Mitchell Thomas Farris...Enters 2026 ranked by Baseball America as Angels No. 30 prospect...Attended Palm Harbor University HS (Palm Harbor, FL) and Wingate University (Wingate, N.C.)...Was the first Wingate alumni to be a starting pitcher in a Major League game...During his 2023 redshirt junior season at Wingate, went 11-1 with a 1.21 ERA, striking out 127 batters while walking 16 in 89 innings pitched...Named the South Atlantic Conference Pitcher of the Year, while also taking home Region Pitcher of the Year accolades from the ABCA, NCBWA and D2CCA...Led all Division II pitchers with a 0.62 WHIP.
2025
Pitched majority of season with Double-A Rocket City, making 23 appearances (22 starts), before having contract selected by Angels on Sept. 2...At the time of his promotion, was leading Southern League with 142 strikeouts and ranked second overall at the Double-A level...Ranked fourth in Double-A averaging 11.02 strikeouts per nine innings...Recorded seven quality starts with Trash Pandas, including in four of his last six outings...Went 2-1 with a 1.52 ERA (23.2 IP - 4 ER) and 32 strikeouts in final four Double-A starts and struck out at least seven hitters in three of the four contests...Made Major League debut with Angels on Sept. 2 at Kansas City and earned the win (W; 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO)...Became sixth Angels pitcher in the last 15 years to earn the win as a starter in his MLB pitching debut, joining Shohei Ohtani, Jaime Barria, Jose Suarez, Chase Silseth and Caden Dana...Recorded first career strikeout vs. Bobby Witt Jr. in the first inning... Registered first career quality start in second MLB game on Sept. 7 vs. Athletics (ND; 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO)...Among A.L. rookies with at least five starts, ranked first with a 14.1% swinging strike rate...Ranked 13th with a 22.4% strikeout rate.
