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BRANDON DUFAULT RHP
AGE: 27 BORN: Oct. 26, 1998 in Lowell, NH RESIDES: Hudson, NH HT.: 6-5 WT.: 200
BATS & THROWS: Right ACQUIRED: 16th round of 2021 First-Year Player Draft
HIGH SCHOOL: Windham High School (Windham, NH) COLLEGE: Northeastern University
FULL NAME: Brandon David Dufault SIGNED BY: Drew Dominguez (Angels)
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA
2021— Inland Empire 0-0 3.52 9 0 0 6 0 1 15.1 12 9 6 2 0 9 0 20 2 0 .211
Tri-City 0-1 13.50 2 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 3 3 3 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 .333
2022— Tri-City 1-2 4.93 34 0 0 17 0 3 45.2 43 35 25 5 5 28 0 65 4 1 .249
2023— Rocket City 1-0 5.66 16 0 0 6 0 0 20.2 21 13 13 0 3 19 0 19 5 0 .259
2024— DID NOT PLAY - INJURED
2025— ACL Angels 2-0 6.97 6 0 0 1 0 0 10.1 12 10 8 0 0 16 0 10 4 0 .279
Inland Empire 5-5 4.53 16 14 0 0 0 0 59.2 62 38 30 3 6 41 0 47 7 1 .270
MINOR TOTALS 9-8 4.98 83 14 0 31 0 4 153.2 153 108 85 11 14 114 0 165 23 2 .258
ELIJAH DUNHAM OF
AGE: 27 BORN: May 29, 1998 in Evansville, IN RESIDES: Fort Worth, TX HT.: 6-1 WT.: 225
BATS & THROWS: Left ACQUIRED: Signed as minor league free agent, Dec. 12, 2025.
HIGH SCHOOL: F.J. Reitz HS (Evansville, IN) COLLEGE: Indiana University
FULL NAME: Elijah Zechariah Dunham SIGNED BY: New York Yankees
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2021— Tampa .276 29 98 32 27 6 2 4 25 0 0 4 25 0 23 11 4 1 .500 .441 2
Hudson Valley .257 64 241 40 62 19 0 9 32 0 2 3 22 0 62 17 1 4 .448 .325 1
2022— Somerset .248 110 415 67 103 26 3 17 63 0 4 7 59 0 103 37 7 11 .448 .348 1
2023— Scranton/WB .216 69 259 37 56 12 1 6 16 0 0 5 39 0 87 12 4 5 .340 .330 3
Somerset .240 56 217 34 52 13 1 10 27 0 3 3 28 1 64 23 3 2 .447 .331 0
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2024— Somerset .248 99 347 49 86 19 4 15 56 0 2 3 42 0 107 19 4 5 .455 .332 2
DEVELOPMENT
Scranton/WB .100 4 10 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 .100 .308 1
2025— DID NOT PLAY
MINOR TOTALS .244 431 1587 261 387 95 11 61 220 0 11 26 217 1 449 119 23 28 .433 .342 10
ANDERSON ENCARNACION RHP
AGE: 17 BORN: June 11, 2008 in Haina, DR RESIDES: Haina, DR HT.: 6-3 WT.: 175
BATS & THROWS: Right ACQUIRED: Signed as international free agent, Jan. 15, 2026
HIGH SCHOOL: — COLLEGE: —
FULL NAME: Anderson Encarnacion SIGNED BY: Jonathan Genao (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 2026
NIXON ENCARNACION RHP
AGE: 21 BORN: Dec. 30, 2004 in Santo Domingo, DR RESIDES: Santo Domingo, DR HT.: 6-2 WT.: 180
BATS & THROWS: Right ACQUIRED: Signed as international free agent, Jan. 15, 2022
HIGH SCHOOL: — COLLEGE: —
FULL NAME: Nixon Manuel Encarnacion SIGNED BY: Rusbell Cabrera (Angels)
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA
2022— DSL Angels 3-1 3.28 9 9 0 0 0 0 35.2 30 19 13 1 8 21 0 43 14 2 .238
2023— DID NOT PLAY
2024— ACL Angels 1-5 9.09 11 9 0 0 0 0 32.2 29 37 33 1 5 43 0 27 16 0 .246
2025— Inland Empire 0-1 6.38 22 2 0 5 0 0 36.2 38 26 26 5 2 39 0 45 9 2 .273
MINOR TOTALS 4-7 6.17 42 20 0 5 0 0 105.0 97 82 72 7 15 103 0 115 39 4 .253
MASON ERLA RHP
AGE: 28 BORN: Aug. 19, 1997 in Bay City, MI RESIDES: Cass City, MI HT.: 6-4 WT.: 200
BATS & THROWS: Right ACQUIRED: 17th round of 2021 First-Year Player Draft
HIGH SCHOOL: Cass City HS (Cass City, MI) COLLEGE: Michigan State University
FULL NAME: Mason Andrew Erla SIGNED BY: Drew Dominguez (Angels)
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA
2021— ACL Angels 1-0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 .125
Tri-City 0-1 3.86 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200
2022— Rocket City 5-6 4.28 16 16 0 0 0 0 82.0 88 42 39 9 4 19 0 64 0 0 .274
2023— Rocket City 1-3 5.65 6 6 1 0 0 0 28.2 32 21 18 5 2 16 0 26 5 0 .278
Salt Lake 0-3 13.50 7 5 0 0 0 0 20.2 35 35 31 5 1 14 0 13 0 0 .380
2024— Rocket City 1-4 2.21 34 4 0 17 0 5 53.0 53 18 13 2 1 13 0 46 2 0 .262
2025— Salt Lake 1-3 7.48 10 1 0 1 0 0 21.2 31 21 18 5 1 13 0 16 3 0 .333
MINOR TOTALS 9-20 5.06 76 34 1 18 0 5 213.1 243 139 120 26 9 75 0 176 10 0 .286
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