The Official 2018 Minor League Statline and Prospect Discussion Thread

[tdawg87]

Eppler drafts some black dudes and suddenly our farm system is good. Coincidence?

Absolutely f*cking not.

[Dick B Back]

11 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Eppler drafts some black dudes and suddenly our farm system is good. Coincidence?

Absolutely f*cking not.

And you’re talking about real black dudes, right?

[Second Base]

26 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Eppler drafts some black dudes and suddenly our farm system is good. Coincidence?

Absolutely f*cking not.

[BackUpTheTruck]

9 hours ago, ADHB said:

Went to the game in IE tonight.  Not a bad stadium at all.  Great place to see a game.  Went a little late in the season, as most of the top prospects there have been moved up.  But Sandoval pitched very well.  5.1 IP with only 1 hit allowed.  4 BB's, but he wasn't really wild or anything.  He was around the zone for the most part.

Picked a bad day to see Marsh.  He had a rough game... 3 weak groundouts, a K on a ball in the dirt, and botched a play in center.

Do they have the radar gun there? How hard did he throw?

[ADHB]

19 minutes ago, BackUpTheTruck said:

Do they have the radar gun there? How hard did he throw?

Didn’t pay that close attention to it, but from what I did see looked like he was sitting at 89-90 for the most part.

[BackUpTheTruck]

4 minutes ago, ADHB said:

Didn’t pay that close attention to it, but from what I did see looked like he was sitting at 89-90 for the most part.

I guess Sandoval is similar to Suarez then. Both LHP, finesse pitchers.

Good return for Maldonado.

[tdawg87]

1 hour ago, Dick B Back said:

And you’re talking about real black dudes, right?

Obviously.

Only Dipoto drafts imposters. Case in point:

[UndertheHalo]

So I’m probably going out to the shit hole known as San Bernardino tonight to watch the 66’ers.  It’ll be my first minor league game.  Looking forward to watching Brandon Marsh. Looking over the roster, it doesn’t look like the Angels have any other note worthy prospects there now.  Any one I should look out for ? 

Edited August 5, 2018 by UndertheHalo

[101halo]

16 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

So I’m probably going out to the shit hole known as San Bernardino tonight to watch the 66’ers.  It’ll be my first minor league game.  Looking forward to watching Brandon Marsh,  looking over the roster doesn’t look like the Angels have any other note worthy prospects there now.  Any one I should look out for ? 

Ivanna Poppycock

Have fun! 

[ADHB]

21 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

So I’m probably going out to the shit hole known as San Bernardino tonight to watch the 66’ers.  It’ll be my first minor league game.  Looking forward to watching Brandon Marsh,  looking over the roster doesn’t look like the Angels have any other note worthy prospects there now.  Any one I should look out for ? 

Was there last night.  The stadium itself is insulated from the shit area around it.  If you've ever been to a spring training game, it's very similar.  My friend made a great comment though.  After a 66er player hit a home run out of the stadium in right field, he said "a crystal meth tweaker probably got that ball."

There really isn't much outside of Marsh in the lineup, and he's been in a little slump lately.  Maybe watch for Connor Justus.  He looked like a failed prospect, but he seems to have completely turned a corner the last month or so.  Power numbers are way up along with his average.  He's a little older, so nothing exciting, but it's something.  Brendon Sanger is another player who I believe was recently demoted from AA.  He was viewed as having some potential at one point.  Looks like he is a little too good for A ball, but can't take the next step.

[KevinJ14]

 

[Angelsjunky]

2 minutes ago, KevinJ14 said:

 

“I’m pleased as punch: I just got tdawg’s autograph.”

[bloodbrother]

So why hasn't Adell played the last 3 games?

[tdawg87]

11 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

So why hasn't Adell played the last 3 games?

He's getting TJS

[CanadianHalo]

Jam is 2-5 with a HR and 5 RBI’s so far today

[totdprods]

59 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

So why hasn't Adell played the last 3 games?

Conspiracy theory; Calhoun is passing through waivers and the Angels are in trade talks, and are holding Adell out so he can come up for a cup of coffee.

[tdawg87]

42 minutes ago, CanadianHalo said:

Jam is 2-5 with a HR and 5 RBI’s so far today

Jones seems like a slow starter. .871 OPS over his last 10 games. Batting .326 over that span.

[Second Base]

13 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Jones seems like a slow starter. .871 OPS over his last 10 games. Batting .326 over that span.

Also black.

[tdawg87]

1 minute ago, Scotty@AW said:

Also black.

Ehhh, kinda.

[Second Base]

Just now, tdawg87 said:

Ehhh, kinda.

You can't get that Jheri curl without the genetics.

[ten ocho recon scout]

44 minutes ago, Scotty@AW said:

You can't get that Jheri curl without the genetics.

Depends.

[ten ocho recon scout]

And of course, when C Thomas Howell had to go to college.

[Second Base]

47 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Depends.

I stand corrected. Very, very corrected.

[rafibomb]

6 hours ago, CanadianHalo said:

Jam is 2-5 with a HR and 5 RBI’s so far today

I always thought (and I remember reading here too) that Jam was a bit unlucky and his numbers were not a true representative of his season thus far. It's nice to see the numbers trending up, it was bound to happen. The Angels would not have promoted him to AA carrying a .235/.338/.383 slash line at High-A if they did not see the proper development.

[GrittyVeterans]

Jones has learned how to take a walk. I’d like to see him continue to drive the ball now. His slugging is under .400 this year and I think he can definitely improve that in the next couple years. Interesting development path he’s taking