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LA Angels Tuesday News Crash: Designate Drew

June 16, 2026

Wade Meckler and Grayson Rodriguez were both day to day. The Angels designated Drew Pomeranz for assignment and placed Rodriguez on the 15 day IL.

The Phillies are seeking outfield help and are reportedly keeping tabs on Jo Adell.

The Royals acquired Connor Seabold from the Blue Jays for minor league right-hander Denis Samudio plus cash. The Cubs acquired right-hander Yosver Zulueta from the Mariners for a minor leaguer plus cash. The Mets claimed infielder Zack Short off waivers from the Tigers.

Padres right-hander Ron Marinaccio got a three day suspension for intentionally hitting Gunnar Henderson.

Mets right-hander Christian Scott is going on the IL with a hip issue. The Astros are set to activate Hunter Brown today. Corey Seager is on the seven day concussion IL.

Here is each team’s biggest surprise.

More mascot race follies.

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Pineapple12

42 minutes ago

Chase Shores is scheduled to make his return from mysterious illness tomorrow

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Turk's Teeth

1 hour ago

Anyone heading up to see the As-Angels series in West Sac this weekend? Mrs Teeth and I are going to be there for the Sat and Sun games.

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AngelsFanInHell

1 minute ago

Reply to Turk's Teeth

I looked up the cost of a weekend trip to Sacramento and I decided to pass. I can go to see games at locales that I would much rather go.

Hope you have a blast.

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Roy Hobbs

2 hours ago

Let’s take advantage of the opportunity to move Adell as he is not part of the future and has only one year left after this. We’re not likely to get much for him.

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PedroCerrano

2 hours ago

Reply to Roy Hobbs

Wait, you’re saying that trading a player for something before they leave for nothing is a good thing? Sounds like witchcraft to me.

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MarineLayer

2 hours ago

In light of the most recent Pomeranz failure, take a look at how bad Minasian is at his job. It’s hard to believe he has any function other than fetch Arturo’s coffee and chow down at the buffet table.

Perry Minasian Free Agent Acquisitions 2024-2026
Alek Manoah
Jordan Romano
Drew Pomeranz
Yoan Moncada
Kirby Yates
Brent Suter
Yusei Kikuchi
Travis D’Arnaud
Kevin Newman
Kyle Hendricks
Robert Stephenson
Adam Cimber
Aaron Hicks
Total: $113.35 million 0.9 WAR

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Fansince1971

2 hours ago

Reply to MarineLayer

This is brutal!

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Roy Hobbs

2 hours ago

Reply to MarineLayer

That’s not spending money wisely.

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MH252525

1 hour ago

Reply to MarineLayer

The crazy thing about this, is the fact that because the Angels were the ones that signed them their options were already pretty low. I feel like a quarter to a half of these guys would have accepted a NRI with a major league minimum IF they made the team. Perry has no business making any decisions for a baseball team.

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Terry

1 hour ago

Reply to MarineLayer

That doesn’t cover the travel money (very small) to help lose games on the road. What a brutal list. Add in the crappy trade for Lowe.

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YOUknowulovetheIE

54 minutes ago

Reply to MarineLayer

Literally just throws so much shit at the wall, eventually some will stick. (.9 war)

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YOUknowulovetheIE

2 hours ago

Adell has been heating up, but I don’t trust the phillies or perry to make a good trade that benefits the angels.

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Pineapple12

2 hours ago

Reply to YOUknowulovetheIE

Unironically 2 of Perry’s best trades were with Philly lol.

Let’s get Jo to Philly!

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Turk's Teeth

1 hour ago

Reply to Pineapple12

I think Adell is a bit undervalued at the moment (in the sim), but why not make it a package?

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Roy Hobbs

1 hour ago

Reply to Turk's Teeth

Suzuki is the better player but is also a lot more expensive and will cost more in trade.

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YOUknowulovetheIE

1 hour ago

Reply to Pineapple12

That ohoppe for marsh trade was not a win for perry

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Pineapple12

1 hour ago

Reply to YOUknowulovetheIE

Referring to the Estevez and Thor trades. We obviously lost Marsh/O’Hoppe

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YOUknowulovetheIE

52 minutes ago

Reply to Pineapple12

Not sure he won those trades either. One is tbd

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Turk's Teeth

2 hours ago

And a little more good news:

I was giving Hayden Alvarez some shine over the weekend, as his performance really has taken a turn since May 1. Well, prospect media has finally taken notice, and Baseball America highlighted him in their Top 20 Hottest Prospects feature this week.

