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ANGELS 2016 SPRING TRAINING NOTES LOS ANGELES ANGELS @ SALT LAKE BEES March 22, 2016 Smith’s Ballpark Spring Game #24 TODAY’S CONTEST ANGELS SCHEDULED TO PITCH TODAY LEADING OFF : The Angels play their 24th of 34 Spring Training games today as Star ng pitcher: RHP Jeremy Rhoades the Club visits the Salt Lake Bees for a split squad exhibi on game...The star ng RHP Josh Roenicke RHP Josh Zeid pitching matchup features righthander Jeremy Rhoades for the Angels facing RHP Aus n Adams RHP Geoff Broussard off against righthander Jordan Kipper for the Bees...The Halos are currently 10 LHP Jose Molina RHP Harrison Cooney 84 this Spring and 723 in their last 12 games...In 2015, the Club fi nished with a winning record in Spring Training for the 11th me in the last 14 years a er going 15142. BEES SCHEDULED TO PITCH TODAY LONG TERM RELATIONSHIP: The Angels current affi lia on with Salt Lake as the RHP Jordan Kipper RHP D.J. Johnson TripleA affi liate has been in place since the 2001 season...At 16 consecu ve RHP Alan Busenitz RHP Aus n Wood years, Salt Lake has become the Halos’ longest tenured TripleA affi liate in RHP Kyle Winkler LHP Edward Paredes franchise history. RHP Brian Loconsole THROWBACK: Salt Lake was also the Angels TripleA affi liate from 197181 and the franchise – then known as the Salt Lake Gulls – faced the Angels in exhibi on 2015 ANGELS AND BEES: Last season, 31 diff erent players appeared in games for games on July 31, 1975, August 2, 1976 and May 11, 1981...From 19711974, both the Angels and Bees: the franchise was known as the Salt Lake Angels. That franchise eventually moved to Calgary in 1985 and is now the Albuquerque Isotopes. Cam Bedrosian Edgar Ibarra Cory Rasmus Je Bandy Ryan Jackson JoJo Reyes Kaleb Cowart Ma Joyce PIPELINE TO THE BIG A : The Bees have helped produce the likes of 2014 A.L. MVP Garre Richards Collin Cowgill Marc Kraus and 2012 Rookie of the Year Mike Trout , three me AllStar Jered Weaver , 2015 Daniel Robertson CJ Cron Kyle Kubitza A.L. Gold Glove Award winner Kole Calhoun , Angels star ng pitchers Garre Drew Rucinski Taylor Featherston Alfredo Marte Richards and Ma Shoemaker, and 2014 A.L. AllStar Erick Aybar among Ma Shoemaker David Freese Ryan Ma heus others...Salt Lake was also the fi nal stop for the likes of Jose Molina, Francisco Nick Tropeano Connor Gillaspie Mike Morin Adam Wilk Rodriguez and John Lackey before joining the club for the 2002 World Series Trevor Go Efren Navarro Wesley Wright run. Grant Green Carlos Perez Andrew Heaney Vinnie Pestano ANGELS vs. AFFILIATES: The last game between the Angels and a TripleA affi liate took place on April 2, 1989 when the Edmonton Trappers defeated the Halos ANGELS ROSTER RUNDOWN 131 at Anaheim Stadium...Rookie Jim Abbo who would make his Major League debut six days later vs. Sea le got the start for Edmonton and held the The Angels entered Spring Training 2016 with 61 players in big league camp…14 Angels to just three hits across six innings pitched. players were acquired via trade…Nine come from N.L. teams, fi ve from A.L. teams with two of those players from A.L. West teams…23 players were BEES vs. AFFILIATES: Today is the fi rst mee ng for Salt Lake against the Angels originally dra ed or signed by Angels…Highest dra selec on in camp is Taylor since the Bees became an Angel affi liate in 2001...This is the fi rst mee ng Ward (1st round, 26th overall in 2015)…14 players represent seven foreign between the Bees and their parent club since squaring off with the Minnesota countries: six from Venezuela, fi ve from the Dominican Republic, three from Twins in 1999. Cuba and one from each Mexico, South Korea and Curacao…Youngest player in camp is Roberto Baldoquin (21), oldest is Albert Pujols (36)…15 players in camp On May 13, 1999 the Twins outlasted the Buzz 109... Torii Hunter went 3for4 have no MLB service me; only two are on 40man roster…Nine of 61 players in with two RBI for the Twins while David Or z went 1for4 with an RBI and A.J. camp were born in Southern California. Pierzynski went 2for4 with an RBI for the Buzz. On June 15, 1995 the Buzz beat the Twins 43. Kirby Pucke went 2for2 for the ANGELS 2015 IN REVIEW Twins and current Arizona Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale was 1for4. The Angels completed 2015 with an 8577 (.525) record in third place in the A.L. SALT LAKE SUCCESS : Since 2001 when their current