of 2012
20) Matt Long, 25, OF, 2B and SS - 2.2 WAR, +7.1 bat, -4 glove. .282/.350/.462 with 12 HR and 23 SBLong had a weird season, jumping through AA and AAA while playing infield for the first time in his...
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Pioneer League Mashers: Top Angels Prospect Performances of 2012
19) Michael Snyder, 22, 3B/1B - 2.3 WAR, +14 bat, -2 glove. .332/.393/.531 with 8 HR and 3 SBBaseball America said Snyder had the best power tool of any of the Angels' 2012 draftees, which includes...
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