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LA Angels Monday News Crash:

May 11, 2026

Logan O’Hoppe is in Arizona for a rehab assignment. The Angels signed left-hander Rob Kaminsky to a minor league deal. He’s a soft tossing reliever.

Outfielder Jerar Encarnacion cleared waivers and elected free agency. The Orioles claimed right-hander Christian Roa off waivers from the Twins. They designated right-hander Lou Trevino for assignment. The Phillies claimed right-hander Jackson Rutledge off waivers from the Nationals.

Long time Braves manager Bobby Cox passed away at the age of 84.

Photo credit: Rex Fregosi

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grichmanpoorman

1 hour ago

This is bonkers. Prospect/player-development-wise, it would be like if TGA or Slawinski just up and retired. Moved overseas. Cheerio!

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/articles/padres-prospect-19-pleads-guilty-130555567.html

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Turk's Teeth

1 hour ago

Perhaps more critical to the team than Hurtado’s nice night, Grayson Rodriguez had his second rehab appearance yesterday, this time with the Quakes. Stretched out to 94 pitches, striking out 11 vs the Dodgers affiliate.

Held his velocity throughout (95-97). Fair amount of traffic, but the strike zone was shit and the two BBs he surrendered were on bad calls – probably should have been a 13 K performance in the end.

The results matter less than the obvious: he looks healthy, the velo is there, command improving, and seems near ready to join the rotation.

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smithy610

1 hour ago

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Good news! I know it hurts to see Ward doing very well in Baltimore, but I understand the motivation behind this trade. I still believe it’s the right move.

Maybe one more start?

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Turk's Teeth

31 minutes ago

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I think another start makes sense, but haven’t heard one way or another.

I thought Ward-for-Rodriguez was a completely rational trade – just one that’s likely to have some ups and downs, and one that fans will have to be patient with.

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Roy Hobbs

17 minutes ago

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And we have to remember that we are trading this year’s Ward for 5 years of Rodriguez.

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HalosFanForLife

1 hour ago

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Love that he stretched out to over 90 pitches and maintained velocity. This trade may end up looking great in the long run. And while I’m perhaps a tad critical, (I said perhaps) I’ll sing their praise if it does. In theory – you’d think there’s a winner and loser in trades – and perhaps this ultimately becomes one where both teams win.

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Senator_John_Blutarsky

59 minutes ago

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Thanks for sharing!

It’s a good start on the road to recovery. It’ll be much better when he’s dominating more than “A” level ball players.

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Turk's Teeth

25 minutes ago

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Fwiw, this is a very good Dodgers team loaded with some of their top prospects, in an offensively inclined park. Manoah struggled in his rehab outing there.

But like all rehab outings, where pitchers may be testing certain things, it’s less about the box score, and more about velo, command, length. Good early returns on that in his first two appearances.

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Turk's Teeth

2 hours ago

Continuing the uncanny sequence of minor league pitching outperformance on the Angels farm this week, another six inning no-hit performance last night from a more unlikely name: Joel Hurtado.

Five Ks over a very pitch efficient 71 pitches, inducing few whiffs but a lot of groundballs to the infield.

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/817780/video/joel-hurtado-s-six-hitless-innings

Hurtado is 25 now, and it’s still the same package – mid 90s FB that doesn’t get many Ks and a sometimes plus slider that does – bit aggressive delivery with plenty of follow on movement, not always the picture of elegance. After improving on this front in ’25, his control has backed up this season in the early going. Still strikes me as a reliever, maybe swing option.

The one run charged to him in the game was due to an opening walk in the seventh inning that was cashed in by the ‘pen. (Sound familiar?)

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Pineapple12

6 minutes ago

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I can’t understand why Hurtado isn’t in AAA, especially when we’re giving starts to Shaun Anderson.

By chance, did you catch Slawinski’s last start? 4 shutout innings, velo 92-93

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smithy610

2 hours ago

I get that veterans usually get a longer leash because they’re vets, but it’s been 1.5 months and I think it’s more than fair to say that both Moncada and Lowe have been given their long leash, and they haven’t done anything with it. Meanwhile, both Grissom and Peraza have produced in limited time, even though they couldn’t get into a regular rhythm yet.

If Suzuki wants to be seen as a serious MLB manager, it’s time to stop screwing around and play those who will be part of the team’s middle-term future (at the very least), AND who are producing as well.

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Roy Hobbs

12 minutes ago

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The real issue now is that both Lowe and Moncada are gone after this year, neither is going to have any trade value, and you need to see if Grissom and Peraza are everyday starters long term.