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LIVAN SOTO INF
AGE: 18 BORN: June 22, 2000 in Valencia, Venezuela RESIDES: Valencia, Venezuela HT.: 6-0 WT.: 160
BATS: Left THROWS: Right ACQUIRED: Signed as minor league free agent, Dec. 15, 2017
HIGH SCHOOL: — COLLEGE: —
FULL NAME: Livan Enrique (Flores) Soto SIGNED BY: Rolando Petit (Braves)
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2017— Braves (GCL) .225 47 173 24 39 5 0 0 14 3 3 2 27 0 26 7 3 3 .254 .332 12
2018— Orem .291 44 172 31 50 10 0 0 11 0 1 3 24 0 24 9 3 4 .349 .385 20
MINOR TOTALS .258 91 345 55 89 15 0 0 25 3 4 5 51 0 50 16 6 7 .301 .358 32
MITCH SPIRES INF
AGE: 23 BORN: Mar. 11, 1996 in Lexington, SC RESIDES: Gilbert, SC HT.: 6-1 WT.: 200
BATS & THROWS: Right ACQUIRED: 28th round of 2018 First-Year Player Draft
HIGH SCHOOL: Gilbert HS (SC) COLLEGE: Winthrop University (SC)
FULL NAME: Mitchell Spires SIGNED BY: Chris McAlpin (Angels)
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2018—Orem .259 36 139 18 36 5 1 3 19 0 3 1 12 0 31 6 0 4 .374 .316 14
Mobile .246 19 61 5 15 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 12 2 0 0 .262 .266 1
MINOR TOTALS .255 55 200 23 51 6 1 3 22 0 4 1 14 0 43 8 0 4 .340 .301 15
MICHAEL STEFANIC INF
AGE: 23 BORN: Feb. 24, 1996 in Boise, ID RESIDES: Boise, ID HT.: 5-10 WT.: 180
BATS & THROWS: Right ACQUIRED: Signed as non-drafted free agent, July 19, 2018
HIGH SCHOOL: Timberline HS (ID) COLLEGE: Westmont College (CA)
FULL NAME: Michael Stefanic SIGNED BY: N/A (Angels)
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2018—Angels (AZL) .393 9 28 2 11 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 .464 .469 2
Orem .222 5 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 .222 .300 0
MINOR TOTALS .351 14 37 3 13 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 4 0 5 0 1 0 .405 .429 2
JOHN SWANDA RHP
AGE: 19 BORN: Mar. 18, 1999 in Des Moines, IA RESIDES: Des Moines, IA HT.: 6-2 WT.: 185
BATS & THROWS: Right ACQUIRED: Fourth round of 2017 First-Year Player Draft
HIGH SCHOOL: Theodore Roosevelt HS (IA) COLLEGE: —
FULL NAME: John Thomas Swanda SIGNED BY: Joel Murrie (Angels) minor league
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA
2017— Angels (AZL) 1-2 9.31 7 1 0 0 0 0 9.2 13 10 10 1 1 6 1 6 3 0 .333
2018—Orem 0-4 4.50 10 10 0 0 0 0 30.0 37 20 15 4 2 7 0 26 3 1 .291
MINOR TOTALS 1-6 5.67 17 11 0 0 0 0 39.2 50 30 25 5 3 13 1 32 6 1 .301
GABRIEL TAPIA RHP
AGE: 17 BORN: Oct. 21, 2001 in Valencia, VZ RESIDES: Valencia, VZ HT.: 6-1 WT.: 160
BATS & THROWS: Right ACQUIRED: Signed as international free agent, Dec. 20, 2018
HIGH SCHOOL: — COLLEGE: —
FULL NAME: Gabriel Tapia SIGNED BY: Andres Garcia (Angels)
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA
Will make professional debut in 2019
JORGE TAVAREZ RHP
AGE: 23 BORN: Aug. 4, 1995 in Loma de Cabrera, DR RESIDES: Moca, DR HT.: 5-10 WT.: 150
BATS & THROWS: Right ACQUIRED: Signed as an international free agent, May 15, 2015
HIGH SCHOOL: — COLLEGE: —
FULL NAME: Jorge Luis Rodruguez Taverez SIGNED BY: Jochy Cabrera and Alfredo Ulloa (Angels)
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA
2015— Angels (DSL) 3-3 5.93 23 0 0 12 0 6 30.1 38 24 20 1 1 11 1 38 4 2 .314
2016— Angels (DSL) 4-3 2.05 21 0 0 16 0 9 44 35 15 10 0 3 7 0 49 4 0 .215
2017— Angels (AZL) 1-0 1.99 19 0 0 9 0 3 22.2 23 9 5 1 0 6 0 35 2 0 .253
2018—Burlington 2-4 2.86 21 1 0 10 0 0 44.0 39 19 14 0 1 19 0 55 5 0 .239
Inland Empire 5-1 1.87 19 0 0 5 0 1 33.2 28 7 7 2 0 17 0 35 0 0 .228
MINOR TOTALS 15-11 2.89 103 1 0 52 0 19 174.2 163 74 56 4 5 60 1 212 15 2 .247

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