Evan White

28-Year-Old First Baseman1B

Los Angeles Angels AAA

60-Day IL

Injury Hip

Est. Return 2/1/2025

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White has not appeared in an MLB game since 2021, as the former first-round pick has dealt with a plethora of injuries, including surgery on his left hip this past May. The 27-year-old was signed to an MLB deal before he had played in the majors, and while he has shown elite defense in his limited time at the highest level, his career .544 OPS in 306 plate appearances tells the story of how much he's struggled at the plate. An inability to make contact has been the biggest culprit, as he's struck out in 37.6 percent of his plate appearances in his time with Seattle. White is expected to be ready for the start of spring training with his new team, the Angels, after several offseason transactions that included him losing his 40-man roster spot. Read Past Outlooks

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Bats R

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Height 6'3"

Weight 177

DOB 4/26/1996

Drafted 1st Rd 2017

Kicks off rehab assignment

1BLos Angeles Angels AAA

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May 6, 2024

White (hip) began a rehab assignment with the Angels' rookie-level Arizona Complex League affiliate Saturday, drawing a walk in his lone plate appearance.

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White started at first base and played two innings before exiting the contest, though his early departure might have been a planned arrangement. The 27-year-old has appeared in just 31 games in affiliated ball since the beginning of the 2022 season while recovering from sports hernia surgery and left hip surgery, the latter of which he underwent last May.

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It's not necessarily an embellishment to label 2022 as a potential make-or-break year for White with respect to his future in Seattle, as the once-highly-regarded prospect has produced a .165/.235/.308 slash line and massive 37.6 percent strikeout rate over his first 306 big-league plate appearances across 84 games. The struggles could be a byproduct of White initially making his majors debut in 2020 with just 18 plate appearances at the Triple-A level under his belt, but his .439 OPS through 104 PAs with the Mariners in 2021 seem to indicate there hasn't been much improvement with additional reps against big-league arms. Health hasn't exactly been on his side, either; White underwent season-ending hip surgery last summer and then suffered a sports hernia in spring training that also required him to go under the knife and is projected to keep him out for at least the first two months of the season. White has an above-average glove, but with the emerging Ty France laying down significant roots at first base, the former is likely to find consistent playing time hard to come by whenever he's healthy enough to make his season debut.

The Mariners signed White to an extension prior to last season, removing the incentive to manipulate his service time and leading an Opening Day callup. Given that he wasn't an elite offensive prospect and had only appeared in four games above Double-A, some initial struggles at the plate were to be expected, but his .176/.252/.346 slash line was still quite disappointing. His primary problem was a severe struggle to make contact, as he finished with an untenable 41.6 K%, a surprise given his perfectly adequate 23.0 K% in the minors. Encouragingly, he did hit the ball quite hard when he did manage to find it, with his 52.5% hard-hit rank ranking in the 95th percentile. That demonstrates the potential here, and White's strong defensive reputation and the Mariners' rebuilding status means he should get the chance to work through his contact issues, but he needs a huge improvement to be a viable option.

Quality first base prospects are a rarity these days, and White checks a lot of important boxes. A good athlete and plus defender (bats right, throws left), he could skip Triple-A and open the year in the majors after agreeing to a six-year, $24 million contract (with three club options) this offseason. He was 32% better than the average Texas League hitter and was even better after a slow start, hitting .313/.352/.548 with 17 home runs in 66 games from June on. His 36.7 Hard% is appropriate for a 23-year-old first baseman, and his type of contact (23.0 LD%, 42.4 GB%) fits the modern game. He may be susceptible to shifts (46.9 Pull%), but that is true of most first basemen. White has been clocked as a plus runner but has not put that speed to work on the bases with any consistency. Seattle will give him every opportunity to win the starting job this spring, as there are no service-time games to play.

The good news: White hit .303 with a 127 wRC+ at High-A. The bad news: he will head to Double-A this year for his age-23 season. Fortunately, his production is trending up. White was sent to Triple-A to play four games in early June, and upon returning to Modesto, he hit .318/.392/.496 with eight home runs, four steals, a 19.3 K% and a 10.0 BB%. He needs to work on getting the ball in the air a bit more (48.6 GB%) in order to hit for the type of power that would be acceptable for a first baseman. On the plus side, he has above-average speed and could chip in double-digit steals -- only Ian Desmond, Cody Bellinger and Freddie Freeman accomplished that feat at first base in 2018. White hit .257/.333/.429 in 18 Arizona Fall League games, which is a pedestrian line given his age, position and the hitter-friendly nature of that league, but it was also a small sample. If he performs as expected, White should debut in the summer of 2020.

Unfortunately, we were denied a large sample size for White in his first pro season, but the early returns are very encouraging. A quadriceps injury limited him to just 14 games in the Northwest League, but he was 38 percent better than a league average hitter and notched a 6:6 K:BB in 55 plate appearances. White has a chance to be a truly unique first base prospect, as he is billed as an excellent hitter with plus speed and debatable power. Like Cody Bellinger, White can play the outfield, but his elite defense should keep him on the infield dirt. Typically a first baseman who lacks plus power has a hard time generating fantasy value, but White's speed and hit tool could allow him to be the exception to that rule. Of course, thus far, he has shown that his power potential may have been undersold around the draft. The Mariners should assign him to the Midwest League for his age-22 season, where he could establish the potential for five-category production at first base.

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Cleared to resume activities

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February 26, 2024

White has been cleared to resume limited activities Monday after experiencing soreness in his surgically repaired left hip Saturday, Sam Blum of The Athletic reports.

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Flipped to Halos

1BLos Angeles Angels AAA

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December 8, 2023

The Angels acquired White (hip) and Tyler Thomas from Atlanta on Friday in exchange for Max Stassi (hip/personal) and David Fletcher, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.

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Pushed off 40-man roster

1BAtlanta Braves AAA

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December 7, 2023

Atlanta outrighted White (hip) to Triple-A Gwinnett on Thursday.

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Traded to Atlanta

1BAtlanta Braves AAA

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December 3, 2023

White (hip) was traded from Seattle to Atlanta on Sunday along with Jarred Kelenic and Marco Gonzales in exchange for Jackson Kowar and Cole Phillips.

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Likely ready for spring

1BSeattle Mariners AAA

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October 3, 2023

Mariners general manager Justin Hollander said Tuesday that White (hip) is expected to be ready for the start of spring training, Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times reports.

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Slated for extended absence

1BSeattle Mariners AAA

May 9, 2023

White is set to undergo another hip procedure, and the estimated recovery time is around three months, according to Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times.

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White is already on the 60-day injured list, so no roster move will be needed here. The first baseman has endured a rough patch with injuries of late, suffering an adductor strain just two games into his Triple-A season and also missing time in 2021 due to the first surgery he underwent on his left hip. He also missed most of the 2022 season due to a sports hernia surgery. The initial recovery timetable puts him on track to return at some point in August.

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