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Angels promote top prospect Mike Trout to Rancho Cucamonga

Los Angeles Times staffer Mike DiGiovanna
By Mike DiGiovanna
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The Angels have promoted one of their top prospects, outfielder Mike Trout, from Class-A Cedar Rapids (Iowa) to Class-A Rancho Cucamonga of the more-competitive California League.

Trout, who participated in Sunday’s Futures Game in Angel Stadium, led the Midwest League with a .362 average, 45 stolen bases, 113 hits, 76 runs and a .454 on-base percentage in 81 games for Cedar Rapids. A first-round pick in 2009, Trout also led the team with 19 doubles, 46 walks and six home runs.

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Mike DiGiovanna has been covering Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Times since 1995 and spent 19 years as the Angels beat writer and two seasons on the Dodgers. He won Associated Press Sports Editors awards for game-story writing in 2001, feature-story writing in 2017 and breaking news in 2019. A native of East Lyme, Conn., and a graduate of Cal State Fullerton, he began writing for The Times in 1981.

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