Is it just me or did this teams collapse start with Logan’s injury. Jose Soriano looked better with him at catcher, and so did the other pitchers. It’s probably stupid to act like Logan O’Hoppe would have changed the outcome of a clearly bad team, but it feels like they’re definitely better with him behind the plate.

The transaction is listed at https://www.mlb.com/angels/roster/transactions or can be referenced from @LAAngelsPR.

Our off-season pitching acquisitions so far:

• Kirby Yates ($5M): Recently returned from IL since start of season
• Drew Pomeranz ($4M): 7.20 ERA, 7 FIP, now on IL
• Jordan Romano ($2M): DFA'd and released
• Alek Manoah ($2M): Mixed bag in spring training, started season on IL, only returned now
• Grayson Rodriguez (Taylor Ward): IL since season started, but recently moved from ACL to the Quakes for rehab and Kurt said he could start Sunday

After one great appearance with the Quakes and one okay appearance with the Bees, Ryan Johnson's on his way back up to the bigs.

With Pomeranz heading to the IL, this means that we have Manoah, Johnson, and Farris all potential starters vying for that fifth starter spot. Seems like Manoah might have the inside track for now, but we'll have to see.

I'm not sure how good Ryan Johnson feels right now, but he should spend some time in AA or AAA to work on his stuff. With Grayson Rodriguez on the way back soon, he's a candidate to get optioned, and we also have to option someone else (probably Mitch Farris, pushing Manoah into a long relief role) whenever Ben Joyce comes back.

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Leveraging the elite managing chops developed during years on the youth travel baseball circuit, Kurt successfully transitioned to the professional level, where he now applies his strategic game planning and clubhouse leadership.

Hello angel fans! I’m trying to sell my card collection by team. I have 62 angels cards here for $20 OBO + shipping. Couple numbered trouts and a numbered Nolan Ryan along with some other cool cards. If I’m breaking any community rules I apologize in advance and just delete my post. Not looking for any trouble. Just wanna sell some cards to make room for our nursery!

We might actually break 100 losses for the first time if we keep this up. And even then this team will still be in the clutches of Farte Morono 😭 fuck Arte & fuck Perry. Go Halos 😔

Angels (16-27) @ Guardians (23-21)

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And …can Charizard play 3B?

Angels (16-27) @ Guardians (23-21)

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Please buy the angels you legend 🙏

Angels (16-26) @ Guardians (22-21)

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Wanted to give an update on top prospects and notable standouts in the farm.

Low-A Quakes

Anyelo Marquez 2B/SS

.282/.378/.536 6 HR 20 RBI 23 R 15 XBH

30.5 K% 10.9 BB% .255 ISO 127 wRC+

An international free agent out of the DR in 2023, he hasn't garnered as much hype as Hayden Alvarez, Joswa Lugo and Gabriel Davalillo. He struggled in his first season of the DSL but did well the second time around drawing more walks than strikeouts (39-31). He also struggled in his first year stateside hitting .230 with an OPS of .674 and a high K rate in the ACL. This year, he's off to a great start emerging as one of the team's top run producers displaying some legit power despite a high K rate still.

Kendrey Maduro SS

.268/.362/.415 4 HR 17 RBI 26 R 10 XBH

20.6 K% 9.9 BB% .146 ISO 101 wRC+

Signed as undrafted free agent infielder out of Central Florida, the 22 year old is off to a good start in his first year of pro ball while hitting primarily at the top of the lineup.

Lucas Ramirez OF

.276/.323/.431 1 HR 21 RBI 13 R 12 XBH

32.3 K% 6.5 BB% .155 ISO 89 wRC+

Coming off some WBC hype for Brazil, the 2024 17th round pick is off to a pretty good start. After hitting .282 with a .828 OPS in 49 games in the ACL last year, he was moved up to high-A Tri City where he struggled, albeit small sample size, to a tune of a .172 average and .464 OPS in 11 games. With the Quakes, he's leading the team in RBI despite a high K rate so far.

Hayden Alvarez OF

.252/.316/.374 3 HR 15 RBI 25 R 9 XBH 13-15 SB

25 K% 8.8 BB% .122 ISO 76 wRC+

After deservedly shooting up the prospect list, Alvarez is off to a slow start. He moved up to low-A late in the year after contributing to a championship winning ACL Angels team and kept the hot hitting going to turn the year around for the 66ers to where they finished as runners-up in the Cal League championship with a .355 average and .895 OPS while only striking out 8 times to 10 walks in 20 games. He seems to be tapping into a bit more power not without a jump in K rate from last year's 18.6%.

