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

[Vlad27Trout27]

Kent so far has struck out 4 through 2 innings. I’m feeling optimistic about him having a big year next season. His stuff has taken a significant jump, though his command regressed this year. I’m excited for next season and believe he’s poised for a breakout. ( and he decides to give up 2 runs while i'm typing this) 

Texido has similar control issues, and I’d love to see him add some velocity. He was mostly in the upper 80s (86-89), so seeing him reach the low 90s would be great and could play with his deception.

Vargas is looking like a real prospect to me. He’s posted a 2.91 ERA as a starter over 21 innings and has just turned 20.

If one of these guys can break out, I’d be thrilled.

On the offensive side:

Rio Foster is the big name, but he needs more exposure at the upper levels.

David Mershon looks like a potential Super Utility type of player.

De Jesus has had a solid season but needs to improve his walk and strikeout rates.

Lugo remains a big question mark.

Nicholson has had a promising start to his career. Most importantly, he’s showing strong plate discipline with a 16.7% strikeout rate and a 12.5% walk rate.

[Stradling]

Which was is Brent Kerry?

[jsnpritchett]

12 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Which was is Brent Kerry?

The other one. No, not him. That guy. 

[tdawg87]

14 hours ago, Stradling said:

Which was is Brent Kerry?

Yes.

[Angel Oracle]

14 hours ago, Vlad27Trout27 said:

Nicholson has had a promising start to his career. Most importantly, he’s showing strong plate discipline with a 16.7% strikeout rate and a 12.5% walk rate.

He is old for A ball, due to playing 5 seasons in college.

Due to bad hitting environment in A* ball, assuming he gets moved to AA, which will be a big test for him.

[Blarg]

On 8/28/2024 at 6:15 PM, Angel Oracle said:

Should have sent him to A+ and not AA.   Only had 5 starts in A+ ball for the Phillies.

This aggressive promoting needs a balance.

Are they just anti-Tri-Cities?

Every one of the teams in the minors needs pitching so his assignment probably had to do with a roster spot opening and no candidates for moving up.

[jsnpritchett]

 

[Vlad27Trout27]

 

Hopefully nothing serious and just hit the Knee hard into the ground. 

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, Vlad27Trout27 said:

 

Hopefully nothing serious and just hit the Knee hard into the ground. 

[tdawg87]

[Angelsjunky]

4 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

I remember that book.

[cgoldangel]

On a good note, the Angels Dominican summer league team is playing right now in the deciding game three of the championship series against the Red Sox. Let’s win a championship at least of some sort.

[jsnpritchett]

16 hours ago, Vlad27Trout27 said:

 

Hopefully nothing serious and just hit the Knee hard into the ground. 

 

 

[jsnpritchett]

37 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

 

 

[tdawg87]

Sad

[drpiranha]

I was disappointed to see that Moore's average just dropped below .300 after the hot start that he had. I feel better about after checking the stats on the hitters drafted before him.

Condon.........211, 1HR

Wetherholt.....221, 1 HR

Bazzana.........244, 2 HR

Caglianone.....244, 2 HR

[jsnpritchett]

Moore is out of the lineup again today, and there's still no update on him.  Very strange.

[m0nkey]

It's going to be a Shaun Livingston type injury huh

[jsnpritchett]

 

[jsnpritchett]

 

[Angel Oracle]

13 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

Almost ready to give up on him.

Guessing he just doesn’t have the body to withstand the rigors of pitching?

[jsnpritchett]

3 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Almost ready to give up on him.

Guessing he just doesn’t have the body to withstand the rigors of pitching?

I don't know what the deal is.  I've seen some videos that seem to indicate he's changed his motion/delivery this year.  He's been wildly inconsistent even when he has been healthy.  Check out this run of recent starts.  I've never seen such up and down results:

    IP           H      R      ER       BB        K

[jsnpritchett]

Btw, if you search Twitter for "Sam Bachman" and sort by "Latest," these are the four most recent.  A sequence of scratches.  Lol.

Edited September 1 by jsnpritchett

[Angelsjunky]

2 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

I don't know what the deal is.  I've seen some videos that seem to indicate he's changed his motion/delivery this year.  He's been wildly inconsistent even when he has been healthy.  Check out this run of recent starts.  I've never seen such up and down results:

    IP           H      R      ER       BB        K

Look up a player named "Heaney, Andrew."

[Tank]

4 hours ago, m0nkey said:

It's going to be a Shaun Livingston type injury huh

dude, it's still too soon.