Alan Rangel #56

Alan Eduardo Rangel (pronounced rahn-HELL)... Was a member of Mexico’s pitcher pool for 2023 World Baseball Classic, but did not pitch in the tournament... With a regular season appearance for Angels, would be second player in franchise history with ‘angel’ in his last name, joining Mike Colangelo (1999)... Attended school at COBACH Nuevo Hermosillo in Hermosillo, Mexico before signing with Braves... Hobby: Video games...Originally signed by Braves scout Manuel Sameniego.

2024

Began the season with Rocket City (AA) in LAA’s organization...Released by LAA on 7/1...Signed by PHI on 7/16 and transferred to Clearwater (A) on 7/28...Promoted to Lehigh Valley (AAA) on 8/6 and appeared in 10 games (five GS) for the IronPigs.

2023

Spent majority of season with Double-A Mississippi, totaled 23 starts and ranked seventh in Southern League with 128 strikeouts...Registered three games with 10+ strikeouts... Named Southern League Pitcher of the Week for Aug. 28-Sept. 3 after tossing 7.0 scoreless innings in Sept. 3 start vs. Rocket City, allowing one hit and no walks with a career-high 12 strikeouts... Promoted to Triple-A Gwinnett Sept. 7 and pitched in three games (two starts) for Stripers...Worked 6.0 scoreless frames in relief in Gwinnett debut Sept. 9 vs. Worcester... Led all Braves minor leaguers in strikeouts (140), ranked tied for second in innings pitched (127.0) and starts (25), and was tied for fifth in opponent batting average (.237; 116/490).

2022

Split the 2022 season between Double-A Mississippi and Triple-A Gwinnett, going 5-8 with a 5.28 ERA (69 ER/117.2 IP) and 144 strikeouts … Made 26 of his 27 starts on the season with the M-Braves. Played almost the entire season with Mississippi, compiling a 5-8 record and a 5.26 ERA (67 ER/114.2 IP) over 26 games, all starts. Made his final appearance of the season with Gwinnett and allowed four hits and two runs over 3.0 innings … Struck out five. Tallied one double-digit strikeout performance on the season, fanning 11 over just 4.0 innings on May 6 vs. Pensacola … 11 of the 12 outs he recorded in the effort were via strikeout. 

2021

Began the season in High-A Rome where he went 4-5 with a 3.57 ERA (28 ER/70.2 IP) in 15 games, 14 starts...Transferred to Double-A Mississippi and went 3-2 with a 4.50 ERA (17 ER/34.0 IP) over seven starts...Was a member of the Double-A Championship M-Braves...Pitched 7.0 innings of one-run baseball (unearned) in one start and one relief appearance.

2019

Played his third consecutive season with Single-A Rome...Posted single-season career bests totals with 24 games started, 10 wins, 131.2 innings and 121 strikeouts. ...The 10 victories were tied for the most on the team, which tied for second among Braves minor leaguers...Also led the club in starts and strikeouts....His first four appearances of the season came in relief....Went 0-1 with a 4.50 ERA (4 ER/8.0 IP), two walks and 10 strikeouts in those outings.

2018

Spent his second full season with Single-A Rome and went 5-7 with a 4.09 ERA (57 ER/125.1 IP) over 25 games (22 starts)....Ranked in the Top 10 among Atlanta farmhands in innings (8th, 125.1 IP), strikeouts (9th, 105) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (10th, 3.39)....Was named as Rome’s Pitcher of the Month for August after going 2-1 with a 2.12 ERA (8 ER/34.0 IP) over six games.