Team: Low-A Rancho Cucamonga (California)
Age: 19

Why He’s Here: .522/.607/.913 (12-for-23), 7 R, 5 2B, 2 3B, 0 HR, 6 RBIs, 5 BB, 4 SO, 6-for-6 SB

The Scoop: Last summer, Alvarez was one of the more intriguing players in the Arizona Complex League. He carried that momentum into a 20-game stint in the California League, where he returned to begin 2026. Through two and a half months, he appears to have mastered the level. He’s hitting for average, getting on base and has sprinkled in a half dozen home runs, as well. Seven of his 27 extra-base hits came this week, including two of his four triples. He also added six stolen bases in as many tries. (JN)

If you’re keeping track, that’s four different leadoff demons growing up in the Angels system at the moment. The system has little power up and down the affiliates, but they do have some speed and OBP at their three youngest affiliates and AAA.

DSL Angels: Juan Cespedes (.471/.571/.559, 15 bags, 185 wRC+)
ACL Angels: TJ Ford (.353/.483/.456, 12 bags, 146 wRC+)
Low-A Quakes: Hayden Alvarez (.313/.415/.498, 33 bags, 131 wRC+)
AAA Bees: Christian Moore (.326/.463/.556, 10 bags, 153 wRC+)

Yes, these players all occupy highly charged offensive environments, but each are performing between 31% and 85% better than the league competition at each level. All worth keeping an eye on in an uneven, but improving, system.

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grichmanpoorman

2 hours ago

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Yes dawg.

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Turk's Teeth

2 hours ago

The Angels have had a good three year run in the Dominican Summer League, making the quarterfinals each year, and winning their division in 2024 and 2025. In 2024 they made it all the way to the finals, falling two games to one to the DSL Red Sox. There are 51 teams in the Dominican, so this is no small feat!

The 2026 season opened up two weeks ago, and the DSL Angels have taken up where they left off. The team lost their first game, but haven’t lost again since, rattling off ten straight victories for the longest streak in the league. And their 10-1 record is tied with KC’s club for the best mark in the 51 team league.

It’s been all offense on the island, but ironically, it hasn’t been driven by bonus baby Jeyson Horton, who has been slumping badly out of the gate. Instead it’s the top of the order on the DSL Angels. Their lefty leadoff threat Juan Cespedes is broadly known as arguably the fastest kid on the island, 70 grade wheels, and he’s already stolen FIFTEEN bags (in 45 plate appearances) to lead the league. Combine that with a .571 OBP and you can see why the club is top four in the league in runs and steals (#2 with 44).

Another follow is 3B Cesar Paredes, who at 18, in his second year, clearly wants off the island. He has roared to a big start this season, hitting .429/.564/.964, and currently leads all DSL hitters in OPS, with four HRs in his first nine appearances.

Can the Angels stretch their win streak to eleven today? Action starts at 8am Pacific.

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grichmanpoorman

2 hours ago

Reply to Turk's Teeth

Great intel! Wondering if it’s time for the org to launch a second team? Seems like most of the successful development systems down there have two.

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Turk's Teeth

1 hour ago

Reply to grichmanpoorman

That’d require a pretty significant investment from Moreno, in infrastructure, coaching and player investment. He hasn’t had any appetite to date for significant upgrades. Even the Angels’ primary Dominican facilities are pretty modest compared to other teams.

The Latin scouting has improved in the past decade, but you can attribute a little of the outperformance to the fact the Angels have talent concentrated on the one club whereas most teams, as you note, have two full teams in the league.

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grichmanpoorman

34 minutes ago

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The guy pitching today in the DSL is a horse… 6-foot-5, 215-pound 17-year-old…. looking good so far with 1 ER over 7 innings including today. Here’s his MLB scouting report from January:

Alexander Garcia, RHP, Dominican Republic
Garcia is a 6-foot-5 power arm who has real velocity projection. He currently sits 90-92 with his fastball and has peaked at 93. With his size and loose arm, he projects to be a hard thrower at physical maturation, potential hitting the upper 90’s.

