{"id":19138,"date":"2026-07-01T04:04:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T04:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=19138"},"modified":"2026-07-01T04:04:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T04:04:02","slug":"angels-relievers-kirby-yates-samy-natera-jr-reach-milestones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=19138","title":{"rendered":"Angels relievers Kirby Yates, Samy Natera\u00a0Jr. reach milestones"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>SEATTLE \u2014 The Angels recently ran into back-to-back milestones, the type of fun coincidences that seem to only happen in baseball.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=19136\">Supreme Court\u2019s ruling on transgender athletes unlikely to change California policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, 39-year-old right-hander Kirby Yates recorded his 100th career save with a scoreless inning against the Athletics. And the next day, rookie lefty reliever Samy Natera\u00a0Jr. recorded his first career save when he locked down another victory over the A\u2019s with 1\u2153 shutout frames of his own.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, this did not get by Manager Kurt Suzuki.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Kirby, to get to 100 saves, what a milestone,\u201d Suzuki said. \u201cThat means a lot. And then the next day, Samy gets his first. Pretty cool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll tell Samy only 99 more and he\u2019ll catch up to Kirby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dugout humor aside, Yates said he\u2019s sure Natera will remember that first save as vividly as Yates remembers his own. And that one came on July 20, 2014, when Yates was a rookie for the Tampa Bay Rays and he saved a 5-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins at Target Field in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re on cloud nine for a while,\u201d Yates said of that first save. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ninety-nine saves later, Yates acknowledged that when it comes to evaluating the careers of closers, 100 saves isn\u2019t a lot. The career leaders in that category among pitchers who have played for the Angels, for example, are Hall of Famer Lee Smith with 478 (37 with the Angels), Francisco Rodriguez with 437 (208 with the Angels) and Troy Percival with 358 (316 with the Angels).<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But Yates has primarily been a setup man throughout his 12 major league seasons. When he did man the closer role full-time, he piled up the saves. He notched 12 in a half-season as the ninth-inning man for the San Diego Padres in 2018, then saved 41 the following year. When he served as the Texas Rangers\u2019 closer in 2024, he racked up another 33 saves and pitched to a 1.17 ERA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the cool thing for me, looking back on the 100 saves, one thing I can say is that I\u2019ve got saves with six different teams (Tampa Bay, San Diego, Atlanta, Texas, the Dodgers and the Angels). I think that\u2019s kind of neat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yates said he wouldn\u2019t put it past his young teammate to get there someday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSamy\u2019s talented,\u201d Yates said. \u201cHe throws a really, really good fastball. The guys are having trouble hitting it. There\u2019s definitely a lot of talent there.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>FRAZIER REACHES 10-YEAR MARK<\/h4>\n<p>Infielder Adam Frazier on Monday reached the important marker of 10 years of major league service time, and Suzuki made sure to honor that moment after the game, even though the Angels lost to the Seattle Mariners.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=19135\">\u2018It\u2019s happening this time\u2019 \u2014 redevelopment planned for Anaheim\u2019s Sinkin\u2019 Lincoln starts next phase<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Suzuki got the team together in the clubhouse and shared the moment with Frazier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just wanted to show how special it is, what it takes to get there, and what type of person you have to be, not just a player,\u201d Suzuki said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really a very rare achievement in this game,\u201d said Suzuki, who had a 16-year career as a major-league catcher. \u201cSo I think it was a cool moment for him, and for some of the younger players, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously the loss was not fun, but to be able to celebrate for Fraz and the type of person he is, it was cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>INJURY UPDATES<\/h4>\n<p>Suzuki said outfielder Mike Trout, who is on the injured list with a right hamstring strain, continues to progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s just getting ready and slowly increasing his activities every single day,\u201d Suzuki said. \u201cEvery time I talk to him, he says he feels good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Suzuki said the team still hasn\u2019t decided what the next move will be with starting pitcher Grayson Rodriguez, who has been on the IL since June 15 with low back inflammation. Rodriguez pitched four innings for Class A Rancho Cucamonga on Sunday and had not joined the team in Seattle as of Tuesday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll see how he recovers [from Sunday\u2019s outing],\u201d Suzuki said.<\/p>\n<h4>UP NEXT<\/h4>\n<p>The Angels are off Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Angels (RHP Walbert Ure\u00f1a, 5-6, 3.14 ERA) at Mariners (RHP Bryce Miller, 3-2, 1.97 ERA), Thursday, 6:40\u00a0p.m., ABTV, 830 AM<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=19126\">Airbnb to face LA lawsuit alleging price gouging during 2025 fires<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 39-year-old Yates recorded his 100th career save on Saturday night, and rookie lefty Natera earned his first career save with 1\u2153 shutout innings the following day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-based-on-facts-either-observed-and-verified-directly-by-the-reporter-or-reported-and-verified-from-knowledgeable-sources","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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