Los Angeles Angels minor league players

Roberto Baldoquin

Roberto Suliban Baldoquin Martínez^[1] (born 1994) is a Cuban professional baseball shortstop in the Los Angeles Angels organization.

He signed with the Angels as an international free agent on November 4, 2014.^[2] He played three seasons for the Las Tunas in the Cuban National Series before defecting in February 2014.^[3] He also spent time with the U-16 national team.^[4] The signing was finalized in January 2015.^[5]

Baldoquin spent 2015 with the Inland Empire 66ers where he batted .235 with one home run and 27 RBIs in 77 games. He returned to Inland in 2016 where he batted .198 with 15 RBIs in 64 games. In 2017, he played for the Burlington Bees, posting a .253 batting average, four home runs, 12 RBIs and a .684 OPS in 52 games.^[6]

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Ralston Cash

Ralston Cash
Ralston Cash with the AA Tulsa Drillers
Los Angeles Angels
Pitcher
Born: (1991-08-20) August 20, 1991 Cornelia, Georgia
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Ralston Alexander Cash (born August 20, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Angels organization.

Cash attended Lakeview Academy in Georgia and was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 2010 MLB Draft. He played in 2010 for the Ogden Raptors and the Arizona League Dodgers. Major hip surgery ended his season early and caused him to miss the entire 2011 season.^[7] He returned to action with the Great Lakes Loons of the Midwest League in 2012, where he was 1–6 with a 6.42 ERA in nine games. In 2013, also with Great Lakes, he was 4–3 with a 3.19 ERA in 16 games (eight starts). He transitioned to the bullpen in 2014 where he was in 29 games for the Loons and another six for the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Double-A Southern League. He was 3–1 with a 2.90 ERA combined. In 2015, with the new AA affiliate, the Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League he was 2–6 with a 3.47 ERA in a career high 49 games. After the season, he played for the Glendale Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League and was named to the league's Fall Stars Game.^[8] He returned to Tulsa to start the 2016 season.^[9] He was 5–3 with a 3.00 ERA in 29 appearances for the Drillers and was then promoted to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers, where he was 4–0 with a 2.62 ERA in 17 appearances.^[10] After the season, the Dodgers assigned Cash to the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League.

Cash announced on his Instagram page that he had been released by the Dodgers on August 14, 2017.^[11] Two days later he signed a minor league contract with the Seattle Mariners. On November 28, 2017, he signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles. Via his Instagram, he announced that he had been released on March 27, 2018. The next day, he signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Angels.^[12]

Cash founded the "Ralston Cash Foundation", which is a non-profit organization that buys Christmas presents for children who have lost a parent to cancer.^[13]

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Jesús Castillo

Jesús Ronaldo Castillo Rojas (born August 27, 1995) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Angels organization.

Castillo signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks as an international free agent in 2011. The Diamondbacks traded him along with Erick Leal to the Chicago Cubs for Tony Campana in February 2013.^[14] On August 1, 2016 the Cubs traded him to the Los Angeles Angels for Joe Smith.^[15][16]

The Angels added Castillo to their 40-man roster after the 2017 season.^[17]

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Jahmai Jones

Jahmai Fitzgerald Jones (born August 4, 1997) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Los Angeles Angels organization.

Jones attended the Wesleyan School in Peachtree Corners, Georgia. As a senior, he hit .464 with eight home runs, 21 runs batted in and 40 stolen bases and was named the Gwinnett Daily Post Baseball Player of the Year.^[18] He was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels in the second round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft.^[19] He made his professional debut with the Arizona League Angels and spent all of 2015 there, posting a .244 batting average with two home runs, twenty RBIs and 16 stolen bases. Jones started 2016 with the Orem Owlz and was promoted to the Burlington Bees during the season.^[20] Jones finished 2016 batting .302 with four home runs, 30 RBIs and twenty stolen bases in 64 games between both clubs. In 2017, he played for both Burlington and the Inland Empire 66ers, posting a combined .282 batting average with 14 home runs, 47 RBIs, 27 stolen bases and a .794 OPS.^[21]

His father, Andre Jones, played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions.^[22] He died in 2011 due to a brain aneurysm.^[23] His brother, T. J. Jones, currently plays in the NFL for the Lions.^[24] His other brother, Malachi Jones, plays in the NFL for the Chicago Bears.

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Luis Madero

Luis Alejandro Madero (born April 15, 1997) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Angels organization.

On October 1, 2013, Madero signed with the Diamondbacks as an international free agent when he was only 16 years old. He made his professional debut in 2014 with the DSL Diamondbacks and spent the whole season there, going 6-4 with a 2.40 ERA in 13 games started. In 2015, he pitched for the AZL Diamondbacks where he pitched to a 5-5 record, 2.30 ERA, and 0.99 WHIP in 54.2 innings pitched, and in 2016, he played for the Missoula Osprey and the AZL Diamondbacks where he posted a combined 3-4 record and 6.03 ERA in 14 games (11 starts). Madero began 2017 with Missoula and was promoted to the Hillsboro Hops in July.