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Turk's Teeth

15 minutes ago

Reply to grichmanpoorman

Always hard for me to assess pitching in the DSL – very little video, patchy scouting reports, raw arms and gloves in rough park environments.

I see the team pulled it off though and got their eleventh win in a row, with two more steals from Cespedes. As KC’s club lost today, the Angels kids now have sole possession of #1 (of 51) in the DSL.

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Jeff Joiner

3 hours ago

Here’s a bonus link:

https://www.si.com/mlb/angels/onsi/inside-trey-mancini-s-miraculous-mlb-return-an-exclusive-one-on-one-interview-01kv7db0zwf3

Will have part two out today. Also chatting with Meckler today.

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Charles Sutton

3 hours ago

I guess Pride Night did not go down so smoothly in San Francisco. https://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/sf-giants-pride-protest-22306839.php

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Senator_John_Blutarsky

3 hours ago

Reply to Charles Sutton

It’s impossible to please everyone, and there’s always someone trying to find something…anything…to be offended about.

I may not like what someone has to say, but I will not support silencing their voice.

“Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such thing as Wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty, without Freedom of Speech.” Benjamin Franklin

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MarineLayer

2 hours ago

Reply to Senator_John_Blutarsky

It’s hilarious how awful everything is in San Francisco. Take it from someone who lives there, y’all are so lucky to live in SoCal.

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steelgolf

1 hour ago

Reply to MarineLayer

My nephew just had his window broken and car ransacked a couple of weeks ago in the City, AGAIN! All they got were some clothes, as he knows not to leave any valuables in a vehicle parked anywhere in that dystopian place.

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MH252525

1 hour ago

Reply to steelgolf

Don’t they tell you to just leave your windows open so they don’t get smashed?

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HalosFanForLife

3 hours ago

Reply to Charles Sutton

I truthfully can’t stand all these theme uniforms. Imagine a Christian pride night – and forcing players to wear a cross even if it’s not their belief. It’s the exact same thing. How about just wear your uniform? Ground breaking, I know. They try so hard to turn the game into a statement instead of letting the game stand on its own. Arte should make the team wear Parking Valet uniforms if he really wants to fit in with the fans.

I do like 42 – I just think it is cool and was such a big moment in the history of the game. But a patch would work too. It is confusing on Jackie Robinson Day.

Last edited 3 hours ago by HalosFanForLife

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YOUknowulovetheIE

2 hours ago

Reply to HalosFanForLife

Be gay or be super religious, doesn’t bother me either way, but the rainbow is one the ugliest symbols around. I’ve hated that colorful arch since I was in kindergarten.

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Jeff Joiner

1 hour ago

Reply to Charles Sutton

Nothing goes smoothly any more. Nobody can just go with the flow, and far too often people go out of their way to make sure they go against the flow.

Pretty much every verse from the actual gospels would have conveyed a message of love and inclusivity but the players chose to bypass all of those to send a message.

Not trying to preach here but in the actual texts Christ himself only gave one commandment: to love one another.

And it seems to be completely forgotten nowadays.

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HalosFanForLife

1 hour ago

Reply to Jeff Joiner

There are people in the gay community that totally abhor the LGBTQ movement. Does that mean they hate themselves? No. It also doesn’t mean a player that doesn’t like the movement and symbolism doesn’t still have love for the people. It’s a fallacious argument. The symbolism is definitely part of a movement in my eyes. As a Christian – I would not support a Christian pride night that forced players to wear crosses either. I can’t stand activism in sports.

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steelgolf

5 hours ago

C’mon Perry, get an early jump on the competition and trade Adell to the Phillies! SELL MORTIMER, SELL!!!!

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HalosFanForLife

4 hours ago

Reply to steelgolf

“One dollar. See they don’t care about winning.”

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Pineapple12

2 hours ago

Reply to steelgolf

Reuniting Adell with Marsh would bring the biggest smile to my face

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PedroCerrano

2 hours ago

Reply to Pineapple12

I had the same thought when I read the article. While the results have been up and down with Adell, he has always been a solid guy that seems to work hard.

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MH252525

1 hour ago

Reply to PedroCerrano

If he has great foot speed and he worked hard on being an OF wouldn’t he at least be average as a defender?