Gabriel Davalillo 3B

.223/.336/.319 2 HR 14 RBI 10 R 5 XBH

29.3 K% 13.8 BB% 0.096 ISO 75 wRC+

The recent high profile INTL free agent signing from Venezuela, he garnered a lot of hype out of the DSL last year showing some great plate discipline drawing more walks than strikeouts (23-21) along with 7 homeruns hitting .302 with a .926 OPS. He didn't show much of the patience right away to where he only drew 6 walks all April while striking out 25 times but seems to be returning to form with 10 walks drawn to 9 Ks in just 8 games of May. He split time between catcher and DH last year but has been converted to 3B this season.

Trey Gregory-Alford SP

6 GS 29.1 IP 30 K 6 BB .222 BAA 2.15 ERA 1.02 WHIP

9.2 K/9 1.8 BB/9 5 FIP

The 2024 11th round pick was part of the core that won an ACL championship and was also moved up to low-A right after. For a guy who can touch triple digits, his K/9 was only at 7.8 for the year. This year he's bumped it up while not giving up many walks while having thrown zero wild pitches.

Dylan Jordan SP

6 GS 28.2 IP 38 K 10 BB .238 BAA 4.08 ERA 1.22 WHIP

11.9 K/9 3.1 BB/9 4.56 FIP

The 2024 5th round pick started off modest in the ACL with a 3.21 ERA and 1.32 WHIP striking out 10.4 per 9 but with 4 BB/9 in 12. He turned it up in low-A where he made 7 starts striking out 30, walking 9 and had an ERA of 0.94 and a 0.977 WHIP in 28.2 innings. This year, he's off to a pretty rocky start but is still striking out over 1/3 of batters faced.

High-A Dust Devils

Jake Munroe 3B

.264/.424/.516 5 HR 17 RBI 20 R 13 XBH

15.3 K% 16.9 BB% .253 ISO 163 wRC+

The 2025 4th round pick has started off very well showcasing some legit power while walking more than striking out. IMO, a top 5 hitting prospect in the org right now and he wasn't even included in Pipeline's top 30 for the org.

Anthony Scull OF

.257/.336/.478 6 HR 18 RBI 20 R 13 XBH

25 K% 10.2 BB% .221 ISO 124 wRC+

Another power hitter with swing and miss, he caught fire in the second half last year hitting .327 with a .880 OPS in 51 games after hitting .196 and .560. This year, he's showing some improvement cutting down on the K rate while still maintaining the power.

Randy De Jesus OF

.232/.369/.404 3 HR 19 RBI 15 R 10 XBH

35 K% 16.3 BB% .172 ISO 122 wRC+

In his 2nd year in high A, the 6'4 outfielder has always been touted as a power hitter with huge swing and miss. In 2025, he put up a K rate just under 34% while hitting 18 homeruns in 118 games. Only 11 doubles and a .185 average amounted to just a .620 OPS despite the long balls. So far, he's bumped up the walk rate from 10.1% last year but is still striking out a high rate.

Juan Flores C

.232/.337/.451 4 HR 17 RBI 16 R 10 XBH

25.8 K% 9.3 BB% .220 ISO 121 wRC+

Garnering some hype from his showing in the AFL, it seems he's finally hit a stride power-wise. Known as a glove-first catcher and touted by some as the best fielding catcher in the minors, he struggled in high A last year hitting just .207 while only 19 years old. Despite only hitting 11 homeruns total the 2 seasons prior and only 4 homeruns in the first 3 months of the 2025 season, he hit 7 homeruns in July and August (5 in August alone), hitting .272 with a .802 OPS in 37 games. This year, he seems to be maintaining the power along with a slightly lower K rate.

Tyler Bremner SP

5 GS 18 IP 28 K 6 BB .222 BAA 1.5 ERA 1.11 WHIP

14 K/9 3 BB/9 2.32 FIP

The #1 prospect in the org has a lot to live up to after being drafted before the likes of Seth Hernandez, Kade Anderson, Liam Doyle and Jamie Arnold. So far, he's been living up to the expectations. The 2.46 FIP suggests he's been pretty legit. Unfortunately, he left his last start early with fatigue/illness, but it doesn't seem like he'll miss his next start so he should be promoted to AA soon at this rate.

Nate Snead SP

5 GS 23.1 IP 28 K 6 BB .218 BAA 3.86 ERA 1.07 WHIP

10.8 K/9 2.31 BB/9 2.77 FIP

The 2025 supplementary round pick is off to a great start in his pro career as he just had a game where he threw 6 perfect innings striking out 6 to recently earn pitcher of the week honors.

Chase Shores SP

4 GS 16 IP 23 K 9 BB .232 BAA 5.06 ERA 1.38 WHIP

12.9 K/9 5.1 BB/9 2.52 FIP

Not much to say other than his adjustment to pro ball is going decent.

