Niko Kavadas hit his third homer and doubled for Mesa of the AFL on Friday.
Kavadas played in 124 games this year, the last 30 in the majors with the Angels, but the Halos sent him to Arizona anyway, and he’s thus far gone 10-for-30 with a 16/11 K/BB ratio. The soon-to-be 26-year-old is trying to prove that he should be the Angels’ primary DH next year, but he didn’t help his cause by hitting .183/.283/.333 over 106 plate appearances in his first audition. It’s also probably the case that the Angels will want to reserve DH time for both Mike Trout and Anthony Rendon next season, which would be good news and bad news for Kavadas; if those two DH, there might not be room on the roster for Kavadas initially, but at least it would ensure that the Angels don’t bring in a full-timer for that spot and keep the door wide open for him when one or both get hurt.