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LA Angels Thursday News Crash: Prospecting

March 5, 2026

These are the Angels top 30 prospects for 2026.

Here is a list of everybody who is out of options for 2026. For the Angels it is Adell, Peraza, Grissom, and Silseth.

The Toronto Blue Jays re-signed Joe Mantiply to a minor league deal.

Red Sox infielder Brendan Rodgers is most likely going to require shoulder surgery. Brewers starter Quinn Priester is behind schedule and might start the season on the injured list. Uh oh! Hunter Greene will have an MRI on his right elbow.

Photo credit: Rex Fregosi

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KelN90

1 month ago

Would love to see Neto reach 30/30 this season and get some down ballot MVP recognition. The kid is a baller

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EHC

1 month ago

Reply to KelN90

Yep – that way we can TRADE him at the deadline for some real prospects, right fellas? Maybe get lucky and Adell continues to improve and then trade him, too.Toss in good starts for Soriano, Detmers, Nolan, Kikuchi, then we can really rejoice with all the prospects we can land.

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Newbie

1 month ago

Reply to EHC

If done well, that would probably be the wisest thing we could do right now. I’d be thrilled if we did it.

The key of course is “well”.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 month ago

As I gander at the Spring Training stats what do I seeee….

Christian Moore has that OBP up to .333. Nice turn of events there. This is why you create some competition in ST. It’s also nice that KyReeen is providing that competition, still looks solid. My hero, Vaughn Grissom, not so much. Come on Grizz.

Candelario…. is starting to look like he wants a job. Adam Frazier also continues to look like he wants a job. Madrigal looks like he hasn’t played much lately. Soler is looking like fastballs bats not afraid still. That’s nice.

Bryce Teodosio… is still showing some leg and making me wish he could be this version of himself long term. God that would be great. The org seems to like him. So does that mean we need to hate him? Raudi and Rada still look solid for kids too. Siri, Meckler and Lugo clearly hate being paid to play baseball.

Pitching. Shaun Anderson is leading the team in IP and has a 1.06 WHIP. So that’s very Spring Training.

Silent C is looking like he wants to be sneaky good thus far. Klassen is looking dominant in March and increasing my hopium. Johnson’s not bad too. Huascar Ynoa is trying to force me to look him up again…

It’s too early to really tell if any of these guys are anything this year but at least some interesting kids are getting innings.

We are gonna have a lot of young arms to watch in the minors during the strike. I think I might follow the Detroit Redwings in the NHL when the 2027 season is lost to rich man babies fighting over large piles of cash. I may start screen printing again too….

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KelN90

1 month ago

Reply to gitchogritchoffmypettis

You should definitely watch the hurricanes, I’m a bit biased though being from NC

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GonFishin

1 month ago

Somebody tried to argue with me last week that Perry wasn’t a bad GM, but instead handcuffed by Arte. The prospect rankings show 2 things can be true: 1. Perry at times is handcuffed by Arte, and 2. Perry is bad GM. His draft record is pitiful. 1 Top 100 Prospect, but zero bonus points considering he was #2nd overall (and still barely a top 50 guy).

Is Chase Silseth the top WAR player from the pitcher draft? The moment he is waived/traded/released should represent the symbolic end of Perry. It should have ended 2 years ago frankly.

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MarineLayer

1 month ago

That Top 30 list is painful. Lot’s of sore arm relief pitchers, and almost no hitting. How could a #2 overall pick land at prospect 81. I know these lists aren’t gospel but I’m sure almost anyone could’ve done better than Minasian, unless the goal was to get someone bad in order to limit the size of the contract.

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YOUknowulovetheIE

1 month ago

Reply to MarineLayer

He is gone after this year

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MarineLayer

1 month ago

Reply to YOUknowulovetheIE

That’s the cup half full way of looking at it.

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cookmeister

1 month ago

Reply to MarineLayer

people have complained for YEARS about pitching. Now that there is pitching in the farm, and some really exciting arms down there, now people’s focus will shift to position players.

The early call up of Schanuel and Moore don’t exactly help in that regard.

I’d expect a position player heavy draft upcoming.

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EHC

1 month ago

Reply to cookmeister

You are so right! Get pitching, pitching, and more pitching – they all say. Then you can easily swap the young power arms for talented proven hitters which are much easier to find and acquire – they all say.
When it looks like the pitching is starting to pile up – they complain.
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Turk's Teeth

1 month ago

Reply to EHC

Well, I can put fifty goldfish into my aquarium, but it doesn’t mean I have a sushi dinner.

