Nelson Rada #54

Nelson Gabriel Rada...Enters 2025 ranked by Baseball America as Halos' No. 5 overall prospect (No. 2 position player)…Signed by Angels scouts Marlon Urdaneta & Joel Chicarelli.

2024

Spent season with Double-A Rocket City, and batted .234 (100/428) with 13 extra-base hits in 123 games...Strung together a career-long 11-game hitting streak from May 11-25...Batted .333 (14/42) over the streak...Batted .323 (20/62) with a .837 OPS in 21 games in July...Also slashed .394/.565/.424 in the month of September to end the season...Ranked seventh in the Southern League with 35 stolen bases...Drew 57 walks, eighth-most in the league...Made just two errors in 994 innings in CF (259 total chances), which translated to a .992 fielding percentage.

2023

Spent season with Low-A Inland Empire, batting .276 (121/439) with 21 extra-base hits in 115 games... Set and tied career high with four hits in two games in 2023 (May 4, Aug. 23)... Drove in runs in six straight games from May 16-26, totaling seven RBI over that span and batting .304 (7/23)…Tripled twice in Aug. 27 game against Visalia...Tripled again the next game at Modesto, logging half of his season total in two games...Strung together two separate career-long seven-game hitting streaks (July 14-22; Sept. 3-12)…Made just one error in 994.2 innings in CF, powering a .996 fielding percentage (261/262) that led all qualified outfielders in the California League...Awarded first career Rawlings Minor League Gold Glove.