Braden Zachary Nett…went undrafted in 2022 out of St. Charles Community College in Missouri…went 2-1 with a 6.48 ERA in 13 relief appearances for Williamsport in the MLB draft league before signing with the Padres on Aug. 1, 2022…also made two appearances for Greenville in the Appalachian League in 2021.
2025
Spent the entire season in the Double-A Texas League and combined to go 6-7 with a 3.75 ERA and .734 opponents OPS in 24 starts with San Antonio and Midland…was 5-4 with a 3.39 ERA in 17 starts with the Missions in the Padres farm system and then went 1-3 with a 4.60 ERA in seven starts for the Rockhounds in the A's organization...Tied for seventh in the Texas League in games started and tied for eighth in strikeouts (116)… his ERA was eighth lowest among pitchers with 100 or more innings...Had career highs in every counting category except wild pitches…his opponents batting average (.260), slugging percentage (.389) and OPS (.734) were the highest of his four professional seasons…his ERA was his best since logging a 3.00 ERA in three innings in his first season in 2022...Struck out 116 batters in 105.2 innings and his average of 9.88 strikeouts per nine innings was the lowest of his career…walked 48 for a career-low 4.09 walks per nine innings…surrendered just eight home runs for a career-high 0.68 per nine innings...His opponents batting average broke down to .243 (52-for-214) with a .682 OPS against right-handed hitters and .279 (55-for-197) with a .790 OPS against left-handers...Seven of the eight home runs he allowed were solo shots…five came on the first pitch...Combined to go 3-2 with a 2.54 ERA in 11 starts in his home ballparks…was 3-5 with a 4.82 ERA in 13 starts on the road...Had a 1.47 ERA in his four starts during the day…logged a 4.23 ERA in 20 starts at night...Held the three hitter in the batting order to a .176 batting average but the nine hitter hit .306...His teams were 11-13 (.458) in his starting assignments…tossed five innings or fewer 17 times...Was ranked as the A's No. 4 prospect by MLB.com following the trade.
2024
Nineteen of his 20 appearances came with High-A Fort Wayne, where he posted a 4.03 ERA (27 ER, 60.1 IP) and .215 opponents’ AVG across his 19 appearances (18 starts)…Recorded exactly twice as many strikeouts (70) as walks (35) with FW...Allowed one ER-or-fewer in 12 of his 18 starts...His lone relief outing came on July 6 vs. Lansing, tossing three innings of one-run ball in the TinCaps’ 7-5 defeat...After allowing a career-high five ER in just 0.2 IP on July 20 vs. Lake County, his season ERA sat at 8.71 with a .264 opponents’ AVG…tossed five-shutout innings of one-hit ball in his next outing on July 26 at Dayton, which began a stretch of going 5-1 with a 1.59 ERA (7 ER, 39.2 IP) and .184 AVG across his final eight starts with the TinCaps from July 26-Sept. 6...Struck out a career-high 10 with no walks allowed on Aug. 24 at Peoria...Promoted to Double-A San Antonio to finish off the campaign on Sept. 7 and made his Double-A debut on Sept. 13, his lone outing with the Missions, tossing 4.2 innings of one-run ball in SA’s 5-2 victory...Between both FW and SA, he limited RHH to a .175 AVG (21-for-120) while LHH batted .261...Three of his four HR allowed were solo shots, limiting the opposition to a .194 clip with the bases empty...Opponents hit .231 with RISP (12-for-52) with just three XBH allowed (all doubles)...Following the season, made five appearances (all starts) for the Senadores for San Juan of the Puerto Rican Winter League, and allowed two ER in 17.2 IP (1.02 ERA) and 23 SO...Entered 2025 ranked as the Padres’ No. 9 prospect by MLB Pipeline.
2023
After the start of his first full season was slowed by shoulder issues and being placed on the 60-day IL on April 6, made his season debut in the Arizona Complex League in June… had a 4.28 ERA over 27.1 IP with 32 strikeouts against 25 walks across 11 appearances (nine starts)…Earned Arizona Complex League Pitcher of the Week honors on Aug. 6 after six hitless innings on Aug. 5 vs. the ACL Diamondbacks Red, striking out six with 0 walks allowed… followed up that outing with five shutout innings of two-hit ball in his next start on Aug. 12...Made three appearances (two starts) for Single-A Lake Elsinore late in the summer, highlighted by five shutout innings in a start on Sept 1 vs. San Jose...Following the season, Nett struck out 21 of his 75 batters faced for the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League, going 1-1 with a 4.67 ERA (9 ER, 17.1 IP), en route to being named an Arizona Fall League Rising Star.
2022
Signed as an undrafted free agent on Aug. 1, 2022 and made his professional debut with Rookie-Level Arizona Complex League Padres, allowing just one ER and two hits across three relief outings from Aug 12-23.
