Zach Neto #9

Zachary Adam Neto...Last name is pronounced: NET-oh...On Twitter: @ZachNeto25...2023 marks first season as a non-roster invitee to Major League Spring Training...Played collegiately at Campbell University, where he amassed a .403 (152/377) career average in three years along with 40 doubles, five triples, 27 home runs and 108 RBI...Big South Player of the Year in 2021 and 2022...During 2021 collegiate summer season, played for Brewster Whitecapsin Cape Cod League and North Adams SteepleCats in New England Collegiate Baseball League...In 2020, played for Delray Beach Lightning in South Florida Collegiate Baseball League and led league in home runs (six) and batting average (.439)....Prepped at Miami Coral Park Senior HS, where he was a three-time all-district team honoree after posting a career .407 average with 19 doubles, six triples, two home runs and 37 RBI...Originally signed by Angels scout Nick Gorneault.

2022

Began season at Campbell University (Buies Creek, NC), where he hit .407 (81/199) with 23 doubles, two triples, 15 home runs and 50 RBI for the Fighting Camels...Paced Big South Conference in average, hits, doubles, runs scored (65) and OPS (1.283)…Also went 19-for-20 in stolen base attempts...Earned Big South Player of the Year honors for a second consecutive season...Selected by Angels in first round (13th overall) in First-Year Player Draft and was assigned to High-A Tri-City...Made professional debut with Dust Devils, July 30 vs. Spokane...Played in seven games for Tri-City and was promoted to Double-A Rocket City, Aug. 9...Batted .370 (17/46) across first 11 games for Trash Pandas and finished regular season with hits in 24 of 30 games, totaling a .320 (39/122) average with nine doubles, four home runs and 23 RBI...Played in all three Trash Pandas postseason games, including a homer in Game 2 of Southern League Division Series vs. Tennessee.