partnership began, Salt Lake West (3 games behind Texas)...Club fi nished one game out of the second A.L. has won over 1,000 games, fi ve division championships and made two trips to Wild Card spot and were not eliminated from postseason conten on un l the Pacifi c Coast League fi nals. the fi nal day of the regular season...Third me in franchise history that Halos fi nished one game out of a playoff berth (also 1985 & 1995)...Finished year with SCIOSCIA BACK IN SALT LAKE : Angels skipper Mike Scioscia last managed a game in a 2011 record during Sept./Oct...Halos led A.L. with 35 onerun victories and Salt Lake while managing the Albuquerque Dukes (Dodgers affi liate) from April had a .673 winning percentage (3517) in onerun games... Mike Trout (41 HR) 1922, 1999...The Buzz and Dukes split the series 22...The Buzz lineup included and Albert Pujols (40 HR) became fi rst pair of Angels teammates to each hit 40+ David Or z, A.J. Pierzynski and Jacque Jones while Mark Redman made one of homers in a single season...Pujols, Trout and Hector San ago were named to the pitching starts for Salt Lake in the series. Future Angel and Salt Lake S nger the A.L. AllStar team...Angels drew 3,012,747 fans to Angel Stadium, marking Adam Riggs was in the lineup for Albuquerque. the 13th consecu ve season with at least three million fans. WELCOME BACK : Among the Angels making the trip to Salt Lake today are OF Mike Trout , OF Kole Calhoun and INF C.J. Cron . THIS ‘N’ THAT Trout played 20 games for Salt Lake in 2012 before going on to win American SMITH’S BALLPARK : Built in 1994, Smith’s Ballpark is the home of the Salt Lake League Rookie of the Year for the Angels later that season...He hit .403 with fi ve Bees as well as serving as the home fi eld for several University of Utah baseball triples and six stolen bases in his me in a Bees uniform...Scored from fi rst on a games...With a capacity of 15,411, the ballpark is among the largest sea ng single on April 15, 2012, winning a Minor League Baseball MiLBY for Play of the capaci es in all of Minor League Baseball. Year. FIGGINS RETIRES WITH HALOS: Yesterday, the Angels signed Chone Figgins to a Calhoun hit .324 over 169 career games with Salt Lake from 201214...Walk off one day contract as he announced his offi cial re rement from baseball a er grand slam on July 4, 2013 was named one of the Top 20 moments in franchise a 12year Major League career...During his eight seasons with the Halos, he history by broadcaster Steve Klauke ...Appeared at the Bees Hot Stove dinner in would register a .291 average (1045/3585) with 31 HR, 341 RBI, 596 R and a 2015 raising money for Sons of Baseball charity. clubrecord 280 stolen bases...Figgins appeared in 125 games with Sale Lake in 2002 and ba ed .305 (156/511) with 25 doubles, 18 triples, seven home runs Cron played his college ball at the University of Utah, playing home games at and 62 RBI before being promoted to the Angels for their World Series run. Smith’s Ballpark...He was the Angels fi rst round pick (17th overall) in the 2011 dra and his fi rst TripleA home run was a walkoff to beat Fresno April 8, 2014. THANK YOU BEES : The Angels would like to extend a special thank you to the Salt Lake Bees staff , including Mark Amicone, Steve Klauke and Kraig Williams for YESTERDAY’S RECAP : The Angels were defeated by Milwaukee 43 at Maryvale all of their assistance with making today’s game possible and for providing many Baseball Park...The Brewers scored three runs in the bo om of the ninth for of today’s game notes! a walkoff victory... Mike Trout and Kole Calhoun each had two hits for the Halos...Huston Street , Joe Smith, Al Alburquerque, Cam Bedrosian, and Cody Sa erwhite each pitched a scoreless inning in relief for the Angels. UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE PITCHERS DAY DATE OPPONENT SITE OPPOSING PITCHER ANGELS PITCHER TV/RADIO Wednesday March 23 OFF DAY Thursday March 24 @White Sox Camelback Ranch LHP Chris Sale (0-0, 3.38 ERA) TBD FSW/AM830 Friday March 25 @Oakland Hohokam Stadium TBD TBD FSW/AM830 2016 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE AND RESULTS ANGELS WINNING LOSING ATTENDANCE DATE OPPONENT SITE TV W/L SCORE RECORD PITCHER PITCHER GAME TOTAL March 2 @San Francisco Scottsdale FSW L 14 01 Broadway (10) Bedrosian (01) 8,263 8,263 March 3 Oakland Tempe FSW W 82 11 Morin (10) R. Doolittle (01) 4,071 4,071 March 4 @Chicago Cubs Mesa FSW L 03 12 N.