Eduardo Paredes #58

Eduardo Jose (Duran) Paredes (pronounced: paw-RED-ess)...Entered 2016 season ranked by Baseball America as Angels #31 prospect...Originally signed by Angels scout Carlos Ramirez.

2017

Began season with Double-A Mobile for nine games before being promoted to Triple-A Salt Lake at start of May ... Made Major League debut with Angels June 23 at Boston (2.2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO) ... Earned first career save Sept. 5 at Oakland after working a scoreless 10th inning (1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 SO) ... Was one of eight Venezuelan born players to appear for Angels in 2017 ... Worked 3.1 scoreless innings Aug. 5 vs. A's in longest outing of year ... Did not allow a run in 13 of 18 outings across five stints with Angels...Stranded four of five inherited runners ... Pitched to a 2.84 ERA (19 IP - 6 ER) in night games ... Finished year ranked by MLB.com as #14 prospect in Angels system.

2016

Began season with Adv.-A Inland Empire...Converted four of six save opportuniti es and averaged 13.1 strikeouts per nine innings...Pitched to a 1.65 ERA (16.1 IP - 3 ER) during 13 game stretch from Apr. 15 - May 15 with 25 strikeouts and fi ve walks...Earned win in fi nal appearance with 66ers May 21 vs. Modesto aft er tossing one perfect inning with two strikeouts...Marked fi rst victory since July 29, 2014 for Orem...Promoted to Double-A Arkansas May 23...Led all Travelers relievers with eight saves aft er taking over closing duti es in mid-July...Finest stretch of season came from July 16 - Sept. 1, pitching to a 1.44 ERA (25 IP - 4 ER) with 25 strikeouts and three walks...Held right-handed hitt ers to a .211 (39/185) average on season combined between Inland Empire and Arkansas.