Moore promoted to Triple-A; Bob Jones grad Daly joins Trash Pandas

MADISON – One of the most popular players on the Trash Pandas is heading west while a hometown product joins the Rocket City roster.

The Los Angeles Angels announced today that outfielder Christian Moore has been promoted to the Triple-A Salt Lake City Bees. The Angels’ top prospect and the eighth overall pick in the 2024 draft, Moore is riding a seven-game hitting streak. Over his last 17 games, he has reached base in 16, batting .302 (19-for-63).

Meanwhile, Bob Jones High School grad Mitch Daly has joined the Trash Pandas from Salt Lake City.

Daly, 24, becomes the first Rocket City player who attended high school in the Madison area. He was a four-year starter at shortstop for Bob Jones High School under head coach Jared Smith where he earned All-State and All-Region honors in 2018 and 2019.

As a junior, he hit .321 with 18 doubles, eight home runs, and 52 runs scored, and was ranked the No. 1 shortstop in Alabama by Perfect Game.

Daly grew up in an Army family, moving eight times during his childhood. He was born in Fort Hood, Texas. His father, Edward, is a four-star general in the Army, and his mother, Cathy, played volleyball at Army West Point. His sister, Nicole, graduated from Yale University, and his brother, Connor, graduated from Auburn University.

He began his college career at the University of Texas, earning freshman All-American honors and contributing to his team’s College World Series appearance. He transferred to the University of Kentucky, where he posted a .300 batting average with seven home runs and 45 RBIs in his senior year.

The Angels signed him as an undrafted free agent last July.

Daly began the 2025 season with Single-A Inland Empire before earning a promotion April 17 to Salt Lake, where he went 2-for-4 with a career-high three RBIs in his debut. He appeared in five games for the Salt Lake Bees, batting .222 (4-for-18), which included two doubles, one home run, and five RBIs.

Across both levels, he has a .182 batting average, one home run, 12 RBIs, and two stolen bases. The utility infielder has started games at second base, third base, and shortstop.

Moore, 22, the former Tennessee All-American, has played in 25 games for the Trash Pandas, compiling a .218 batting average with 19 hits, including three doubles, two triples, and one home run.

He has 11 RBIs, five stolen bases and a .355 on-base percentage.

Notable highlights from Moore’s season include a standout performance on April 29, when he returned to Knoxville and recorded his first home run with a 408-foot blast to left-center, alongside a three-hit game. In the game before, on April 27, he notched his first three-hit game of the season.

In other moves ahead of tonight’s series opener against the Chattanooga Lookouts at AT&T Field, infielder Cole Fontenelle has been transferred to the Development List and  outfielder Joe Redfield joins Rocket City from High-A Tri-City.

Fontenelle, 23, has appeared in 33 games for the Trash Pandas, recording a .158 batting average with two doubles, one triple, three home runs, 11 RBIs, and four stolen bases.

Defensively, Fontenelle has been solid at third base, boasting a .981 fielding percentage over 22 games. He made Trash Pandas history on April 8 when he hit for the cycle against the Knoxville Smokies.

Redfield, 23, has played in 24 games for High-A Tri-City, posting a .232 batting average with 19 hits, including one home run, five doubles, and three triples. He has also driven in 10 RBIs and stolen three bases while playing all outfield positions.

Redfield played college baseball at Temple College and Sam Houston State University before being selected in the fourth round of the 2023 draft by the Angels.