Torii Hunter Jr....career with #Angels

[John Smith]

Taylor Blake Ward ‏@TaylorBlakeWard 7m7 minutes ago

Taylor Blake Ward Retweeted Torii Hunter Jr.

Torii Hunter Jr. officially announces he'll pursue career with #Angels

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[meat]

TH Jr took a huge head shot early on this season and was out a while with a concussion.  I'd assume he started rethinking a career in football at that point.

[Angelsjunky]

Is he talented? He's already 21, with 2017 being his age 22 season (birthday in June), and hasn't played a minor league game. I suspect he'll be moved aggressively, maybe start in A ball with the hopes to reach A+ by season's end.

EDIT: from a cursory search, it sounds like he's very athletic and very fast. Maybe a future fourth outfielder?

 

[Angel Oracle]

Looks like he skipped baseball his first year in Domeland, and then was a late innings guy the next two seasons.

That would seem to indicate starting him off at rookie ball level Orem in June?

[Angelsjunky]

You're probably right, AO. He'll probably go to extended spring training and minor league camp for the first season, then to Orem in mid-season.

 

[eligrba4ever]

Good luck to young Mr. Hunter. The Angels picked him in the 23rd round and he owns a nice tech degree from a decent university, so he has a fallback plan. He'll get a serious clue how far he can go as a baseball late-bloomer in Tempe. But Tebow is already the talk of the Mets' 2017 spring camp. Torii Jr. at least has a pedigree as well as a real degree.

[Hubs]

I hope to Jeebus he turns into his father on the diamond. I doubt that will happen, but if he became as good as his Dad was with us? Or better? 

[Richard]

Think the knock on him was the possibility he would bounce to football.

Excited to see how he progresses.

[Make Angels Great Again]

Ha, didn't expect Torii's kid to be an IT guy.

[Make Angels Great Again]

Kinda weird that he only had 14 plate appearances for notre dame between 2015 and 2016. How is baseball his dream if he didn't want to play it? Or am I missing something?

[Second Base]

Hunter is even more athletic than his dad, though not necessarily the innate baseball talent. He played sparingly at Notre Dame though this is because if his commitment to football. He did alright on the football field, held his own.

In terms of actual baseball talent, he was raised around the game and clubhouse, so he knows how to conduct himself which is a plus. He does has excellent speed. The rest, we'll find out.

[AngelsLakersFan]

Raw, untapped talent. You can't ask anything more than that in the 23rd round.

[Angelsjunky]

So I'd be really excited if he was 19, or if he had played baseball the past couple years. But the fact that he's barely played since 2014 and is 21 makes me much more hesitant. That said, he should be intriguing to watch.

[ukyah]

13 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

So I'd be really excited if he was 19, or if he had played baseball the past couple years. But the fact that he's barely played since 2014 and is 21 makes me much more hesitant. That said, he should be intriguing to watch.

what's to be hesitant about? other than the name, he's a 23rd round draftee. it's a no lose situation. he'll get his opportunities and then we'll see.

[Tyler]

Looking forward to seeing him focus on baseball full time. 

[Ohtaniland]

TORIITOWN II

[ELEVEN]

TORSJR

[tdawg87]

7 hours ago, Make Angels Great Again said:

Ha, didn't expect Torii's kid to be an IT guy.

Racist.

[Rico]

He instantly makes our top 30.

[Billy_Ball]

Are we hoping for a future athletic outfield of Jahmai "Jam" Jones, Mike Trout and Junior (if Kole is traded)?

"Oreo Line!"

- Coach Gordon Bombay, The Mighty Ducks

[zenmaster]

If only we could have gotten Vlad Jr. as well.

[ELEVEN]

We got Trout Jr

[greginpsca]

So we can expect him to be called up in 2024?

 

[disarcina]

he was a pretty good football player at the high school and college level........he did get knocked down pretty good causing a concussion about a year ago -- may had him re-thinking of the NFL was for him.

oh well, let's hope the Halos treat son better than they did father......

Torii Sr. -- to me -- just a great Halo, fantastic attitude, good team guy, spark-plug and performed well for us and had perhaps his best stat year (for us) his final season.

we should have re-signed him but decided to do something else............that was OK -- Halos said 'we didn't have the money' they let Torri sign as a F/A with Detroit where Torii had a great season and then another good season the year after that.

the thing that made the 'let Toriii go' thing just horrible was the 'we don't have the money for that position Halos' going out and signing Josh Hamilton to that ridiculous long term contract (that we are still on the hook for ) instead.   that was plain ridiculous.

it left a bad taste in Torri's mouth -- as it should have -- and many Halos fans (who previously didn't like but understood not re-signing Torii as a 'business decision' suddenly didn't understand it at all).....and this was before Hamilton's implosion which - quite frankly - was not exactly unforeseen at the time.  A total debacle.

 

[stormngt]

19 hours ago, disarcina said:

he was a pretty good football player at the high school and college level........he did get knocked down pretty good causing a concussion about a year ago -- may had him re-thinking of the NFL was for him.

oh well, let's hope the Halos treat son better than they did father......

Torii Sr. -- to me -- just a great Halo, fantastic attitude, good team guy, spark-plug and performed well for us and had perhaps his best stat year (for us) his final season.

we should have re-signed him but decided to do something else............that was OK -- Halos said 'we didn't have the money' they let Torri sign as a F/A with Detroit where Torii had a great season and then another good season the year after that.

the thing that made the 'let Toriii go' thing just horrible was the 'we don't have the money for that position Halos' going out and signing Josh Hamilton to that ridiculous long term contract (that we are still on the hook for ) instead.   that was plain ridiculous.

it left a bad taste in Torri's mouth -- as it should have -- and many Halos fans (who previously didn't like but understood not re-signing Torii as a 'business decision' suddenly didn't understand it at all).....and this was before Hamilton's implosion which - quite frankly - was not exactly unforeseen at the time.  A total debacle.

 

I really wish people can understand that the Angels didn't not spend on Hunter because they were busting their budget to resign Grienke.  Once Grienke went to the Dogs Tori was already gone and we had the money to spend on Hamilton.  It's not hard to figure out and it's frustrating when the " we didn't have the money for hunter but we had it for Hamilton"