On July 31, 2017, Madero was traded to the Los Angeles Angels for David Hernandez.^[25] He was then assigned to the Burlington Bees and spent the remainder of the season there. In 15 games started between the three clubs he compiled a 5-4 record and 6.42 ERA.^[26]

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Brandon Marsh

Brandon Chase Marsh (born December 18, 1997) is an American professional baseball right fielder in the Los Angeles Angels organization.

Marsh graduated from Buford High School in Buford, Georgia. As a senior, he batted .559 with four home runs, 25 RBIs, 19 stolen bases and a 1.545 OPS.^[27] He committed to Kennesaw State University to play baseball. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels in the second round of the 2016 MLB Draft,^[28] and he signed with them for $1,073,000.^[29]

Marsh did not play in 2016 due to an asymptomatic lower-back injury that landed him on the 60-day disabled list.^[30] He made his professional debut in 2017 with the Orem Owlz and spent the whole season there, batting .350 with four home runs, 44 RBIs, ten stolen bases and a .944 OPS in 39 games.^[31] He began 2018 with the Burlington Bees and after slashing .295/.390/.470 with three home runs and 24 RBIs in 34 games, was promoted to the Inland Empire 66ers in May.^[32] He spent the remainder of the season with the 66ers, batting .256 with ten home runs, 46 RBIs, and ten stolen bases in 93 games.^[33]

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Luis Rengifo

Luis Jose Rengifo (born February 26, 1997) is a Venezuelan professional baseball infielder in the Los Angeles Angels organization.

Rengifo signed with the Seattle Mariners as an international free agent in March 2014. He made his professional debut with the Venezuelan Summer League Mariners. He played 2015 with the Dominican Summer League Mariners, 2016 with the Arizona League Mariners and started 2017 with the Clinton LumberKings. On August 6, 2017, the Mariners traded Rengifo along with Anthony Misiewicz and a player to be named later (Osmy Gregorio), to the Tampa Bay Rays for Mike Marjama and Ryan Garton.^[34] He finished the season with the Bowling Green Hot Rods.

On March 20, 2018, Rengifo was acquired by the Los Angeles Angels as the player to be named later from an earlier trade for C. J. Cron.^[35] He started the season with the Inland Empire 66ers and was promoted to the Mobile BayBears and Salt Lake Bees during the season.^[36][37]

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Patrick Sandoval

Patrick Jordan Sandoval (born October 18, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Angels organization.

Sandoval attended and played baseball at Mission Viejo High School in Mission Viejo, California.^[38] As a senior, he was 9-3 with a 0.97 ERA.^[39] He had originally committed to play college baseball at Vanderbilt University,^[40] but he later switched his committment to the University of Southern California.^[41]

Sandoval was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 11th round of the 2015 MLB draft.^[42] He signed for $900,000,^[43] forgoing his commitment to USC. After signing, he made his professional debut that season with the GCL Astros where he was 0-3 with a 6.08 ERA in six starts. In 2016, he played for the Greeneville Astros^[44] where he pitched to a 2-3 record and 5.30 ERA in 13 games (eight starts), and in 2017, he pitched for the Buies Creek Astros, Tri-City ValleyCats, and the Quad Cities River Bandits^[45] where he compiled a combined 3-4 record and 4.09 ERA in 14 games (11 starts) between the three teams.^[46] Sandoval began the 2018 season with Quad Cities and was named the starting pitcher for the Midwest League All-Star Game.^[47] He was promoted to Buies Creek in late June.^[48]

On July 26, 2018, Sandoval (along with international pool space cash) was traded to the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for Martín Maldonado.^[49]

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Nate Smith

Nate David Smith (born August 28, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Angels organization.

After graduating from Lakota West High School, Smith played college baseball at Furman University. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels in the eighth round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft.^[50]

Smith signed with the Angels and made his professional debut with the Orem Owlz. He spent the whole season there, going 2-2 with a 3.86 ERA in 35 innings. He started 2014 with the Inland Empire 66ers and was later promoted to the Arkansas Travelers. In 21 starts between the two teams he compiled an 11-6 record and 2.97 ERA. After the season, he played for the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League.^[51] In 2015, he played for Arkansas^[52][53] and the Salt Lake Bees where he posted a 10-8 record and 3.86 ERA in 24 starts, and in 2016, he pitched for Salt Lakes where he was 8-9 with a 4.61 ERA in 26 starts. The Angels added him to their 40-man roster after the 2016 season.^[54] Smith played in only four games in 2017 due to injury.^[55]

Smith will miss all of 2018 due to anterior capsule surgery.^[56]

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José Suárez

José Rances Suárez Quintero (born January 8, 1998) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Angels organization.

Suárez signed with the Los Angeles Angels as an international free agent in July 2014.^[57] He spent his first professional season in 2015 with the Dominican Summer League Angels and Arizona League Angels, compiling a combined 3-3 record and 2.97 ERA in 15 games (13 starts). In 2016, he pitched for the Arizona League Angels and Orem Owlz where he was 1-4 with a 4.84 ERA in 12 games (six starts).

Suárez played 2017 with the Arizona League Angels and Burlington Bees^[58] where he pitched to a combined 6-1 record and 3.28 ERA in 15 starts.^[59] He started 2018 with the Inland Empire 66ers and was promoted to the Mobile BayBears and Salt Lake Bees during the season.^[60][61]

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