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Angels Trade Jose Soriano to Blue Jays, Brent Suter to Braves, Jo Adell to Guardians

August 3, 2026

As anyone who was awake earlier would know, the Angels actually did it, they traded someone. Jose Soriano is going to Toronto for prospects Arjun Nimmala (SS), Eddie Micheeletti (OF) and Angel Rivero (RHP).

That is a 20 year old SS, a 24 year old OF, and a 19 year old pitcher. I am sure that more detail would be given down in the comments on how good this is or not.

Also, a bit more recently, the Angels traded Brent Suter for an IF named Nacho Alvarez jr. Helmet Nachos with his name on it if he is any good.

Then, at 9:20 AM, the Angels traded Jo Adell to Cleveland. Guards are actually buying, and Ho Adell, the 3 home run robber himself, is gone. Jacob Cozart (C) is part of what the Angels get back.

This will be updated with future trades (if they happen) for the next few hours.

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Pineapple12

3 minutes ago

Padres trading for Robbie Ray.
deGrom invoked his no-trade clause to block a trade.

Hey Milwaukee, Atlanta, Chicago, Philly it’s time to up your offer for Detmers.

Last edited 46 seconds ago by Pineapple12

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FungoAle

5 minutes ago

Love it, sporting a Louisville slugger this AM.

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Angelz4ever

16 minutes ago

Well, at least an effort was made…..

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TrojanBoiler

20 minutes ago

I haven’t gotten new trade news in a while. I’m itching for a hit of more hopium.

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Pineapple12

29 minutes ago

SS Arjun Nimmala assigned to AA Rocket City.
OF Eddie Micheletti Jr. assigned to AA Rocket City.
RHP Angel Rivero assigned to ACL Angels.
INF Nacho Alvarez Jr. optioned to AAA Salt Lake.
C Jacob Cozart assigned to AA Rocket City.

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Turk's Teeth

25 minutes ago

Reply to Pineapple12

The Pandas badly need them. They have little offense beyond the top three in the lineup, and they just snuck into first place due to weak divisional competition, much like the AL West.

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Pineapple12

22 minutes ago

Reply to Turk's Teeth

I want to see Bremner promoted to work with Flores and Cozart.

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RexFregosi

24 minutes ago

Reply to Pineapple12

ACL Angels season is completed. Will Angel get to RC?

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Pineapple12

10 minutes ago

Reply to RexFregosi

Probably not? I think it’s uncommon to see a same season jump from DSL to A ball

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Turk's Teeth

1 minute ago

Reply to Pineapple12

I think Rex is talking Arizona. We saw TGA, Jordan, Soto and Alvarez all make the jump last year.

Slawinski is nursing a tweaked oblique though – I imagine they shut him down from here on out.

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Texan44

30 minutes ago

I went and rechecked Baseball Reference (again MLB Pipeline I think) and now in the Top 100 is #42 Bremner and #43 Nimmmala.

For Angels Top 30 – #1 Bremner. Now #2 Nimmala, # 18 Cozart,

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Pineapple12

28 minutes ago

Reply to Texan44

Hayden Alvarez is a top 100 prospect too. Slawinski and Jordan probably on the peripheral

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Turk's Teeth

22 minutes ago

Reply to Pineapple12

I think Klassen, Slawinski, Jordan and Grindlinger should all be in the 100-150 tier personally. Nimmala, Bremner, Alvarez top 100.

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Pineapple12

21 minutes ago

Reply to Turk's Teeth

Wow I forgot Klassen and Grindlinger. Good call TT! So much is going on haha

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TrojanBoiler

21 minutes ago

Reply to Turk's Teeth

7 in the top 150? That almost sounds like a farm.

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Pineapple12

18 minutes ago

Reply to TrojanBoiler

Imagine we move Detmers and Neto … 😇

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Turk's Teeth

17 minutes ago

Reply to TrojanBoiler

Getting there. High A is still scary barren in terms of position players, but maybe some of the recent college draftees will begin to address that. Still need a couple more drafts like last year’s, and then I could see a #10-15 tier farm emerging.

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FungoAle

5 minutes ago

Reply to Pineapple12

Hayden is still a young man growing into his frame.

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RexFregosi

37 minutes ago

I’m glad i saved my few HH articles before they blew it up. I had one on Jo Adell’s debut game in Tempe 7-6-17. Luckily Soriano pitched too. It’s ironic they both were traded the same day. (I’ve had so many insanely weird coincidences since Thursday I won’t go into depth here, this is just another one so I’m not surprised.) Here’s a snippet:

Jo Adell on first base after his first hit. If you ever see him hit a triple (and you will), you will tell your grand kids about the way he runs.

