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Angels Select Gerardo Reyes

By Darragh McDonald | June 10, 2023 at 8:15pm CDT

The Angels announced that they have selected the contract of right-hander Gerardo Reyes and reinstated outfielder Hunter Renfroe from the paternity list. In corresponding moves, outfielder Jo Adell was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake while right-hander Ben Joyce was placed on the 15-day injured list due to ulnar neuritis. To open a spot for Reyes on the 40-man roster, catcher Max Stassi was transferred to the 60-day injured list.

Reyes, 30, was signed to a minor league deal in the offseason and has been pitching for Triple-A Salt Lake so far this year. He has a 4.64 ERA through 21 1/3 innings in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League, striking out 32% of batters faced but walking 11%.

He has a bit of major league experience, including two games with the Angels last year as well as 27 with the 2019 Padres, undergoing Tommy John surgery in between those campaigns. He has a 7.39 career ERA at the moment, though a .329 batting average on balls in play and 54.7% strand rate point to a bit of bad luck. His 29.5% strikeout rate and 10.9% walk rate have led to more palatable advanced metrics like a 4.17 FIP and 3.86 SIERA.

Now back on the 40-man roster, Reyes still has an option year and could provide a depth arm with some roster flexibility going forward. He also has less than a year of service time and can be cheaply retained for future seasons if he can continue to hang onto his roster spot.

Joyce was removed from last night’s game due to right hand irritation and will now sit out at least two weeks. He underwent an MRI today, per J.P. Hoornstra of the Southern California News Group, and more information on his status should be forthcoming in the near future. Joyce was just added to the club’s roster a couple of weeks ago and is known for his elite velocity. His fastball has averaged an incredible 101.5 mph so far in his short big league career. He has a 4.50 ERA through his first four innings, striking out 23.8% of opponents but walking 19%.

As for Stassi, this move is little more than a formality to open a roster spot since he has already been on the injured list for more than 60 days. He began the season on the IL due to a hip strain and has also been dealing with an undisclosed family situation. Since 60 days have already passed since his initial IL placement, he’s eligible to be reinstated at anytime. However, he hasn’t begun a rehab assignment and there hasn’t been any reporting that suggests he’s close to starting one.

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  1. eeddiiee909

    2 years ago

    seems like Angels don’t have high hopes for Jo adell

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    • outinleftfield

      2 years ago

      IF you were paying attention, even just to this site, you knew that he would only be with the Angels for 3 days while Renfroe was on paternity leave.

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      • Stat_head

        2 years ago

        Burning a minor league option year for 3 days makes no sense if you plan on keeping a prospect. Moniak or Ward could have figured out RF for 1 game.

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        • outinleftfield

          2 years ago

          Do you REALLY think that with the injury history of Trout and Ward and the rapidly deteriorating game of Moniak that those 3 games will be the only ones that Adell spends in the major leagues this season? Seriously?

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        • Plugnplay

          2 years ago

          OutinLF, yeah I wouldn’t be worried at all about Adell’s last option year just being used, for other reasons to.

          For 1) I’ve got a feeling he won’t make it past the trade-deadline on the Angels.

          2nd) I’ve got to think if he is still on the Angels next year. You’d think he could be at least the 4th O.F. all next year.
          Knock on wood, the DH spot might be open to.

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        • outinleftfield

          2 years ago

          With

          A) The injury history of the current OF on the Angels and
          B) Moniak’s rapidly deteriorating hitting, plus
          C) Fact that Moniak is yet to take an at bat against a LHP

          there is close to a 100% chance that Adell is still in the Angels system on August 1st.

          His trade value is extremely low and the chance of the Angels needing him to fill in short term is very high.

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        • Deleted Userrr

          2 years ago

          You guys clearly don’t know how minor league options work. You burn one if you spend 20 or more days in a season on the 40-man roster but not on the active major league roster or major league injured list. So Adell being called up for 3 days or any other amount of time has no bearing on him losing an option year.

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        • Plugnplay

          2 years ago

          Nice, but with a virtual lock to be a September guy, his 1 option will definitely be used up anyway this year.

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        • Deleted Userrr

          2 years ago

          His 1 option gets used this year regardless of when or if he gets called up. The only way they could have stopped this from happening was to keep him on the active roster the whole season, fake an injury and put him on the IL all season or DFA him and hope he clears waivers.

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  2. outinleftfield

    2 years ago

    Ulnar neuritis can take up to 6 months to fully heal from, but I could not find another MLB pitcher that had that diagnosis, so no clue how long until Joyce might be back.

    Reyes makes Joyce look like a reliever with great command. This will be scary.

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    • User 781115931

      2 years ago

      Garrett Whitlock went down with ulnar neuritis on April 28 and was back last night. Jordan Romano only missed two weeks with the same injury a few years ago.

      On the flip side, Jeffrey Springs was diagnosed with ulnar neuritis in April and needed TJ a few days later. I don’t think that’ll be an issue for Joyce given he only had TJ a few years ago. Nevin will probably announce the results of any imaging/tests in a presser in the next couple days

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      • outinleftfield

        2 years ago

        Thanks. Appreciate the info. Guess we will see.

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    • Kershaw's Lesser Known Right Arm

      2 years ago

      They will probably be extra cautious with him, so sadly, I fear this could be the last we see of The Volunteer Fireman this season.

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  3. prov356

    2 years ago

    With the way this organization lacks candor with injury reports, I predict the announcement will come eventually that Joyce needs TJS. I remember when Ohtani had a blister on his finger that needed Tommy John Surgery two weeks later.

    And what’s up with Stassi? Thankfully Thaiss and Wallach have done decently well.

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    • Finlander

      2 years ago

      Think it’s time to trade Adell for some pitching. Nice little couple day showcase.

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      • prov356

        2 years ago

        I’ve said that for two years.

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      • outinleftfield

        2 years ago

        Who exactly do you think Minassian could get for Adell at this point? Not much. Trout and Ward have an injury history and Moniak is only batting against RHP, so why would they trade their only AAA depth in the OF?

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        • prov356

          2 years ago

          because Adell’s defense still isn’t mlb level and he strikes out almost 1/3 of his at bats. he’s not ready to help the team now, which is what we need.

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        • outinleftfield

          2 years ago

          So what team would give anything of value for him if those things are true?

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        • prov356

          2 years ago

          I think a team coming out of a rebuild that has some time to allow him to develop. By all accounts he’s very athletic. He needs to apply that to baseball. Maybe Oakland, Colorado, etc.

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  4. M.C.Homer

    2 years ago

    So wait, I thought the neuritis was preliminary.
    MRI results forthcoming…?

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  5. noahflesh

    2 years ago

    How could NOT love those ‘23 minors & major league career stats

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  6. DarkSide830

    2 years ago

    #FreeJoAdell

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  7. outinleftfield

    2 years ago

    Reyes sent down. Thank goodness.

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