Sam

Aldegheri

Aldegheri gets the demotion after struggling over four innings in his loss to the Red Sox on Saturday. The 24-year-old will be back at some point this summer — likely after the All-Star break — but he’ll be replaced by Tayler Saucedo on the active roster.

Aldegheri got off to a wretched start when he gave up a three-run homer in the first inning. He was able to blank Boston for the next three frames, but the damage was done. He struggled to find the zone for most of the contest; walking four and throwing just 50-of-88 pitches for strikes. Aldegheri has shown some flashes, but he doesn’t look ready to be an MLB starter just yet. His final outing before the break is scheduled for Friday against the Twins.

Benefitting from Nick Kurtz getting a day off and Jacob Wilson and Tyler Soderstrom being out with injuries, Aldegheri had one of his best showings to date. He gave up eight hard-hit balls, but none of them turned into more than singles, and he walked only one. He struck out four, so his K/BB improved to 20/13 through 29 2/3 innings. Grayson Rodriguez should be back to replace either Ryan Johnson or Aldegheri in the Angels rotation next weekend. Today’s showing makes it more likely that Aldegheri will stick around to face the Red Sox.

We’re all about looking on the bright side, and Aldegheri struck out three and walked one tonight, which is a nice improvement on his 5/7 K/BB from his previous three starts this season. Perhaps the Angels could look at alternatives prior to Aldegheri’s next start Sunday against the A’s, but it seems more likely that they’ll just stick with him for now and hope that Grayson Rodriguez can come off the IL and take his spot at the beginning of next month.

The big blow was Corbin Carroll’s grand slam in the second, but Aldegheri also walked three and struck out just one today. He has a 13/11 K/BB in 20 innings this season and a 35/31 K/BB in 46 2/3 innings as a major leaguer since debuting in 2024. Even in Triple-A this year, he came in at 32/23 in 46 innings. He just doesn’t belong in the majors right now, but if he sticks around, he’ll face the Orioles on Monday.

Aldegheri walked three but generated a lot of soft contact in improving to 2-1 with a 2.12 ERA in two starts and four relief appearances. It’s still highly unlikely that he’ll be of use in mixed leagues going forward, as he is adept neither at generating strikeouts nor groundouts. He’ll face the Diamondbacks next.

With Jack Kochanowicz (elbow) landing on the injured list on Sunday, Aldegheri will have another chance to pitch out of the Angels’ bullpen. The 24-year-old left-hander holds a 2.45 ERA, 1.36 WHIP and a 7/5 K/BB ratio over 11 innings in three appearances with the Angels this season.

Aldegheri heads back to the minors after tossing 5 1/3 shutout frames in relief against the Rockies on Tuesday night. The 24-year-old swingman has allowed just three runs over 11 innings across three appearances in the big leagues this season.

Aldegheri has been brought back to the majors to fortify Los Angeles’ bullpen leading into Tuesday’s contest with the Rockies. The 24-year-old southpaw has allowed three runs over 5 2/3 innings of work for the Angels this season.

Aldegheri threw four innings on Tuesday, allowing two runs on four hits. He will head back to Triple-A in order to allow the Angels to get a fresh arm back into the bullpen. The left-hander will get another chance shortly.