On the defensive side of the game, the big highlight was pitcher Jose Soriano. He’s 18 and listed as 6’3”, 168 lb. I heard one of the coaches call him ‘Flamingo’. He dominated the A’ss, with 4 innings and just giving up 1 run and three hits. This kid now has a 1.13 ERA and 0.75 WHIP in 8 innings. He has a future. Jessica DeLine will be calling him a ‘Stud’ every week for the next three years in her Cow Tipping column.

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Pineapple12

32 minutes ago

Reply to RexFregosi

I swear I remember reading that in the moment. Good stuff Rex!

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PedroCerrano

44 minutes ago

Time will tell with the trades. Doing the same thing wasn’t working nor was it likely to in the near future. Burn it down, invest in development facilities, technology and people.

There’s almost no such thing as a can’t miss prospect as MLB players are like the velociraptors in Jurrasic Park. They are always testing you for weaknesses and if it’s there, they will exploit it. The guys who succeed are the ones that can make the adjustments and that is a difficult skill to read in advance.

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Pineapple12

45 minutes ago

Detmers and Neto pack your bags because you’re next 🙏🏼

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PedroCerrano

40 minutes ago

Reply to Pineapple12

Neto is the big must trade for me. He’s probably not going to me more valuable later and he’s too selfish of a player to be instrumental in helping to change the clubhouse culture.

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RexFregosi

36 minutes ago

Reply to PedroCerrano

and he’s a knucklehead.

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grichmanpoorman

31 minutes ago

Reply to PedroCerrano

Yes he’s a real bummer to be around they say.

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Jeff Joiner

32 minutes ago

Reply to Pineapple12

IF Arias is truly on the table it will take more than simply Neto. I could see a package deal going to Boston in exchange for Arias and others.

Would really suck to see Reid as a Sox. He’s truly a great guy. But he is such a great guy even I would root for him to do well there.

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Pineapple12

26 minutes ago

Reply to Jeff Joiner

I still want to see Reid traded to the Cubs. I like their system and we’d do good by Reid letting him go back home.

Rays should make a move for Neto.

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Jeff Joiner

right now

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I love the idea of getting Ayers from the Cubs for Detmers.

I think at this point there are two scenarios at play:

Neto plus more to Boston

Flipping Detmers and Neto individually.

Probably depends on how badly they want to target Arias.

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RexFregosi

18 minutes ago

Reply to Jeff Joiner

yes sadly, getting used to see fan favorites in Boston 🙁

Carney Lansford, Don Baylor, Frank Tanana, JT Snow, John Lackey, Garrett Richards, Bartolo Colon, Jam Jones

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FungoAle

3 minutes ago

Reply to Jeff Joiner

Yes. More than Neto

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jco

1 second ago

Reply to Jeff Joiner

I wonder if adding Story and some of his salary to the mix might get it done. I’m sure they’ve talked about that though.

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HalosFanForLife

50 minutes ago

We could throw in Cozart to make this happen.

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OMAHALOFAN

52 minutes ago

Wow, is Arte dead?

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jefftulsa

50 minutes ago

Reply to OMAHALOFAN

Gotta be lol

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RexFregosi

32 minutes ago

Reply to OMAHALOFAN

Oh he’s definitely alive and kicking – he’s saving a bunch of money today and I’m soon expecting some additional real estate purchases by the Moreno Real Estate Group in Gilbert, AZ.

I’d like to see one of our contract peeps total it up what’s he’s saved in Angel salary by 3pm.

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John Henry Weitzel

27 minutes ago

Reply to RexFregosi

He seems to have given up with spending any money on the team, I bet he is wanting the lockout

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RexFregosi

1 hour ago

Moe’s Tavern – Moe here

Hello, Is Joe Mama available?

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Jeff Joiner

1 hour ago

So, 10 AM here on the Best Coast and:

The Angels have already acquired the top prospect in their system.
The Angels have added a solid catcher to pair with Juan Flores in AA

Pretty safe organizational outfielder
Interesting lottery ticket in the 19 year old pitcher

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Turk's Teeth

54 minutes ago

Reply to Jeff Joiner

And taxi squad infielder on the model of Grissom and Peraza, but arguably better hit tool than both.

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John Henry Weitzel

54 minutes ago

Reply to Turk's Teeth

Tell us, Angels did good, bad, or meh today?

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Turk's Teeth

46 minutes ago

Reply to John Henry Weitzel

Mentioned it in the other thread, but these are all very rational exchanges – none super exciting or transformational – but none stupid. Value for value, for the most part.

More attention to bat-to-ball skills and defense than Perry. Seems clear that Brewers and Rays are more the organizational model, which is positive.

