| Year | Level | G | IP | ERA | K | BB | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | A/A+ | 20 | 88.1 | 3.87 | 89 | 35 | 1.28 |
| 2024 | AA/AAA | 18 | 87.2 | 3.79 | 84 | 38 | 1.31 |
| 2025 | AAA/MLB | 12 | 52.0 | 4.15 | 47 | 24 | 1.38 |
| 2026 WBC | Italy vs Brazil | 1 | 4.2 | 0.00 | 8 | 2 | 0.64 |
| 2026 ST | LAA | — | — | — | — | — | — |
8 Strikeouts for Italy in the WBC. The Angels Were Already Watching.
Sam Aldegheri pitched 4⅔ scoreless innings for Team Italy in the 2026 World Baseball Classic, striking out eight batters on 65 pitches. The opposition was Brazil, who are not an elite WBC program — Jeff Fletcher was careful to note this, and he is correct. The sample is small and the context matters. That said, it earned Aldegheri a closer look from an Angels staff that already believed in his potential.
Aldegheri is a left-hander with a softer velocity profile. He is not a 97-mph power arm. He relies on the kitchen-sink approach — multiple pitch types, movement, deception, changing eye levels. At his best, those traits produce results. At his worst, without command, they produce walks and hard contact. His minor league numbers have been consistently solid without being elite.
He is 23 and left-handed. The Angels' rotation has no other lefties behind Kikuchi and Detmers. That alone gives Aldegheri organizational value. Whether he earns a spot out of camp or returns to AAA for more development depends on what he shows in the final spring outings. The WBC performance was the best advertisement he could have run. Now he has to back it up against better competition than Brazil.