Welcome to the Rookie Roundup, a weekly look-in on baseball’s best and most interesting first-year players. Last week, we broke down which rookies could decide the wide-open National League wild-card race. Next up is a look at Angels first baseman Nolan Schanuel and how the organization is making a habit of fast-tracking prospects to the big leagues.
It was just before the start of spring training when Los Angeles Angels outfielder Jo Adell received a text from first baseman Nolan Schanuel, one that he didn’t expect to get from a player who had already spent one and a half months in the major leagues.
