{"id":717994,"date":"2026-06-06T01:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T01:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/717994\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T01:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T01:16:08","slug":"angels-select-samy-natera-mlb-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/717994\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels Select Samy Natera &#8211; MLB Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Angels announced they\u2019ve selected lefty reliever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=natera000sam&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-05_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Samy Natera<\/a> onto the big league roster. He\u2019ll step into the bullpen in place of \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/andersh01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-05_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shaun Anderson<\/a>, who has again been designated for assignment.<\/p>\n<p>Natera is up for the first time in his career. The 26-year-old southpaw, a native of Mexico, pitched his college ball at New Mexico State. The Halos drafted him in the 17th round in 2022. Natera spent his first year as a starter, then lost almost of 2024 to injury. Los Angeles moved him to the bullpen a year ago. He showed a high strikeout, high walk profile in Double-A that has carried over at the top minor league level this year.<\/p>\n<p>The 6\u20194\u2033, 230-pound lefty owns an even 3.00 earned run average across 30 innings this year with Triple-A Salt Lake. He has punched out an excellent 34.4% of opponents but issued walks to more than 14% of batters faced. It\u2019s a typical fastball-slider reliever profile, with Natera averaging 94-95 mph on the heater and sitting in the mid-80s with the breaking ball.<\/p>\n<p>Baseball America has never rated Natera among the top 30 prospects in a weak Halos farm system. However, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fangraphs.com\/los-angeles-angels-top-36-prospects\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brendan Gawlowski of FanGraphs<\/a> slotted him 21st in the system last offseason. Gawlowski credits him with a plus slider but noted that a high-effort delivery has given him problems with his control. Natera joins\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pomerdr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-05_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Drew Pomeranz<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/suterbr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-05_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brent Suter<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/farrimi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-05_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mitch Farris<\/a> in a rare four-lefty bullpen.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson is off the roster in what has become a familiar routine. The Angels call him up, typically designate him for assignment after an appearance or two, then run him through waivers. He usually elects free agency and immediately re-signs on a minor league deal. His most recent call-up came on Wednesday, but he didn\u2019t make an appearance in that day\u2019s 11-4 blowout win over Colorado. The team was off yesterday. Anderson did get into nine MLB games in March and April, allowing a 5.94 ERA through 16 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Angels announced they\u2019ve selected lefty reliever Samy Natera onto the big league roster. 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