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LA Angels Thursday News Crash: Options

March 12, 2026

At least Alek Manoah has options. Vaughn Grissom is day to day with left hand soreness and Josh Lowe is out until mid-March with left oblique discomfort.

Yankees prospect Brock Selvidge just had UCL surgery of the internal brace type. His 2026 is over. The same goes for Marlins right-hander Adam Mazur. Josh Hader will begin the season on the injured list due to his ongoing biceps issue. Hunter Greene will have bone chips removed from his elbow and miss about half of a season. Mariners right-hander Bryce Miller may start the season on the IL due to side soreness. White Sox catcher Kyle Teel will be out four to six weeks due to a grade 2 right hamstring strain.

Photo credit: Rex Fregosi

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ryanfea

4 minutes ago

Over the last few days Angels have begun to whittle down camp. They’ve optioned Denzer Guzman and Victor Mederos to AAA and reassigned Tyler Bremner, Niko Kavadas, Jared Southard, Angel Perdomo, Omar Martinez, Raudi Rodriguez & Huascar Ynoa to minor league camp. I believe 53 guys left in camp

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

16 minutes ago

Manoa. We spent a little under 2M to see if he could be useful. Right out the gate it’s clear he sucks. Oh look. He has an MiLB option left. Crazy. So he can go to SLC and we can see if they manage to juice some value out of him with more time. Maybe he covers for an injured starter a few times. Wild.

I can’t believe other teams don’t try this. What? Other teams do try this? That’s bonkers.

I’m having trouble thinking of any baseball topic with more small dick energy than fretting over Alek Manoa pitching in ST. It reminds me of the great Suarez Atrocity of 2025.

CMo has his K rate down to 25% against early ST fodder. His OBP is also .250. I can’t think of anything that screams “not ready” Moore than that. We’ve got Peraza, Frazier and the shell of Grissom. Honestly I’d rather send Grissom to AAA if he’s hurt and we can slip him through, then give his spot to Teo, Paris or Guzman.

I am encouraged by Jo Adell. BUT. No walks? None yet? I worry he is feasting on bad pitching a bit much and he’s gonna chase a lot of unhittable pitches when the big boys all let loose on him.

Don’t look now but Chris Taylor is coming alive.

The Walton/Paris/Madrigal issue is weird. Can MadWalt be sent to AAA? Both Paris and Frazier can play OF as well as INF. Combine them with Peraza? Have a very versatile bench? Out of those three Frazier bats lefty. Do that and Teo goes to AAA to see if he’s really learned to hit? I just can’t believe more of these 2B types haven’t fallen on their face by now.

Is it time to send Alek Manoa to the MiLB camp? Likely yes. Would it be news worthy if they did that and continued to stretch out Ryan Johnson in the big camp as a starter? I think so. The talk’s been all Klassen, but we may see Johnson/Silent C in the opening day rotation?

It’s a small sample, but Zeferjahn, Bachman, Strickland and Romano have quietly been not half bad. Pomeranz seems to be clawing his way into form too.

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YOUknowulovetheIE

17 minutes ago

Not sure how many years need to go by before teams realize manoah doesn’t have it anymore.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

9 minutes ago

Reply to YOUknowulovetheIE

I’d guess this is it for him. He had a shoulder injury right? It’s easy to forget how good he was before that. I think teams are willing to invest next to nothing to see if he gets over the effects of that. And yes. That can take years. But he’s been bad/hurt for four years after 2026…. so that’s probably it for him.

Or things click and he’s solid again, if not great. And the team that gave him a chance comes out way ahead. I think the key thing to remember is he is zero risk. Costs little. Can be optioned. Why not? Like trying the chips at a Dollar Tree.

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Pineapple12

1 hour ago

2 weeks out from OD! Taking an updated guess at the roster:

C – O’Hoppe
1B – Schanuel
2B – Moore
SS – Neto
3B – Moncada
LF – Lowe
CF – Trout
RF – Adell
DH – Soler

Bench –
D’Arnaud, Peraza, Frazier, Grissom

Rotation –
Soriano, Kikuchi, Detmers, Rodriguez, Kochanowicz

Bullpen –
Romano, Yates, Pomeranz, Suter, Bachman, Silseth, Zeferjahn, Sandlin

IL – Stephenson, Joyce

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Pineapple12

1 hour ago

Reply to Pineapple12

Our lineup might be the strongest part of the team. Is that bad? Bullpen surely deserves the blowpen moniker (looks significantly better with a healthy Joyce and Stephenson).

I think the last position player spot comes down to CMo and Teodosio. There’s probably a strong internal desire from Perry to have CMo make the team, but should he? I’m not buying Teodosio’s ST #s, especially without being able to watch him with my own eyes.

I like this rotation 🙈.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

54 minutes ago

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My bet is that Moore goes to SLC and they keep Teo on the roster to spell OF, keep Soler off the grass, and play defense when we need a pinch runner/late game OF. Moore just looks like a guy who would wind up being replaced by someone at 2B by May so you might as well give him a running start in AAA.

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Pineapple12

28 minutes ago

Reply to gitchogritchoffmypettis

I agree, but Perry’s in a lame duck year and I’m assuming his hubris will push CMo onto the team

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steelgolf

45 minutes ago

Reply to Pineapple12

Stephenson is starting the season on the IL???? Like the sun rising everyday.

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Senator_John_Blutarsky

21 minutes ago

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The accomplishment would be only two on IR!

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GrandpaBaseball

2 hours ago

The Trash Heap is starting to stink like 💩 . PTP soon to send out SOS to revive him. Chances are pretty slim he will ever GM again.

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Pineapple12

1 hour ago

Reply to GrandpaBaseball

I’m sure Perry would be able to land on his feet and snag a GM position at a local McDonald’s

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KelN90

5 hours ago

It’s a bummer to see Teel get hurt. He had a pretty stellar year last year. At least we get to watch Quero and dream on what could have been

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HalosFanForLife

4 hours ago

Reply to KelN90

I didn’t know he had options remaining – he just seemed like an MLB that’s been around. He might just need time. His mix of low velocity and mediocre command won’t play at the MLB level and he’d probably get lit up in the PCL too. But maybe in 30 to 60 days he can regain some velo and feel. There just seems like no way he can start in the rotation. Of course we did just sign a 5’9″ 155 lb 18 year old as a free agent with no bat, no power and no arm, but…. he is slow.

Last edited 4 hours ago by HalosFanForLife

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Pineapple12

1 hour ago

Reply to HalosFanForLife

It took me 3 reads to figure out your comment was about Manoah. Threw me off because you responded to the K90’s post about the White Sox’s catchers 😂

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HalosFanForLife

1 hour ago

Reply to Pineapple12

I just saw that – whoops. LOL

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

46 minutes ago

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Ah. Manoah. I thought I was just having 4 hours of sleep brain….

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

47 minutes ago

Reply to HalosFanForLife

I don’t know who you are talking about. You responded to a comment about a catcher by talking about pitching? I think?. And then bitched about Perry. Thus two recs? CtPG moment? I’m glitching? Rainbows…. what’s up with those?