The Angels are calling up right-hander Jack Kochanowicz to start out Thursday’s sport, per Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register on X. The righty is already on the 40-man roster however might be making his main league debut as quickly as he will get right into a sport. The Halos introduced that righty Davis Daniel has been optioned to Triple-A with lefty Kenny Rosenberg recalled to take Daniel’s spot tonight. A transfer might be required to get Kochanowicz onto the roster tomorrow, which could simply be Rosenberg getting optioned again down, relying on what occurs in tonight’s contest.
Kochanowicz, 23, was a third-round choose of the Halos within the 2019 draft. He didn’t pitch within the affiliated ranks within the months following that choice after which the minors had been worn out by the pandemic in 2020, delaying his skilled debut.
He has since been working his method by way of the system with a grounder-heavy method. He has thrown 326 innings within the minors so far in his profession with a 5.44 earned run common. His 19.1% strikeout charge in that point is subpar however he’s restricted walks to a 7% clip and has had robust floor ball charges at each cease to this point. Main league common is at 42.4% this 12 months however Kochanowicz has been between 48 and 63% at each cease of his profession to this point. His .317 batting common on balls in play and 61.4% strand charge are each a bit on the unfortunate aspect, so maybe he’ll be capable to have some higher outcomes with stronger defenders behind him.
Kochanowicz was added to the Angels’ 40-man roster in November to maintain him out of the Rule 5 draft. Baseball America and FanGraphs each at the moment listing him because the membership’s Thirteenth-best prospect, highlighting his high-90s velocity. MLB Pipeline is a little more bullish and has him up within the #7 slot whereas Keith Legislation of The Athletic had him within the #12 spot coming into the 12 months.
The Angels just lately misplaced Patrick Sandoval to season-ending surgical procedure whereas guys like Reid Detmers, Chase Silseth and Zach Plesac have struggled and been optioned to Triple-A, with Daniel now in that pile as properly. The rotation at the moment consists of Tyler Anderson, Griffin Canning, José Soriano and Roansy Contreras. Kochanowicz will take the ball tomorrow, although it’s unclear if it’s only a spot begin or if he’ll get a prolonged rotation audition. He nonetheless hasn’t pitched at Triple-A however the Halos will skip him over that degree for now. With the All-Star break subsequent week, they may survive with a four-man rotation for a time and name another person as much as take the fifth spot as soon as wanted.
It’s attainable that the Angels will make some trades at this 12 months’s deadline that skinny out that group. The membership is 37-54 and clearly in vendor mode going into the deadline. Their farm system is poorly regarded, which is able to maybe make it powerful to contend within the seasons to come back. That ought to depart the entrance workplace open to contemplating trades of gamers even when they’ve some membership management past the present marketing campaign. Anderson has one 12 months left on his deal, for example, whereas Canning has one 12 months of arbitration remaining.
Some latest reporting has advised that the membership prefers to carry onto Anderson, Canning and different gamers with related home windows of management, although it’s attainable that’s posturing for negotiation functions. The commerce deadline is July 30.
