Maybe your first instinct when reading the title of this post will be the same as mine when first contemplating the idea of writing about the subject. Jo Adell is a young player who the Angels surely will want to keep hold of for their long-term—but, well, it isn’t quite so simple. Adell will be 27 at the start of next season, and the Angels only have him under team control for two more years. While they may very well opt to retain him, particularly after trading Taylor Ward, it wouldn’t be the most shocking development ever to see them looking to move a player like Adell with an eye to the future.

As far as the player himself, Adell is a name we’ve been hearing about for the better part of a decade as your classic toolsy athlete struggling to put it all together. After years and years of

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