Featured autograph - Griffin Canning

I didn't get a chance to get Canning at all at the beginning of the 2018 season because he made two starts in the California League before he got promoted to Double-A - as it goes, I was able to get the now current Angels rookie pitcher later in the summer as a visiting Salt Lake Bees player in Las Vegas.

One of the collecting things I'd like to focus on at the moment is gathering the loose autographs I have of players who are playing or have played for the Angels - I've counted up around 290 autographs for my all-time autograph collection so far and the goal is perhaps not completion, but to get a good representation of players in franchise history.

Brooks Raley - latest Angels AAA fodder

I've found these three cards in my Chicago Cubs team box - the Angels just picked him up on waivers from the Minnesota Twins who picked him up [on waivers from the Cubs in February].

The 25-year old may not ever reach Anaheim, but with the Angels pitching up-and-down - Raley may get an opportunity to get back to the major leagues as a Halo at some point this season.

Featured autographs - Andy Marte

It may not hurt to see what this guy can do for about a month when he's been scorching the ball at AAA - though I'd be really more interested seeing whether or not this other guy can get back to the Major Leagues with the Angels this September.