The Angels have signed left-hander CD Pelham to a minor league deal, as announced by the Mexican League’s Leones de Yucatan on Friday. Pelham is represented by Pro Edge Sports Management.
The 29-year-old joined the Rangers organization after being selected in the 33rd round of the 2015 draft and eventually worked his way through the club’s minor league system to make his big league debut back in 2018. That brief cup of coffee in the majors didn’t go well, as Pelham struggled to a 7.04 ERA in 7 2/3 innings of work across ten appearances with seven strikeouts and four walks. Pelham remained with the Rangers on the 40-man roster throughout the 2019 season but was ultimately designated for assignment that offseason.
The lefty was eventually claimed off waivers by the Cubs before being assigned outright to the minors later in the 2019-20 offseason. Injuries and the cancelled minor league season in 2020 kept him from making his debut in a Cubs uniform until May of 2022, and the lefty pitched to a decent 4.35 ERA in 41 1/3 innings of work between the Double- and Triple-A levels that year. Pelham hit minor league free agency after the 2022 season and signed with the Padres on a minor league deal, though he ended up pitching just 14 1/3 total innings of the club last year.
Pelham has spent the 2024 season to this point pitching for the Leones in the Mexican League, and he’s achieved impressive results in that time. In 17 1/3 innings of work so far this year, Pelham has struck out 26.1% of batters faced while posting an excellent 1.04 ERA in 17 relief appearances. If he can translate that production into affiliated ball with the Angels, it’s feasible the southpaw could return to the big leagues with the club at some point this year. The relief corps in Anaheim has posted an AL-worst 4.89 ERA to this point in the season, better than only the Rockies among all MLB clubs. Jose Suarez, Matt Moore, and Kenny Rosenberg are the club’s relief options from the left side already on the 40-man roster.
Saw the Anaheim team name in the headline initially before seeing the rest of it and so naturally assumed it was going to be about another Mike Trout injury. Fragile and quickly diminishing guy.
Nice to hear you spew ur bs all over. Again dude? Getslife
Hasn’t been great, but hasn’t been given much opportunity either.
Give him a chance and Pelham could come in there and mow them down 1, 2, 3.
he should fit in with the rest of the angels pen, thats for sure
I’m fairly…Taken with Pelham
The Angels are Taking the division with Pelham and his ability to throw 1-2-3 innings.
Adell struck out three times again today and is hitting .201. Moniak and Paris are worse, although not with strikeouts. This team needs a complete overhaul starting with a new owner.
@prov agree they need to trade all of the one year deals, and listen on the offers on ward.
Anytime you want Perry Minasian might as well start trading now seasons already over
How come we didn’t trade Shohei at the trading deadline
You mean fourth stooge
Larry Mo curly Arte
@Johnny bravo they should’ve traded him especially because they didn’t match the dodgers offer, and it sounded like it was 200 million less. At this point you burn it down maybe they can recoup what they lost to the white sox.