No surprise at all - even without the illness/injury he was gonna start the year in the minors.

But - why, oh, why AAA? The launchpads of the PCL will do more harm than good to his game - why not AA?

You could also argue that he lit up AA pitching, and keeping him there would hinder his growth.

Also, Salt Lake is a shorter flight to Anaheim than Arkansas is ;-)

Problem is, he's going to be playing at places where curveballs, don't - not exactly good prep for the major leagues ...

I was hoping he would go to Arkansas. SLC can get you into some bad habits.

Because for Trout, Arkansas is "Been there. Done that."

If the PCL is a problem why haven't the Angels changed their AAA location to another city.

<why not change our triple A location>...WHY NOT....!!
Both Pitchers and hitters that come up from Dbl AA
"unlearn" everything in the dry atomosphere...

Pitchers discover their thrown ball does not "behave" the way
its "normally" supposed to..Batters have the same problem..
Not sure if Vegas is any better..BUT..the Angels need to find
another triple A location...and one closer to home..Fresno?
Portland?Sacremento?

That would make a lot of sense to me.

Seems like the Angels should already know this. So I wonder why nothing has changed unless the Angels have a contract keeping them in Salt Lake.

Why not Palm Springs.

You might have to build a dome there. Man it gets real hot there 110 plus.

Didn't Moreno used to own the Salt Lake City Bees? You know how loyal he is.

Did he? I didn't know that.

"With baseball being Moreno's favorite pastime, he applied his business acumen in that arena, as well, purchasing the Salt Lake Trappers minor league team alongside 17 other investors in 1986. The group owned the team until 1992, and the venture proved to be a resounding financial success." (wikipedia.org)

I stand corrected. The Salt Lake City Bees were moved from Portland in 1994, so it must have replaced the Salt Lake Trappers that Moreno owned.

<PalmSprings> Would enough people come to the
"triple A" games to make PS a "profitable" location?

heck, I'd go...ha..ha..

Good for me since I live near Salt Lake City.Can't wait to go see him play.As far as picking up bad habits and such well let's hope the coaching staff prevents this from happening.Isn't that what they get paid for?

Brad Mills was also optioned to AAA today.

< If the PCL is a problem why haven't the Angels changed their AAA location to another city. >

I've been wondering that for years. It just makes more sense to me to have a AAA team located where the atmospheric conditions are as close to the big team's as possible. For the Angels an ideal location would someplace like Oxnard, Ventura, or Santa Barbara, where the elevation is nearly the same and they have a marine inversion layer.

<very astute> Oxnard-Ventura-.Perfect...!!
Santa Barbara almost as good..
Bakersfield?? Fresno??

He won't be there long. I have enormous faith in Vernon Wells not hitting his weight.