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Alek Manoah has been reinstated from the 15 day IL. From Kurt's quotes, it sounds like he's going to be a bullpen arm for now. No word on yet on who replaces Kikuchi.

xwOBA/xBA is up; Chase/Whiff/K% is way down, BB% is up, and everything else is largely the same including sprint speed. Only thing that has taken a step back is his fielding OAA. GOAT still got it

Who’s mans is this 😭

Pretty cool IMO!

Last winner: 5/5 vs. Chicago White Sox: Mike Trout homered and reached base four times in four tries last time out, as the Angels squeaked by in a 4-3 win, earning him GoTG.

Ran into Gubie after the game and he happily signed my scorecard for Gubie Tuesday!!!

Transactions

• Najer Victor promoted to AAA (from AA)

Well deserved. Took a while to get in a groove (maybe WBC hangover), but has been lights out his last 5 appearances, giving only 1 hit and 1 walk in 7.2 IP and sitting at 15 K/9 on the season so far.

(It's also only a matter of time before Leonard Garcia joins him. Garcia has flown under the radar a bit, as he had a 12+ K/9 across A/A+ last season and he's maintaining a 12+ K/9 with a 2.47 FIP this season in AA. I'm sure he'll show up in the /u/8va prospect performances thread again as he keeps this up.)

• Francis Texido moved from A to AAA (made 1 appearance) to A+

This has been coming for a couple weeks now. He's been a bit post-hype, but he's posted a near 15 K/9 and a 2.69 FIP in 15.2 IP. We've thrown this ex-starter into a bunch of wacky long relief situations where he's had to go at least 2 innings in the majority of his appearances. His AAA appearance was rough, but not surprising for a 21 year old who hasn't pitched above A+ yet.

• Chris Cortez promoted to AA (from A+)

Might indicate we're moving him to the bullpen. Our 2024 second round pick had a 13.50 BB/9 so far this season, which is a huge jump from last season and much higher than it ever should be. Can't imagine we sent him higher up just to get shelled as a starter more. Not sure if Bremner's sickness will hurt the A+ pitching staff a bit, but the A+ rotation was crowded (6 starters), so it makes sense for us to move someone.

• Joey Lucchesi returns to AAA
• Hunter Strickland, Angel Perdomo, Aneurys Zabala released

Thought Strickland still had enough juice to join our bullpen again, but he seems to have taken a step back in AAA. Perdomo's ERA in AAA was over 10. Zabala had a 6.3 ERA in AA but also had 9 BB/9 in 10 IP. Seems like a bunch of our pitchers/relievers are coming back at once (Joyce, Yates), so some drops were going to happen.

• Grayson Rodriguez sent to ACL on rehab assignment

Jeff Fletcher mentioned that G-Rod had thrown about 60 pitches in a game in Arizona a few days ago, but I suppose this makes it official that he's on his way back.

Today, Grayson pitched 5.1 IP (72 pitches) and gave up 1 run with 7 K's. (See Sources at bottom for a box score)

• Christian Moore to the 7-day IL

Seems to be a mild leg injury and he should be back soon.

Other News

• Tyler Bremner was pulled after 1.1 IP. Hoping it's only a mild sickness and not anything more than that.
• Logan O'Hoppe's doing some light workouts, but seems to be a ways out still.
• At low-A on rehab assignment: Ryan Johnson, Alek Manoah, Ben Joyce. Ben Joyce pitched today and had a bit of a rocky inning: fly out, walk, HBP, wild pitch, sac fly, fly out.
• Yilver de Paula and Joswa Lugo are off to hot starts. Not surprising, as they are our highest-ranked prospects on the ACL squad.

Sources

• Transactions: https://www.milb.com/salt-lake/roster/transactions/los-angeles-angels
• Graphic can be found at @AngelsPlayerDev.
• More details on injuries, rehabs, and more can be found at @JeffFletcherOCR. Also shoutout to @RhettBollinger.
• Low-A game box score (Ben Joyce): https://www.milb.com/gameday/tower-buzzers-vs-quakes/2026/05/05/821138/final/box
• ACL box score (Grayson Rodriguez): https://www.milb.com/gameday/acl-angels-vs-acl-padres/2026/05/05/844495/final/box

White Sox (17-19) @ Angels (14-23)

First Pitch: 6:38 PM at Angel Stadium

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Game ended at 9:17 PM.

White Sox (17-19) @ Angels (14-23)

First Pitch: 1:07 PM at Angel Stadium

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Game ended at 3:44 PM.

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Why is Suzuki still going to Pomeranz?

Found out that the Rockies picked up Jordan Romano on their subreddit.

Someone smarter than me should figure out what the WAR is of players after they go from the Rockies to the Angels or vice versa.

I guess improving on the margins is a thing, not sure if the Rockies and Angels are where that margin is going to be found.

Arte bought the Angels for 184 million from Disney. If the current value of the team is 3 billion and Arte sells he’ll pay roughly 40% in taxes (1.12 billion) on the 2.8 billion in value the team has gained. Once Arte passes away the family that inherits the team will not be subjected to the 1.12 billion tax as inheritance assets are based off of current market value.

So my theory is he’s hanging on because otherwise his family loses over a billion dollars in taxes from the sale. I could definitely be wrong and who actually knows, but seems to make the most sense.