These aren’t the prospect profiles I pine for, necessarily, but it’s a respectable approach.

Thus far, the Angels are the only team to have nabbed a top 50 prospect, and that doesn’t happen often at the deadline.

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John Henry Weitzel

45 minutes ago

Reply to Turk's Teeth

Sweet. Things are looking up then!

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RexFregosi

31 minutes ago

Reply to Turk's Teeth

didn’t Skubal generate any Top prospects for the Dodgers? Or are you talking just today?

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Turk's Teeth

7 minutes ago

Reply to RexFregosi

Hope was in the 50s on the BA and FG lists, which I turn to most often, though MLB Pipeline was much hotter on him. Variable opinions. I think you could argue that Nimmala and Hope are in comparable tiers.

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Jeff Joiner

1 hour ago

Cozart is exactly the guy I targeted in my piece last month. Either I’ll get lucky or prove why I’m not a GM.

Biggest shake up in modern Angels history. Let’s see how this day fully unfolds.

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Turk's Teeth

42 minutes ago

Reply to Jeff Joiner

Good call, Jeff! Maybe the front office is reading your articles.

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Jeff Joiner

31 minutes ago

Reply to Turk's Teeth

Blind squirrel, broken clock.

Let’s see if the kid pans out. Jo is a super great guy. Wish him well. But really like the addition of Cozart and Flores at the AA level with Wright now right behind them.

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Turk's Teeth

6 minutes ago

Reply to Jeff Joiner

And Quintero, who is a fine defender as well.

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RexFregosi

10 minutes ago

Reply to Jeff Joiner

the only other big shake-up like this i can remember is over 4 weeks at the end of the 1999 season – when Collins (Mgr) and Bavasi (GM) were bounced.

In came Scioscia and Stoneman. IIRC, that turned out OK.

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LanaBanana

1 hour ago

But, but, but, our Adell robbing 3 HR bobblegead night 😢

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steelgolf

1 hour ago

Reply to LanaBanana

Think of it as the same as when Peter Bourjos had to hand out his bobblehead at the gate, instead of actually playing the game. Except this time, Adell won’t be handing them out.

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LanaBanana

1 hour ago

Reply to steelgolf

😂

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red floyd

1 hour ago

Reply to steelgolf

I remember that. It was one of the most classless things this organization has ever done.

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jefftulsa

1 hour ago

Reply to steelgolf

Can you tell me about this?

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steelgolf

44 minutes ago

Reply to jefftulsa

jefftulsa, back in the day, The Angels had a center fielder named Peter Bourjos, or Fleet Pete as he was known around here . Fast, very fast. Not a favorite of Mike Scioscia (or so it was rumored). It a power bat, but fast on the bases. There was a Bourjos bobblehead night at the stadium, Scioscia, or the powers that be, decided to not put Bourjos in the line up, on his own bobblehead night, and have him stand out by the main entrance, handing out his own bobblehead. Never did that before, nor have they done it after.

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jefftulsa

1 hour ago

Absolutely unreal. Arte is letting Moz DO SOMETHING. I’m excited about this team again.

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JakeTaylor

1 hour ago

Team’s biggest weakness is pitching so it only makes sense to trade away your best starting pitcher, who was still under team control for the next 2 years.

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John Henry Weitzel

1 hour ago

Reply to JakeTaylor

Angels SP has actually been stronger than hitting this season. (Bullpen has not been)

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JakeTaylor

1 hour ago

Reply to John Henry Weitzel

Point is, he was the ace of our staff and still under team control for the next 2 years. I don’t like the trade to be honest but at least we’re making moves.

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John Henry Weitzel

1 hour ago

Reply to JakeTaylor

Yeah, it stings, but this is signaling that the Angels won’t be good for a while.

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JackFrost

1 hour ago

Reply to JakeTaylor

Not only was it not a good trade, it was a terrible trade. Your initial instinct was correct Jake. Especially the part about two years of team control; this smells like the kind of trade you make in a walk year when you know you are about to get nothing for a guy…

Trading is only helpful when you make intelligent trades, not just throwing darts blindfolded…

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Jeff Joiner

1 hour ago

Reply to JakeTaylor

The team’s biggest weakness is a lack of talent across the board. That was not going to change over the next two seasons.

Time will tell if Mozeliak has added talent that will help down the line but a top 40ish prospect in all of the game to go along with a high OBP outfielder and young arm with upside.

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Hatcher_Is_My_Homeboy

29 minutes ago

Reply to JakeTaylor

Walbert Urena has been our best pitcher for the last 3 months. Sori has regressed since the first month. I wouldn’t have hated keeping him but the return was very solid. As always time will tell but this org needed a hard reset.