Adell was considered one of the top prospects for the 2017 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft.[4][5][6] He was selected by the Los Angeles Angels with the tenth overall selection in the draft.[7] He began his professional career in June 2017 with the AZL Angels,and after batting .288/.351/.542 with four home runs,21 RBIs,and 10 stolen bases,he was promoted to the Orem Owlz. He spent the rest of the season with Orem,batting .376/.411/.518 with one home run and nine RBIs in 18 games for them.[8]
Adell was among the Angels' non-roster invitees to 2019 spring training,and joined the team there in February.[12] He began the year on the injured list with Mobile.[13] Through 32 games,he hit .347 and had six home runs to go along with a 1.018 OPS before being named to the 2019 All-Star Futures Game.[14] Playing right field,he went 1-for-2 at the plate with two walks. On August 1,he was promoted to the Salt Lake Bees of Triple–APacific Coast League. In 2019,playing for three minor league teams,he batted .289/.359/.475 with 10 home runs and 36 RBIs.[15] After the season,he was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Mesa Solar Sox following the season.[16]
On August 4,2020,the Angels promoted Adell to the major leagues.[20] He made his debut that night against the Seattle Mariners,going 1-for-4.[21] On August 29,he hit his first major league home run against Seattle Mariners pitcher Justus Sheffield. That same night,he hit his second major league home run against Aaron Fletcher.[22] He finished his rookie season batting .161/.212/.266 with 3 home runs and seven RBIs in 38 games.[citation needed]
Adell began his 2021 season with Salt Lake. He was called back up to the major leagues on August 2.[23] He made his season debut the following day,going 3-for-4 with two doubles,three RBIs and a stolen base against the Texas Rangers.[24] On August 17 against the Detroit Tigers,he hit his first career grand slam.[25] He finished the season batting .246/.295/.408,hitting four home runs and 26 RBIs in 35 games.[citation needed]
Adell appeared in a career-high 88 games for the Angels in 2022. In 268 at-bats,he slashed .224/.264/.373 with eight home runs,27 RBIs,and four stolen bases.[citation needed]
Adell was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake to begin the 2023 season.[26] In a 6-game stretch in April,he homered in all 6 games consecutively,setting an Angels franchise record.[27] On June 21,he hit a 514-foot (157m) home run at Smith's Ballpark,the longest home run hit in either the minor or major leagues since Statcast tracking started in 2015.[28] He went 3–for–13 (.231) in 5 games before he was placed on the injured list with a left oblique strain on July 14.[29] He was transferred to the 60–day injured list on August 1.[30] He was activated from the injured list on September 18.[31]
Over 4 seasons from the debut year,Adell batted .214/.259/.366 in 178 games at majors.[32]
2024
Before the 2024 season,Adell was considered as the fourth outfielder of the team,following Mike Trout,Taylor Ward and Mickey Moniak.[33] While spring training,he tried to change his approach,working to improve the contact rate.[34] As a result of this change,he started first 24 games slashing .290/.338/.565 with 4 home runs,3 doubles,a triple and 11 RBIs.[35]
On May 20,Adell,Zach Neto,Logan O'Hoppe and Nolan Schanuel helped the Angels earn a 9–7 win over the Astros at Minute Made Park,marking the first time that the Angels received 4 home runs in one game from players 25 years old or younger. It was also the first time in MLB history a club had home runs from a 25-year-old,a 24-year-old,a 23-year-old and a 22-year-old in the same game.[36] On May 31,he hit a game-tying pinch-hit grand slam against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park. It marked the 7th pinch-hit gland slam in club history,and the first game-tying gland slam since Hunter Pence did it in 2019.[37]
Deteriorating from the good start of the season,Adell was in 3-month slump with the slashline of .162/.241/.328 over 73 games. To change this situation,he decided not to use leg kick in order to cut down on his strikeout rate.[38] After the change,he slashed .273/.339/.505 with 5 home runs,6 doubles and 15 RBIs in 29 games,down his strikeout rate from 29.1 percent to 25.2 percent.[39]
Adell played in 130 games for the Angels in 2024,slashing .207/.280/.402 with 20 home runs,62 RBI,and 15 stolen bases. He was placed on the injured list with a left oblique strain on September 7,2024,and was transferred to the 60–day injured list two days later,ending his season.[40] He also improved his defense that year,tying for first with Mike Yastrzemski among all qualified right fielders with 6 DRS,per FanGraphs.[41] After the season,he was named one of the 2024 AL Gold Glove Award finalists as a right fielder.[42]
2025
On April 10,2025,Adell became the third player in Angels history to hit two home runs in one inning,doing so in the fifth inning of an 11–1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.[43] On April 20,he hit a walk-off 3-run double in a 5–4 win over the San Francisco Giants,marking his second career walk-off hit.[44] On June 2,The Angels launched 3 home runs including his solo home run in the 1st inning against the Boston Red sox,marking the first time a visiting club hit 3 home runs in the 1st inning at Fenway Park.[45] On July 19,he hit 21st home runs of the year,recoding a career best for him.[46] On August 19,he hit a 452-feet home run at Angels Stadium,marking his longest home run in his career.[47]
On August 26,Adell hit 30th home run of the season for the first time in his career.[48] On September 8,he was named AL Player of the Week first time,hitting .407 with 5 home runs,12 RBI,a double,2 walks,6 runs scored,a stolen base and a 1.448 OPS across 7 games.[49]
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