Angels sign Daniel Ponce de Leon to a minor league deal

[mmc]

 

[Don]

6.21 ERA in 2021... but hey, his FIP was only 6.11. So I mean, upside, right?

[Angelsjunky]

The Piece de Leon.

[Taylor]

[Tank]

he'll be forever young so i don't expect him to rise above single A.

[jsnpritchett]

He had a strange amateur career.  Drafted out of HS, didn't sign.  Went to Arizona, then transferred to Cypress College after one year.  Drafted out of Cypress, didn't sign. Transferred to University of Houston for one year, got drafted, didn't sign. Transferred to Embry-Riddle for one year, got drafted, finally signed.  Four different teams drafted him.

[Tank]

7 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

He had a strange amateur career.  Drafted out of HS, didn't sign.  Went to Arizona, then transferred to Cypress College after one year.  Drafted out of Cypress, didn't sign. Transferred to University of Houston for one year, got drafted, didn't sign. Transferred to Embry-Riddle for one year, got drafted, finally signed.  Four different teams drafted him.

why do you suppose he kept refusing to sign? i'd guess he felt he was either being low-balled and felt he deserved more, or else he might have wanted a college experience. but if he wanted a college experience, it's weird that he went to three different schools.

i'm immediately concerned that this guy is a head case or else he greatly over-estimates his own value.

[jsnpritchett]

4 minutes ago, Tank said:

why do you suppose he kept refusing to sign? i'd guess he felt he was either being low-balled and felt he deserved more, or else he might have wanted a college experience. but if he wanted a college experience, it's weird that he went to three different schools.

i'm immediately concerned that this guy is a head case or else he greatly over-estimates his own value.

Not sure what the circumstances might have been.  I just can't remember seeing anyone else with that much of a history of hopping around.  His draft round went from 24th after HS to 38th, 14th, and 9th the three times he was drafted during college.  So I guess he DID improve his draft status--but it took him 4 years and he still only went in the 9th round--and he got a whopping $5K bonus.

EDIT: Oh, and he went to FOUR different colleges, not three.

Edited January 25, 2022 by jsnpritchett

[AngelStew43]

Still averaging 93.4 mph on the fastball.  Maybe we can fix him.  Not a bad option for a long reliever-spot starter. 

[T.G.]

[tomsred]

49 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

What a gay name.

Do yourself a favor and read about Ponce de Leon here.....

https://www.biography.com/explorer/juan-ponce-de-leon

[tdawg87]

14 minutes ago, tomsred said:

Do yourself a favor and read about Ponce de Leon here.....

https://www.biography.com/explorer/juan-ponce-de-leon

Yes, I know about Ponce de Leon.

[T.G.]

1 minute ago, tdawg87 said:

Yes, I know about Ponce de Leon.

More importantly, do you know about Frank "Ponch" Poncharello?

[AngelsFaninGA]

6 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

Not sure what the circumstances might have been.  I just can't remember seeing anyone else with that much of a history of hopping around.  His draft round went from 24th after HS to 38th, 14th, and 9th the three times he was drafted during college.  So I guess he DID improve his draft status--but it took him 4 years and he still only went in the 9th round--and he got a whopping $5K bonus.

EDIT: Oh, and he went to FOUR different colleges, not three.

That way, he can tap into 4 different alumni networks for his job after baseball

[Docwaukee]

6 hours ago, True Grich said:

More importantly, do you know about Frank "Ponch" Poncharello?

Grichen.   Stop trying to make ponch happen.  It's not going to happen. 

[Angelsfan1984]

Does he go into the hall wearing an angels hat or a Burger King hat? 

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

Does he go into the hall wearing an angels hat or a Burger King hat? 

If the rest of his career is like his college career, it'll be this one:

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I want to see him get called up just to see how they will fit the name on the back of the uniform.

[stormngt]

9 hours ago, mmc said:

 

Is he going to lead the team to the fountain of youth?

Edited January 26, 2022 by stormngt

[Docwaukee]

[Blarg]

His bullpen walk up music would have to come from a Kings of Leon cut. 

[Taylor]

10 hours ago, Blarg said:

His bullpen walk up music would have to come from a Kings of Leon cut. 

Perhaps their smash hit "Your Craig is on Fire."

[Second Base]