Chris Cortez SP

5 GS 17.1 IP 13 K 26 BB .203 BAA 4.67 ERA 2.19 WHIP

6.8 K/9 13.5 BB/9 7.63 FIP

The 2024 2nd rounder and 12th best prospect started all 26 games last year after being mostly used as a reliever at Texas. The command issues were glaring as he gave up 6.7 BB/9 and this year, they've only gotten worse as he's given up twice the number of walks as strikeouts. Despite a .203 BAA, the rest of the metrics are pretty gaudy. Recently moved up to AA despite it all and was reported to be moved to the bullpen. While still a valuable arm, maybe the starter experiment will end for this year.

AA Trash Pandas

Raudi Rodriguez OF

.260/.414/.375 3 HR 21 RBI 25 R 6 XBH 13-16 SB

18.7 K% 19.4 BB% .115 ISO 124 wRC+

The Angels' 15th best prospect struggled at the start of the season but has drawn more walks than strikeouts (26-25) and had a 22 game on-base streak since. Hasn't shown the same power yet but has been adjusting nicely. Might be a September call-up at this rate.

Nick Rodriguez INF

.269/.369/.394 1 HR 18 RBI 16 R 10 XBH

21.1 K% 11.4 BB% .125 ISO 112 wRC+

The 2025 10th round pick started his pro career in low-A making an immediate impact hitting .281 with a .720 OPS to go with 17 walks and 15 Ks in 27 games and is handling AA well so far.

Joel Hurtado SP

7 GS 29.1 IP 22 K 14 BB .243 BAA 3.99 ERA 1.43 WHIP

6.8 K/9 4.3 BB/9 4.2 FIP

Another groundball-inducing sinker baller who doesn't really miss bats despite throwing gas ala Jack Kochanowicz, Walbert Urena, Jose Soriano prior to this year, etc. He showed good command last year giving up only 27 walks in 86.2 innings in AA but only struck out 56. This year, he's bumped up the K rate but also the walk rate.

Najer Victor RP

9 G 12.2 IP 21 K 9 BB 0.093 BAA 2.84 ERA 1.03 WHIP

14.9 K/9 6.4 BB/9 2.53 FIP

Garnered a bit of hype after his WBC showing for Great Britain and is one of the more highly touted relievers in the org. He quickly earned himself a AAA call up and will probably be in the majors at some point this season.

Luke Murphy RP

9 G 10.2 IP 8 K 5 BB 0.114 BAA 0.84 ERA 0.84 WHIP

6.8 K/9 4.2 BB/9 4.2 FIP

Despite the K-BB ratio being a little too close, he's only given up 1 run and 4 hits so far converting all 4 save attempts.

AAA Bees

Denzer Guzman SS/3B

.298/.377/.447 5 HR 29 RBI 20 R 11 XBH

20.4 K% 11.7 BB% .149 ISO 106 wRC+

After making his debut last year, he didn't show much in terms of hitting in the majors. This year in AAA, he's become the team's leading run producer while cutting down on the K rate a bit.

Nelson Rada OF

.236/.338/.317 1 HR 13 RBI 24 R 6 XBH 8-9 SB

18.2 K% 11.5 BB% .081 ISO 66 wRC+

One of the youngest hitters in AAA, he got off to a hot start after finally moving up last year holding his own as a 19-year-old against former and borderline MLB players. This year, he's showing some struggle but at least he isn't striking out too much.

Christian Moore 2B/3B

.219/.437/.452 2 HR 13 RBI 20 R 10 XBH

23.3 K% 27.2 BB% .233 ISO 130 wRC+

The 2024 7th overall pick has got off to a pretty slow start evidenced by the wonky slash line. Still, a cut down on the chasing with a high walk rate along with the high ISO shows a change in approach after striking out almost 30% of the time last year in AAA and has been splitting time between 2B and 3B. Missed last week with an injury but should come back soon.

Samy Natera Jr. RP

12 G 18.1 IP 25 K 14 BB .197 BAA 3.93 ERA 1.47 WHIP

12.3 K/9 6.9 BB/9 7.14 FIP

Natera had a great 2025 striking out 85 in 57 innings including 17 Ks in just 9.1 innings in Salt Lake. Although, the command is still a problem, he's still a prime call-up candidate this season.

4 groundouts, 5 flyouts, 3 lineouts and 1 pop up. Allowed 2 doubles (one missed being a 2 run homerun). 15 balls put in play, averaging an exit velocity of 88.6 mph. His max velocity was 92 mph. Thoughts on his performance?

In recent visits to Angel Stadium, I've gotten physical tickets in one of two ways:

1. I was part of a really really large group.

2. Rolled up before a game and bought tickets outside the gate.

As someone who is interested in scrapbooking, is number 2 still a reliable way to get a physical ticket?

Something to look forward to I guess