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

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

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

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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For six more weeks again this year, some of the best prospects in baseball shined in the Arizona Fall League, the game’s most elite prospect circuit. Now it’s time to give out some hardware. The Fall League annually awards the Joe Black MVP Award to its top performer, and since

MESA, Ariz. – MLB’s July 30 Trade Deadline had passed five minutes earlier when Triple-A Worcester catcher Mark Kolozsvary approached first baseman Niko Kavadas with a fist bump. “Congrats,” Kolozsvary said. “We survived the Deadline.” Kavadas reciprocated, then was getting ready to take the field when he was told manager

MESA, Ariz. -- Angels left-handed pitching prospect Samy Natera Jr. understood why doubters said the things they said, but he made it his mission to prove them wrong. He may be at the early stages of a breakthrough that will silence them permanently. Natera didn’t even start pitching until he

Here are the top performers from the third week of AFL action:

PHOENIX -- It’s not often that a batter in the Arizona Fall League already has his first Major League homer under his belt. It’s also a rare occurrence for a hitter to return, particularly two years later. But Niko Kavadas finds himself back in the desert after a roller-coaster summer

ANAHEIM -- The Angels bolstered their farm system this season by virtue of having three of the first 74 picks in 2024 Draft, including the No. 8 overall selection, while also being sellers at the Trade Deadline. The Angels selected second baseman Christian Moore with their first-round pick after his

No matter where Angels infielder David Mershon turned as a kid, there was baseball. His father, Brian, played college ball at Illinois and spent a year in the Reds organization. He has three uncles who also played at the Division I level. Luckily, David was happy to take the heirloom,