The #2 prospect on the Angels arm-heavy MLB Pipeline list projects as a middle reliever, with a lower probability shot at being a backend starter. (“He’ll continue to develop as a starter, but it remains to be seen if he can maintain his stuff deep enough into outings to stick in a big league rotation.”)

Even an average system’s #2 or #3 projects typically to frontline or mid-rotation material.

I mean…the complaints are defensible. Even with loads of throwers in the system, it’s still a bottom five farm, because the profiles are raw, volatile, incomplete and low-probability.

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Turk's Teeth

1 month ago

Reply to cookmeister

As one of the folks who constantly emphasized increasing the Angels’ pitching depth over the past dozen years of my draft and prospect coverage, I think that counsel (or ‘complaint’, as you put it), was still well-reasoned.

But I think the consensus of prospect gurus would tend to agree: the Angels have pitching in quantity now, but not necessarily in quality. They’ve focused on relief profiles and fringey depth starter candidates draft after draft. There are many high-probability mid-rotation guys they passed over for velocity and arms with high injury and relief risk.

In almost a decade of trying, Soriano (Latin sign) and Detmers (top ten selection) have been their only real success stories, and both are volatile cases that may have short half-lives… to be determined.

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TrojanBoiler

1 month ago

I have always loved the name Mantiply. Sounds like some sort of wacky super villain from an old school comic book.

A man sized praying mantis that has the ability to clone himself. THE MANTIPLY

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Charles Sutton

1 month ago

Reply to TrojanBoiler

Such thoughts come into my head unbidden. I always thought “Molitor” ought to be some kind of giant mech or a kaiju.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 month ago

Reply to TrojanBoiler

Is he not a man sized manitis?

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BruinsAngelsKings

1 month ago

So, Silseth either makes the teams gets released, right? What are the chances he makes the team? It’s not like the team has a ton of arms…and he has one that he can throw with.

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TrojanBoiler

1 month ago

Reply to BruinsAngelsKings

Maybe. Hasn’t he been hurt a lot over the last couple of years? His arm might not be capable.

If he’s heathy though, I think he is good enough to hold down a bullpen spot for sure.

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Charles Sutton

1 month ago

Reply to TrojanBoiler

He got brained on a throw from first to third. Wrong place at the wrong time.

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TrojanBoiler

1 month ago

Reply to Charles Sutton

Oof I didn’t realize that’s what his injury was. Yeah, can’t hold that against him or say its predictive of future injury.

That being said, I would love to see him put it together. He has shown good stuff in the past but needs to work on consistency.

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YOUknowulovetheIE

1 month ago

Reply to TrojanBoiler

He can’t throw strikes consistently

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steelgolf

1 month ago

Reply to BruinsAngelsKings

I think he makes the team or get opened up on waivers for other teams, if nobody selects him he can be DFA’d to the minors.

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ryanfea

1 month ago

Reply to BruinsAngelsKings

It’s possible he’d clear waivers if he’s DFA’d. With Ben Joyce unlikely to be ready opening day, I think there is room for Silseth. Zeferjahn and Fermin have options and haven’t done anything impressive either so lots of room for bullpen maneuvering.

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Pineapple12

1 month ago

Reply to BruinsAngelsKings

He’s out of options and will make the team

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steelgolf

1 month ago

Today The Angels take on Vegas A’s ces. The Magic 8 Ball says to set the Over/Under at 4.5 runs for The Angels. I wonder if the new Vegas ballpark will have slot machines near the concession stands and maybe video poker at the premium seating areas?

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HalosFanForLife

1 month ago

Reply to steelgolf

I wouldn’t doubt it at all. I lived in Vegas in the early 90’s and they were everywhere. Go into the grocery store and you hear the sound of slots. I knew a local bar owner – and he told me the video poker machines in the bar tops paid for his rent and then some every month. (And most do a revenue split of 50/50 with the machine operators that work like vending machine operators.).

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HalosFanForLife

1 month ago

Reply to HalosFanForLife

I’m sticking with the over. LOL

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MarineLayer

1 month ago

Reply to steelgolf

I never want to take the over. This cold be close.