The Official 2018 Minor League Statline and Prospect Discussion Thread

[Warfarin]

What's cool about seeing so many of our prospects take these kinds of developmental leaps is that it provides reassurance that our time is very close.  Even when I see us lose 5 straight as we did now, I have faith that the future is very bright, and even if we encounter some blips in the radar like those games, we're still in great shape overall.  That's what a burgeoning farm system does for us fans - gives us hope that even if the MLB team is struggling, that our future is still looking really, really good.  

[Warfarin]

3 minutes ago, Dick B Back said:

So I’m guessing the starters would be Thaiss, Fernandez, Fletcher, Ward?

That’s a lot of leftover pieces. How many players on a AAA roster?

One of them (Carter?) would probably get regular ABs at DH.  As mentioned above, I think JMF is nursing a minor injury, so that creates some space.  Thasis, Fletcher, and Ward are guaranteed to play most of the time.  Cowart, while primarily an INFer, might be spending a good chunk of time in the OF right now to gain reps and become more comfortable.  Hopefully, that'll help them juggle playing time so that everyone is adequately covered.

Still, it does seem like one promotion might be imminent, especially once JMF recovers.

[Inside Pitch]

2 minutes ago, Warfarin said:

What's cool about seeing so many of our prospects take these kinds of developmental leaps is that it provides reassurance that our time is very close.  Even when I see us lose 5 straight as we did now, I have faith that the future is very bright, and even if we encounter some blips in the radar like those games, we're still in great shape overall.  That's what a burgeoning farm system does for us fans - gives us hope that even if the MLB team is struggling, that our future is still looking really, really good.  

The farm is why I'm not sweating whatever happens this year.   They are trending in the right direction and ahead of where I thought they would be as an organization.   The Kinsler, Calhoun and even AP situation can be resolved in house....  they just need to actually decide to do it.

[Warfarin]

1 minute ago, Inside Pitch said:

The farm is why I'm not sweating whatever happens this year.   They are trending in the right direction and ahead of where I thought they would be as an organization.   The Kinsler, Calhoun and even AP situation can be resolved in house....  they just need to actually decide to do it.

Yup, for sure man.  Valbuena can likely be easily replaced by JMF (1B who backs up 3B too) and Kinsler can likely be easily replaced by Fletcher.  Calhoun.. I don't know, I hope he can figure things out, but we have some intriguing options (Hermosillo, Blash, etc) who can take over as needed.

[rafibomb]

Griffin Canning is the latest Angels prospect to crack BA's top 100

 

 

[Make Angels Great Again]

Our team is going to be scary in a year or two.

[totdprods]

1 hour ago, Warfarin said:

We'd be relegated to trading for the Ghost of AGon from the Braves, as he's on the Mets now.

I listed the Mets as an option too, because presumably if they'd be interested in Bautista, then Valbuena could have some CIF interest...

But AGon would be no better fit for the Halos than Valbuena is, and I forget the Mets are paying him minimum, so it wouldn't be a dead money swap, so moot.

[Warfarin]

12 minutes ago, totdprods said:

I listed the Mets as an option too, because presumably if they'd be interested in Bautista, then Valbuena could have some CIF interest...

But AGon would be no better fit for the Halos than Valbuena is, and I forget the Mets are paying him minimum, so it wouldn't be a dead money swap, so moot.

Likely Valbuena has no trade value to speak of.  I am guessing we hang onto Kinsler, Valbuena, etc and just try to ride it out.  If they are still unproductive come July-ish, then it's possible we just release them and move on, since they are basically playing on expiring contracts.  Before that happens though, I imagine we'd call up their possible replacements to give them some MLB ABs and see how they adjust.  Can't really imagine we'd release MLB players without at least testing their replacements.

[Angelsjunky]

Warfarin, we really need to retrain you to spell Thaiss correctly.

speaking of Thaiss, I don’t know why we need him when we have a Hall of Famer manning for first for years to come.

[Chuck]

2 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

Warfarin, we really need to retrain you to spell Thaiss correctly.

speaking of Thaiss, I don’t know why we need him when we have a Hall of Famer manning for first for years to come.

THICE

[tdawg87]

Tbh "Thasis" would be a badass name. 

