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The Los Angeles Angels have a lot of eyes on them as we approach the Aug. 3 trade deadline as the team has several players that are of interest for contending teams.
The Angels have several players that fit a massive position of need for many teams around the league: controllable starting pitchers and right-handed bats.
Left-hander Reid Detmers and right-hander José Soriano have been great this season and are under contract through 2028, making them attractive adds for any team seeking pitching help (which is just about every buying team).
The price to acquire either pitcher is going to be steep because of how intense bidding wars can get between executives that want the same player, and Angels owner Arte Moreno should be aware of that.
The same goes for shortstop Zach Neto, who is under contract for several more years and is one of the top power-hitting middle infielders in the game. Neto leads the league in strikeouts but also leads the league in runs scored and is coming off back-to-back 5-plus WAR seasons at 25-years-old.
Moreno needs to let interim general manager John Mozeliak take charge and move controllable assets for massive hauls to continue growing the farm system that doesn’t have a ton of high-level prospects.
Los Angeles’ prospect pool had just one top 100 prospect (right-hander Tyler Bremner, MLB No. 43) coming into the season and despite a strong draft from the scouting team this year, the farm system still needs a lot of improvement.
ESPN's Kiley McDaniel thinks the Angels farm system is starting to get healthier and praised their recent draft returns.
“Improving and with a better long-term view, given the most recent first-round pick, RF/LHP Jared Grindlinger, means the first-round draft approach is similar to what it is in the later rounds,” McDaniel wrote Friday.
“The returns on prep picks in the past few drafts -- LHP Johnny Slawinski, RHP Dylan Jordan, RHP Trey Gregory-Alford, LHP Talon Haley and RHP C.J. Gray, among others -- have been positive, and that points to a likely improvement in scouting and development behind the scenes.”
Slawinski (Angels No. 4), Jordan (No. 7), Gregory-Alford (No. 8), Haley (No. 11) and Gray (No. 12) have pitched pretty well in the minors this season and could end up somewhere on next year’s top 100 list, but the Angels could add prospects that are firmly on the list already if they moved at least one of Detmers or Soriano and Neto among others like outfielder Jo Adell or designated hitter Jorge Soler.
McDaniel believes the Angels need star talent, which is counterintuitive to selling your best players, but they need to reset and acquire a bunch of young talent.
“Continuing to lean into players they think they have an edge in developing should be the focus.”
This is an extremely important deadline for the Angels – their players may never have as much value as they do right now.
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The Angels have several players that fit a massive position of need for many teams around the league: controllable starting pitchers and right-handed bats.
Left-hander Reid Detmers and right-hander José Soriano have been great this season and are under contract through 2028, making them attractive adds for any team seeking pitching help (which is just about every buying team).
The price to acquire either pitcher is going to be steep because of how intense bidding wars can get between executives that want the same player, and Angels owner Arte Moreno should be aware of that.
The same goes for shortstop Zach Neto, who is under contract for several more years and is one of the top power-hitting middle infielders in the game. Neto leads the league in strikeouts but also leads the league in runs scored and is coming off back-to-back 5-plus WAR seasons at 25-years-old.
Moreno needs to let interim general manager John Mozeliak take charge and move controllable assets for massive hauls to continue growing the farm system that doesn’t have a ton of high-level prospects.
Los Angeles’ prospect pool had just one top 100 prospect (right-hander Tyler Bremner, MLB No. 43) coming into the season and despite a strong draft from the scouting team this year, the farm system still needs a lot of improvement.
ESPN's Kiley McDaniel thinks the Angels farm system is starting to get healthier and praised their recent draft returns.
“Improving and with a better long-term view, given the most recent first-round pick, RF/LHP Jared Grindlinger, means the first-round draft approach is similar to what it is in the later rounds,” McDaniel wrote Friday.
“The returns on prep picks in the past few drafts -- LHP Johnny Slawinski, RHP Dylan Jordan, RHP Trey Gregory-Alford, LHP Talon Haley and RHP C.J. Gray, among others -- have been positive, and that points to a likely improvement in scouting and development behind the scenes.”
Slawinski (Angels No. 4), Jordan (No. 7), Gregory-Alford (No. 8), Haley (No. 11) and Gray (No. 12) have pitched pretty well in the minors this season and could end up somewhere on next year’s top 100 list, but the Angels could add prospects that are firmly on the list already if they moved at least one of Detmers or Soriano and Neto among others like outfielder Jo Adell or designated hitter Jorge Soler.
McDaniel believes the Angels need star talent, which is counterintuitive to selling your best players, but they need to reset and acquire a bunch of young talent.
“Continuing to lean into players they think they have an edge in developing should be the focus.”
This is an extremely important deadline for the Angels – their players may never have as much value as they do right now.
Continue reading...
