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2020 LOS ANGELES ANGELS

JO ADELL # 59
BORN: APRIL 8, 1999 OPENING DAY AGE: 20
BIRTHPLACE: SHELBY, NC RESIDES: PROSPECT, KY
SIGNED THRU: 2020
ACQUIRED: SELECTED IN FIRST ROUND (10TH OVERALL) OF 2017 FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT

OF HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 215 BATS: R THROWS: R
NON-ROSTER INVITEE
ADELL’S LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2017— Angels (AZL) .288 31 118 18 34 6 6 4 21 1 1 2 10 1 32 5 0 0 .542 .351 -
Orem .376 18 85 25 32 5 2 1 9 0 0 1 4 0 17 3 2 3 .518 .411 -
2018— Burlington .326 25 95 23 31 7 1 6 29 0 1 1 11 0 26 4 1 5 .611 .398 2
Inland Empire .290 57 238 47 69 19 3 12 42 0 2 6 15 0 63 9 2 2 .546 .345 3
Mobile .238 17 63 14 16 6 0 2 6 0 0 2 6 0 22 2 0 0 .429 .324 1
2019— Inland Empire .280 6 25 4 7 1 0 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 10 0 0 0 .560 .333 1
Mobile .308 43 159 28 49 15 0 8 23 0 1 3 19 0 41 6 0 7 .553 .390 4
Salt Lake .264 27 121 22 32 11 0 0 8 0 0 0 10 0 43 1 0 0 .355 .321 1
MINOR TOTALS .298 224 904 180 269 70 12 35 143 1 5 16 76 1 254 30 5 17 .518 .361 12
◆ Jordon ‘Jo’ Scott Adell (Uh-DEL)...On Twitter: @joadell25..Signed by Angels scout John Burden.
◆ 2020 marks second big league camp...Enters season ranked by Baseball America as the #3 prospect in baseball (#5
per MLB.com)...Ranked #1 in Angels system and the organization’s Best Power Hitter and Best Athlete .
◆ Split 2019 between three levels, playing 27 games for Triple-A Salt Lake in Pacific Coast League...Rated as Angels
adell
top prospect (and #6 prospect in baseball) by Baseball America entering 2019 . . .MiLB.com Organization All-Star
after slashing a combined .289/.359/.475 with 54 R and 7 SB in 76 games...Named as a 2019 Futures Game Selection.
◆ Entered 2018 as #2 prospect in LAA system per Baseball America and #15 in baseball by MLB.com...Finished 2018
batting .290 (115/396) with 20 HR, 32 2B, 77 RBI and 15 SB between Double-A Mobile, Adv.-A Inland Empire and
Single-A Burlington ...77 RBI were second-most among all Angels farmhands while 20 HR ranked third in system.
◆ Began 2018 with Burlington in Midwest League...Hit .326 (31/95) with six home runs and 29 RBI in 25 games...
Named Midwest League Batter of Week (May 14-20)...Went 4-for-6 (4 R, 2B, 8 RBI) April 20 vs. Quad Cities and 4-5
(2 R, 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI) May 15 vs. Kane County. . .Promoted to Inland Empire May 22 and hit .290 (69/238) with 19
doubles, three triples, 46 runs, 12 home runs, 42 RBI and nine stolen bases with 66ers . . .Earned Cal League Batter
of Week honors June 11-17 (.536; 15-for-28, 9 R, 4 HR, 8 RBI in 7G) and Cal League Player of Month honors for June
(.372/.398/.664; 23 R, 17 XBH, 7 HR & 18 RBI in 26 G) .
◆ Selected to represent Angels in 2018 All-Star Futures Game in Washington D.C...Batted leadoff for Team USA, scoring
go-ahead run with a sac fly to lead squad to 10-6 victory over World Team.
◆ Promoted to Mobile in Southern League on July 30, 2018...In 17 games, hit .238 (16/63) with 14 runs, six doubles,
two home runs, six RBI and two stolen bases in 17 games...At age 19, was second-youngest player to reach Double-A
level in 2018, behind Padres top prospect Fernando Tatis Jr., who is three months younger .
◆ Began professional career in June 2017 with Arizona League’s AZL Angels, batting .288 (34/118) with six doubles, six
triples, four home runs, 21 RBI and 10 stolen bases in 31 games . . .Promoted to Rookie-Level Orem of Pioneer League in
mid-August and spent rest of season there, batting .376 (25/85) with 25 runs, five doubles, two triples, one home run
and nine RBI in 18 games...Hit safely in 16 of 18 contests.
◆ In January 2019, partnered with Reds’ top prospect Hunter Greene for for Inaugural Baseball and Leadership Camp in
Inglewood, CA . ..Over 400 current/former professional baseball players, campers and coaches gathered for a free day
of baseball, leadership and development for local youths .
◆ In first off-season as a professional in 2017, took ‘Intro to Communications’ at University of Louisville...Also hosted
first annual ‘Jo Adell Turkey Drive’ providing Thanksgiving dinners to those in need...In October 2018, hosted the ‘Jo
Adell Baseball Camp’ for youth at his former high school (Ballard HS) in Louisville, KY.
◆ As high school senior in 2017, batted .562 with 25 home runs, 61 RBI, 22 stolen bases and 53 runs...25 HR led nation and
fell four shy of the all-time Kentucky High School record (was highest single-season total in state since introduction of
BBCOR bats in 2012)...Ranked fourth in nation in slugging percentage (1.437) and seventh in RBI.
◆ Named Gatorade Kentucky Baseball Player of the Year...Ranked #14 prospect in nation for 2017 Amateur Draft by MLB.
com, which also listed him under best tools of any outfielder/RHP in country...Became first player drafted directly out
of a Louisville high school in first round since 2001...Had verbally committed to University of Louisville...Named a two-
time Under Armour All-American...As a pitcher, fastball clocked in mid-90s range as a prep.
◆ His father, Scott, was an offensive lineman drafted in 12th round by New Orleans Saints in 1992...His mother, Nicole, is
principal at Newburg Junior High School (Louisville, KY) where Jo has spoken to students on multiple occasions...Sister,
Jessica, played softball at the University of Louisville and University of Tennessee (freshman year).
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