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ORGANIZATIONAL PLAYERS
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

YELINSON BETANCES OF
AGE: 17 BORN: Nov. 13, 2007 in Santo Domingo, DR RESIDES: Santo Domingo, DR HT.: 6-1 WT.: 190
BATS & THROWS: Right ACQUIRED: Signed as international free agent, Jan. 15, 2025
HIGH SCHOOL: — COLLEGE: —
FULL NAME: Yelinson Betances Garcia SIGNED BY: Jean Carlos Montalvo (Angels)
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
Will make professional debut in 2025
WERNER BLAKELY OF
AGE: 23 BORN: Feb. 21, 2002 in Detroit, MI RESIDES: Detroit, MI HT.: 6-3 WT.: 185
BATS: Left THROWS: Right ACQUIRED: Fourth round of 2020 First-Year Player Draft
HIGH SCHOOL: Detroit Edison HS (Detroit, MI) COLLEGE: —
FULL NAME: Werner Mathew Blakely SIGNED BY: Drew Dominguez (Angels)
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2021— ACL Angels .182 44 148 22 27 6 0 3 19 0 2 3 33 0 69 15 2 1 .284 .339 18
2022— Inland Empire .295 55 183 36 54 13 2 5 40 0 1 6 45 0 70 24 2 0 .470 .447 12
2023— Tri-City .214 92 323 45 69 17 3 5 28 0 2 5 44 0 137 22 1 2 .331 .316 16
Rocket City .000 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 .000 .222 2
2024— Tri-City .206 98 326 38 67 18 4 2 33 3 1 2 50 0 111 15 2 1 .304 .314 7
MINOR TOTALS .220 291 987 141 217 54 9 15 120 3 6 16 174 0 392 76 7 4 .338 .344 55
A.J. BLOCK LHP
AGE: 26 BORN: Apr. 16, 1998 in Salt Lake City, UT RESIDES: Bellevue, WA HT.: 6-5 WT.: 220 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
BATS & THROWS: Left ACQUIRED: Signed as minor league free agent, Jan. 10, 2025
HIGH SCHOOL: Newport HS (Bellevue, WA) COLLEGE: Washington State University
FULL NAME: Anthony Jacob Block SIGNED BY: Joe Ross (Royals)
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA
2020— DID NOT PLAY - No Minor League Season
2021— Quad Cities 4-5 3.81 19 16 0 2 0 0 85.0 67 39 36 7 7 33 0 98 3 0 .215
Columbia 1-0 0.56 4 2 0 0 0 0 16.0 6 1 1 1 2 3 0 26 0 0 .107
2022— DID NOT PLAY - INJURED
2023— DID NOT PLAY - INJURED
2024— Quad Cities 4-1 4.59 30 0 0 7 0 0 51.0 46 27 26 9 8 24 1 59 5 1 .240
NW Arkansas 0-0 16.20 4 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 9 6 6 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 .500
MINOR TOTALS 9-6 4.00 57 19 0 9 0 0 155.1 128 73 69 17 18 62 1 185 9 1 .222
ENDRYS BRICENO RHP
AGE: 33 BORN: Feb. 7, 1992 in Maracay, VZ RESIDES: Aragua, VZ HT.: 6-4 WT.: 205
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BATS & THROWS: Right ACQUIRED: Signed as minor league free agent, Dec. 5, 2024
HIGH SCHOOL: — COLLEGE: —
FULL NAME: Endrys Eduardo Briceno SIGNED BY: German Robles (Tigers)
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA
2009— VSL Tigers 0-0 3.41 16 0 0 8 0 2 31.2 36 17 12 4 5 12 0 16 3 0 .295
2010— VSL Tigers 2-5 5.63 14 9 0 2 0 0 46.1 56 32 29 2 9 16 0 33 2 0 .303
2011— GCL Tigers 2-5 5.34 12 12 0 0 0 0 59.0 72 44 35 2 14 19 0 49 9 0 .310
2012— Connecticut 4-3 5.15 12 12 0 0 0 0 57.2 60 37 33 3 7 22 0 30 9 1 .269
2013— West Michigan 7-9 4.47 25 25 0 0 0 0 116.2 124 72 58 5 6 51 2 65 13 4 .274
2014— Lakeland 2-3 4.09 8 6 0 1 0 0 33.0 39 20 15 2 7 14 1 16 2 0 .262
2015— GCL Tigers 0-1 1.98 5 5 0 0 0 0 13.2 12 5 3 0 2 1 0 21 1 0 .231
Lakeland 2-3 4.09 8 6 0 1 0 0 33.0 39 20 15 2 7 14 1 16 2 0 .302
2016— Lakeland 4-7 5.94 25 17 1 3 0 0 103.0 121 72 68 10 18 56 0 81 13 0 .303
2017— Lakeland 1-4 3.59 27 6 0 3 0 1 57.2 65 28 23 3 3 25 1 36 11 0 .293
2018— Lakeland 0-1 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 7 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 .350
West Michigan 4-2 4.50 17 2 0 7 0 1 42.0 47 26 21 3 5 22 0 37 10 0 .285
2019— DID NOT PLAY
2020— DID NOT PLAY
2021— S. Maryland (Ind.) 5-3 1.87 51 0 0 14 0 2 57.2 38 16 12 4 4 23 1 77 3 0 -
2022— S. Maryland (Ind.) 5-0 0.76 46 0 0 19 0 10 47.2 20 6 4 2 5 19 0 73 5 0 -
2023— Reno 0-0 4.80 12 0 0 3 0 0 15.0 9 10 8 3 3 11 0 13 1 0 .173
Amarillo 0-0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .600
S. Maryland (Ind.) 1-1 5.28 11 0 0 7 0 4 15.1 19 13 9 3 0 8 1 24 2 0 -
2024— S. Maryland (Ind.) 5-4 2.06 44 0 0 41 0 20 52.1 39 18 12 5 4 22 0 84 4 0 -
IND. TOTALS 16-8 1.92 152 0 0 81 0 36 173.0 116 53 37 14 13 72 2 258 14 0 -
MINOR TOTALS 26-40 4.75 179 98 1 27 0 4 596.1 667 377 315 38 80 256 4 407 76 5 .287

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