Teenage phenoms, hard-hitting prospects among Tuesday's top performers
Youth was served in the Minors on Tuesday, which featured a pair of heavy-hitting outbursts from two teenagers who rank among the best in their respective organizations. But they weren't alone as a number of Top 100 prospects came through with notable performances to kick off another week of Minor
Angels top prospect Moore volunteers up a homer in Tennessee homecoming
Baseball fans in Knoxville are used to seeing this. Christian Moore got a hold of one for the Angels' Double-A affiliate in the former Tennessee Volunteers standout's return to the city Tuesday night. MLB.com's No. 64 prospect homered for the first time this season for Rocket City in a 9-6
Dana, Natera among early standouts in Angels' farm system
This story was excerpted from Rhett Bollinger's Angels Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. ANAHEIM -- The Minor League season is in full swing, so it’s time to check in on how a few Angels prospects are faring
Angels beat reporter Rhett Bollinger talks prospects, more in Reddit AMA
On Wednesday, MLB.com Angels beat reporter Rhett Bollinger held an Ask Me Anything on Reddit with Angels fans at r/angelsbaseball. This mailbag features questions and answers from there. The full AMA can be read here. Questions and responses have been lightly edited for clarity.
Here's where the Angels' top prospects will open the 2025 season
With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the Angels’ Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:
Halos' top prospects kick off crucial 2025 season
This story was excerpted from Rhett Bollinger’s Angels Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. While the Major League season is in full swing after opening weekend, the Minor League season has also begun in the Triple-A level, with
Johnson shows veteran composure in historic MLB debut
CHICAGO -- As Ryan Johnson finished getting ready in the bullpen ahead of his highly anticipated MLB debut, he walked out onto a Major League field for the first time in his career and pumped his right fist into his glove to get himself in the right headspace leading up
No Minors needed: Johnson makes Halos' Opening Day roster
ANAHEIM -- This time last year, Ryan Johnson was a junior at Dallas Baptist University with scant college experience. On Tuesday, he officially became a Major Leaguer. The Angels announced that Johnson, a 22-year-old right-hander whom they drafted in the second round last year, will break camp with the big
Angels-White Sox Opening Day starting pitchers: Kikuchi vs. Burke
The White Sox and Angels lost a combined 220 times during the 2024 season, with Chicago’s total of 121 setting a single-season record in the Modern Era (since 1901). Both teams are hoping for a level of improvement as they meet to start the ‘25 campaign. Opening Day takes place
Klassen provides glimpse of Halos' future in Spring Breakout
MESA, Ariz. -- Right-hander George Klassen made the most of his appearance in Spring Breakout against Cubs prospects on Saturday night at Sloan Park. Klassen, ranked as the Angels’ No. 3 prospect by MLB Pipeline, didn’t start the game but threw a scoreless second inning with a strikeout in the
Here's the Angels' Spring Breakout roster
TEMPE, Ariz. -- At this time last year, Christian Moore was in the early stages of his breakout junior year at the University of Tennessee that ultimately saw him win the Men’s College World Series and get selected as the No. 8 overall pick in the MLB Draft. But now
Impressive prospect Klassen set for Spring Breakout stage
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Top prospect Moore leads the pack for Halos ahead of Spring Breakout games
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Here are the Angels' 2025 Top 30 prospects
The composition of the Angels’ new Top 30 list can largely be broken into two groups: Draft guys who, based on recent history, will get to the big leagues in a hurry, and international guys, who are mostly far away. The first group is led, of course, by 2024 first-round
Angels excited to see more from Moore this spring
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Here are 10 interesting prospects who will debut on the upcoming Top 30 lists
This is an exciting time of year at MLB Pipeline. The new Top 100 prospects list is out, Spring Breakout is right around the corner, and prospects across baseball are making their presence felt in big league camps. The smell of the new season hangs in the air. And that
Which Top 100 prospects are headed for Opening Day rosters?
As the sounds of bats cracking and gloves popping echo across the diamonds of Florida and Arizona, baseball's top prospects will be digging in to push for spots on Major League Opening Day rosters. Although most of these prospects will begin the season in the Minors, there are a handful
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Top prospect Moore among Angels' non-roster invitees
ANAHEIM -- The Angels announced their list of non-roster invitees to Major League Spring Training on Tuesday, and it included top prospects such as Christian Moore, George Klassen and Nelson Rada, as well as veterans Tim Anderson and J.D. Davis. Overall, the Angels are inviting 26 non-roster players to Spring
Explore Salt Lake's The Ballpark at America First Square
Welcome to The Ballpark at America First Square, where sunny days and mountain views are plentiful, a new neighborhood is bustling and Salt Lake's Pacific Coast League baseball tradition is thriving. (Note: This Ballpark Guide was written while the ballpark in question was still under construction. It will be updated
Halos ink No. 1 international catching prospect
For 126 games during the 1968 and '69 seasons, left-handed-hitting outfielder Vic Davalillo suited up for the Angels. A member of the inaugural Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame class in 2003, the 5-foot-7 Davalillo collected 1,122 hits across 16 big league seasons, paving the way for countless fellow countrymen in
Inbox: Expanding Pipeline's first mock draft for 2025
Lots of Winter Meetings-related questions (Draft Lottery, trades, Juan Soto signing fallout) arrived in the Pipeline Inbox, so let's get to them. Nice work projecting every team's top pick in the 2025 Draft. But what about choices 28-37? --Jonathan M., Pittsburgh When I did my way-too-early first-round forecast after the
How the Rule 5 Draft impacted 12 teams' Top 30 Prospects lists
MLB Pipeline gives our organizational Top 30 prospect rankings complete refreshes twice per calendar year (once in spring, once in-season) and provides other live updates as graduations and other transactions necessitate them. In the latter category, two dates in particular are our busiest for Top 30 updates: the Trade Deadline