Matt Fuckin Thasis 

[Warfarin]

28 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

Warfarin, we really need to retrain you to spell Thaiss correctly.

speaking of Thaiss, I don’t know why we need him when we have a Hall of Famer manning for first for years to come.

It appears my dyslexia has gotten the best of me

Thanks for the tip man.

[Make Angels Great Again]

1 hour ago, tdawg87 said:

Tbh "Thasis" would be a badass name. 

Matt Fuckin Thasis 

 

He'll put you in a stasis.

[Warfarin]

One more promotion:  Rengifo appears to have been promoted to Mobile!

EDIT:  also looks like Walsh and Sandoval being promoted along with him, too.

[totdprods]

3 minutes ago, Warfarin said:

One more promotion:  Rengifo appears to have been promoted to Mobile!

EDIT:  also looks like Walsh and Sandoval being promoted along with him, too.

They're really starting to usher in a youth movement. A bulk of the Top 30 will be on the verge of big league exposure by end of next summer.

[Inside Pitch]

2 minutes ago, Warfarin said:

One more promotion:  Rengifo appears to have been promoted to Mobile!

EDIT:  also looks like Walsh and Sandoval being promoted along with him, too.

I expected Walsh and Sandoval to be promoted -- with Ryan Vega starting to play in High A, we now have three of our more athletic OFers there -- it wouldn't surprise me to see someone sent down to Low A, or yet another move up to Mobile.   AAA is gonna be interesting -- you gotta figure some guys may be seeing their playtime greatly diminished.

Also very curious if the Cowart super sub expirment kicks into overdrive now.

[totdprods]

Keep an eye on Walsh too. He struggled in his first stint at AA, and then took off when he went back to IE. If he carries that over to Mobile, he starts to affirm himself as a Zach Houchins-type prospect, someone who maybe has some Jefry Marte-type career arc.

[Warfarin]

1 minute ago, totdprods said:

They're really starting to usher in a youth movement. A bulk of the Top 30 will be on the verge of big league exposure by end of next summer.

I can’t remember the last time I have been this excited about our prospects.  We are really developing them well under Eppler.  It’s really a lot of fun seeing so many guys playing well and being thusly promoted.

[totdprods]

I have to imagine guys like Fletcher and Fernandez are really close to getting MLB time if folks continue to struggle too.

Sandoval may follow in Rojas' footsteps as a nice prospect surprise. Guys like them - and Houchins and Walsh - are valuable because they may be the pieces that land you relievers or helpful bench assets at the deadline without really dinging the future.

[Warfarin]

Per Fletcher (sorry, I don’t know how to embed a tweet in here), Ward cut his finger while packing and will go to AAA after getting off the AA DL.  Whoops!

[Warfarin]

And, also per Fletcher:  Suarez promoted to AAA!  Happy promotion day, it appears!

I can barely keep up.  For Suarez, he goes from A+ to AA to AAA in less than two months!

[Inside Pitch]

1 minute ago, Warfarin said:

And, also per Fletcher:  Suarez promoted to AAA!  Happy promotion day, it appears!

I can barely keep up.  For Suarez, he goes from A+ to AA to AAA in less than two months!

Beyond aggressive...   Is John Lamb now a RP possibility?

[totdprods]

2 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Beyond aggressive...   Is John Lamb now a RP possibility?

At this rate anyone in the Angels org is a RP possibility. 

[rafibomb]

4 minutes ago, Warfarin said:

And, also per Fletcher:  Suarez promoted to AAA!  Happy promotion day, it appears!

I can barely keep up.  For Suarez, he goes from A+ to AA to AAA in less than two months!

Wow I definitely was not expecting this one. Awesome!

[Inside Pitch]

@Dochalo  Looks like MacKinnon is among the people being moved up a level.

Steve Wendt‏ @steve_wendt 34m34 minutes ago

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.@66ersBaseball roster moves 5/22: OF Brandon Sandoval, INF Luis Rengifo, INF Jared Walsh and RHP Tyler Stevens all transferred to Double-A Mobile. INF Richie Fecteau activated from Disabled List. INF David MacKinnon and OF Jo Adell transferred from Low-A Burlington.