{"id":641586,"date":"2026-05-01T21:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/641586\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T21:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:12:15","slug":"these-angels-prospects-arent-far-away-from-contributing-in-anaheim-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/641586\/","title":{"rendered":"These Angels Prospects Aren\u2019t Far Away From Contributing in Anaheim Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Angels<\/a> haven\u2019t gotten a lot from their farm system in recent years, but that\u2019s starting to change. They have a top pitching prospect who\u2019s likely to get at least a call-up between now and the end of the year, not to mention a couple of position prospects who are moving up fast.<\/p>\n

Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com<\/a> did an update of their progress in his newsletter, so let\u2019s check in and see who\u2019s doing what.<\/p>\n

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Nelson Rada<\/a>, CF, Triple-A Salt Lake<\/p>\n

Rada showed off his speed and defensive skills in spring training, and for a week or so he looked like a candidate to make the roster. But manager Kurt Suzuki<\/a> decided Rada needed some time to sharpen his work habits and become a professional, and the 20-year old Rada continues to shine even though he\u2019s competing against former big leaguers and players who are usually older than him by at least several years.<\/p>\n

Rada\u2019s current slash line is .286\/.396\/.374 with a homer, three doubles, a triple, 13 RBIs and eight stolen bases in 24 games this season, according to Bollinger. He\u2019s an exciting player who\u2019s developing patience at the plate, and he\u2019s an above-average center fielder as well. He doesn\u2019t offer much power, but Rada projects well as a leadoff hitter, and he could replace Josh Lowe<\/a> in left if Lowe continues to struggle offensively.<\/p>\n

Tyler Bremner, RHP, High-A Tri-City<\/p>\n

Bremner is the jewel of the farm system, and he\u2019s not going to be at High-A for very long. He has a 1.62 ERA in four starts with 25 strikeouts and five walks across 16 2\/3 innings, and he\u2019s been overpowering hitters at Triple A. His fastball and changeup already play at the big-league level, and the next step in his development is to upgrade his breaking ball, which isn\u2019t quite ready yet. He\u2019ll almost certainly make at least an appearance with the Angels, though, considering the current state of the staff and the team\u2019s tendency to rush prospects to the majors.<\/p>\n

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Raudi Rodriguez, CF, Double-A Rocket City<\/p>\n

Rodriguez is a surprising riser who came out of nowhere last year with Single-A Inland Empire, and he also showed out in the Arizona Fall League All-Star game and flashed in spring training. The jump to Double-A is usually the toughest minor-league leap for a young player, but Rodriguez is holding his own with a slash line of .247\/.389\/.384 to go with three homers, a double, 15 RBIs and eight stolen bases in 20 games. His average needs to improve, but he\u2019s a player to watch for 2027, and Rodriguez could also get a call-up late this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Angels haven\u2019t gotten a lot from their farm system in recent years, but that\u2019s starting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,27081,78642,122762,3962,462,152961,239216,82],"class_list":["post-641586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-farm-system","tag-josh-lowe","tag-kurt-suzuki","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-mlb","tag-nelson-rada","tag-rhett-bollinger","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}