The Angels announced that they’ve claimed right-hander Vicente Campos off waivers from the Diamondbacks this afternoon. Campos was originally acquired by Arizona in the trade that sent Tyler Clippard to the Yankees over the summer, but ended up undergoing surgery for a fractured ulnar this September that came with an expected eight-month recovery time, Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic notes on Twitter.
The 24-year-old Campos made his Major League debut this season, tossing 5 2/3 innings of relief for Arizona (in one appearance) and allowing three runs on four hits and two walks with four strikeouts. He pitched across three minor league levels this season between the D-backs and Yankees systems, ultimately spending most of his time at Double-A. In 142 2/3 minor league innings this year, Campos notched a 3.22 ERA with 7.6 K/9 against 2.7 BB/9.
Originally a Mariners farmhand, Campos went to the Yankees along with Michael Pineda in the now-lopsided Jesus Montero trade. MLB.com rated him 14th among Yankees prospects midway through the season and noted that he has the potential for three average-or-better offerings but also comes with serious durability concerns. That he was able to total a combined 148 1/3 innings between the Majors and minors this year — easily a career-high — bodes well for an Angels team that is in unequivocal need of pitching depth if he can recover from his surgery. Campos may not be ready to open the season on a big league pitching staff, as he has just 6 2/3 total innings at Triple-A in his career and will still be returning to full health, but he could eventually emerge as an option for the Halos next season.
Not sure why he was put on waivers by AZ to begin with. He has a pretty good track record of success in the minors and has shown decent potential. I would’ve at least kept him as a trade chip.
Nearly every single team in the major leagues passed on him after being placed on waivers
Not a single national league team wanted him
Eppler getting one of his prospects from when he was with the Yankees, good pickup.
thats insane – he was their # 3 prospect.
whats going on in AZ?
Nice pick up for ANA – maybe be their #1 prospect.
I’m really enjoying these Angels prospect comments whenever they acquire a minor leaguer. No, I’m serious. They’re so thin on players that its just too funny to pass up.
Yeah theses guys are hilarious. Every waiver claim is a lotto ticket to them lol.
maybe he was arrested or something ??
IIRC he broke his pitching arm shortly after AZ picked him up in the Clippard deal.
Cashman ends up with Pineda and Clippard for Montero and Campos not bad.
Like these moves, build up the farm system.
Nice day for the Angels, get Cam Maybin and then claim a better prospect than they gave up for him
But Victor Alacantra is supposed to be pretty good right, not saying the deal was a bad one, it could work out very well, but I think Detroit got a good deal there too. They seem to have a record of trades like this, they got Michael Fulmer who could very much win ROY and now this, who knows what could happen.
He’s nowhere in that realm. Alcantra is a hard throwing project. He’s no longer a starter as Fulmer was a legitimate prospect. He has a good fb very little control. And will be needed to add to 40 man. So he’s probably a guy if he makes it through the year who will be DFAd and put in limbo.
His command is trash and strikeout totals aren’t insane to offset his trash command. Will probably take him 5 years to learn to control it by then he will be a free agent and Halos can pick him up.
I lover this pickup!!!
When you have a farm system like that, anyone helps I guess, but if your the Diamondbacks…why?