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Bats Throws Height Weight
RHP RIGHT RIGHT 6-5 230
BORN: SEPT. 17, 2000 OPENING DAY AGE: 25
BIRTHPLACE: KNOXVILLE, TN RESIDES: KNOXVILLE, TN
MLB SERVICE: 2 YEARS, 75 DAYS
ACQUIRED: SELECTED IN THIRD ROUND OF 2022 FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT
SIGNED THRU: 2026; UNDER CLUB CONTROL; 1/3 OPTIONS USED

JOYCE’S LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA
JOYCE
2022— Rocket City 1-0 2.08 13 0 0 2 0 1 13.0 11 4 3 0 3 4 0 20 1 0 .220
2023— Rocket City 0-1 4.60 14 0 0 6 0 4 15.2 7 12 8 1 5 13 0 24 2 0 .135
LAA 1-1 5.40 12 0 0 0 0 0 10.0 9 6 6 1 1 9 0 10 1 0 .243
Inland Empire (1) 0-0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .167
2024— Rocket City 1-0 4.26 18 0 0 3 0 1 19.0 11 9 9 2 1 11 0 34 0 0 .164
LAA 2-0 2.08 31 1 0 12 0 4 34.2 26 8 8 1 4 14 0 33 4 0 .210
2025— LAA 1-0 6.23 5 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 5 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 .263
MAJOR TOTALS 4-1 3.12 48 1 0 12 0 4 49.0 40 18 17 3 5 24 0 44 7 0 .222
MINOR TOTALS 2-1 3.62 47 0 0 11 0 6 49.2 30 25 20 3 9 29 0 80 3 0 .171
(1) rehab assignment
Disabling Injuries: 2025 — Right shoulder inflammation; disabled April 11 (retro to April 9) - end of season
2024 — Right shoulder inflammation; disabled Sept. 10 (retro to Sept. 7) - end of season
2023 — Ulnar neuritis; disabled June 10 - Sept. 10
2025 SEASON
◆ Made Angels Opening Day roster for first time in career.
◆ Went 1-0 with a 6.23 ERA (4.1 IP - 3 ER) and one strikeout across five games, before being placed on injured list
April 11 (retro to April 9) and missing remainder of the season with right shoulder inflammation.
◆ Recorded Angels 24 fastest pitches of the season, all above 101.0 MPH...For the season, 30 of his 70 pitches
were clocked at 100+ MPH.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
◆ Made Major League debut with Angels, May 29, 2023 at Chicago (A.L.).
◆ In 2024, was ranked as Angels #6 prospect by Baseball America...Was also rated by the publication as having the
Best Fastball in Angels Organization.
◆ While pitching in college at the University of Tennessee, had a pitch clocked at 105.5 MPH on May 1, 2022 vs.
Auburn, which was fastest recorded pitch speed in college baseball history.
MAJOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
2024
◆ In 31 games with Angels, went 2-0 with four saves,
a 2.08 ERA (34.2 IP - 8 ER) and 33 strikeouts...Held FASTEST STRIKEOUT PITCHES
opponents scoreless in 27 of 31 outings.
◆ Held opponents scoreless in 18 straight outings In Pitch Tracking Era (since 2008)
(22.2 IP) from June 14 to August 3...Sixth-longest Player Date Pitch (MPH)
scoreless streak for a rookie pitcher in franchise
history and the longest since a 23.1 IP streak by Ben Joyce (LAA) 9/3/24 vs. LAD 105.5
Matt Shoemaker in 2014. Ben Joyce (LAA) 8/3/24 vs. NYM 104.7
◆ On Sept. 3 vs. Dodgers, pitched a 105.5 MPH Aroldis Chapman (PIT) 8/7/24 vs. SD 104.7
fastball to strike out Tommy Edman to end the top Ben Joyce (LAA) 8/31/24 vs. SEA 104.4
of the 9th inning...It was the fastest pitch thrown
in the Majors in 2024 and the fastest strikeout Aroldis Chapman (CHC) 8/7/16 at OAK 104.4
pitch in the pitch-tracking era (since 2008).
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