The Official 2024 Minor League Stats, Scouting, Updates, and Reports Thread

[Vlad27Trout27]

7 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

Klassen reminds me of John Smoltz, and Aldegheri is Maddux-esque. To go along with Dana-as-Clemens and Rada as a young Tim Raines, I think we've got an elite farm system.

Ooh, you better stop! Jsnpritchett might have a excitement attack with all this excitement over  upsides .

Someone do a wellness check on him

[Angelsjunky]

5 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

I'd love to see MLB have a young Tim Raines again.   Raines, Lofton, Rickey...  Those guys were all fun to watch.

My favorite type of player. Rickey Henderson is, bar none, the most entertaining player of all time - imo, of course. Everything from his personality to his batting stance, his power and, of course, what he could do on the base baths. Raines had a crazy good peak but sort of dropped off in his late 20s - still really good, but not crazy good. Lofton was sort of similar, in that regard.

Elly is the closest thing we have right now, though I'm not sure the bat will ever be as good as Henderson-Raines-Lofton.

Edited July 28 by Angelsjunky

[jsnpritchett]

Silseth got pulled after 2 1/3 innings today and only 26 pitches.  I don't see anything on Twitter about it, but this note is in Gameday:

[Vlad27Trout27]

26 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Silseth got pulled after 2 1/3 innings today and only 26 pitches.  I don't see anything on Twitter about it, but this note is in Gameday:

Welp....we'll see him un 2026.....looks like TJ incoming. He pointed at his elbow.

[jsnpritchett]

17 minutes ago, Vlad27Trout27 said:

Welp....we'll see him un 2026.....looks like TJ incoming. He pointed at his elbow.

Yeah, not good.

 

 

[Ochocinco!]

So sad to see the year Silseth is having, had such high hopes for him after his end of year stint he had last season… Hope he’s ok but seems like TJ is coming and we won’t be hearing from him for a while 

[Second Base]

If it is an elbow or shoulder injury, it’s one that we probably should’ve seen coming. This is a general rule, there are exceptions, but I just don’t think average sized pitchers (or smaller in some cases) should be throwing that hard. 95+ is hard  your ligaments. Guys used to spend more time in the minors partly because they had to learn to succeed at 90-93, which was easier on the body, but required mastery of three or more pitches, location, and variation in grip within those pitches. It was as Barry Enright said, an art. 
 

I think today it’s much more of a science. The amount of data being created, the velocity, the narrowing of repertoire and focus on two pitches, etc. 

[tdawg87]

We needed this dude. 2026 it is, then. 

[jsnpritchett]

6 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

We needed this dude. 2026 it is, then. 

Hoping there's an update today.  But, yeah, I'm not anticipating anything good, given his reaction.

[Make Angels Great Again]

Late season TJs are just the worst. Especially for a developing guy like Silseth.

Freaking sucks.

[jsnpritchett]

 

 

[Ochocinco!]

This is why you can’t have enough pitching prospects in today’s game… they drop like flies. Never get comfortable with your depth 

[Angelsjunky]

2 hours ago, Ochocinco! said:

This is why you can’t have enough pitching prospects in today’s game… they drop like flies. Never get comfortable with your depth 

Gross

[Second Base]

2 hours ago, Ochocinco! said:

This is why you can’t have enough pitching prospects in today’s game… they drop like flies. Never get comfortable with your depth 

It’s so boring, but it’s so true. If you want a successful organization, a playoff MLB team, you draft pitchers early and often. You sign a bunch of 16-year-old international arms, even if they require TJ surgery and won’t be ready until 23, if at all. When you trade, the trade currency you’re getting back is pitching prospects. When you’re looking at Japan and Korea, you’re looking at low cost pitchers like Imanaga. 
 

And when you think you have enough, just wait. Injury and free agency will decimate any staff. So get more pitching, even when you think you have too much.
 

The hitters, they’ll emerge in time and can acquired in multiple methods, and you can worry less about developing them because you’ll probably be acquiring MLB ready bats. 
 

Pitching, pitching, pitching. Boring, frustrating, but proven.

[Angelsjunky]

I put for the idea of the Kevin Maitan All-Stars: Former Angels prospects that were over-hyped by at least one person here, that didn't amount to anything. I'll start:

Kevin Maitan, of course. D'Shawn Knowles. Going back, Brian Specht.

 

 

[tdawg87]

Trevor Reckling

[oater]

Com'on, on this team Brandon Woods is GOAT.

[Second Base]

31 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

I put for the idea of the Kevin Maitan All-Stars: Former Angels prospects that were over-hyped by at least one person here, that didn't amount to anything. I'll start:

Kevin Maitan, of course. D'Shawn Knowles. Going back, Brian Specht.

 

 

I keep a running list in my head of players I was guilty of over-hyping that didn’t turn out. It keeps me humble. Maitan and Reckling are at the top. 
 

Zach Borenstein aka Jewish Daniel Nava was not, much to his brother’s dismay.

[tdawg87]

Classic.

[jsnpritchett]

 

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[jsnpritchett]

Still no update on Silseth.  Thought we might hear something by the end of the day.

[Angel Oracle]

29 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

Unusual that neither is starting in A+ ball, given that Moore was an early pick and Klassen had just been promoted to A+ ball?

In Moore’s case, related to the piss poor offense setting in the A+ home park?

Edited July 30 by Angel Oracle

[jsnpritchett]

5 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Unusual that neither is starting in A+ ball, given that Moore was an early pick and Klassen had just been promoted to A+ ball?

In Moore’s case, related to the piss poor offense setting in the A+ home park?

As the tweet I posted noted, Schanuel played a whopping 2 games at IE (after 3 Arizona Complex League games) before moving up to Rocket City.  I wouldn't read anything into it.