Zach Neto

Bats R Throws R6'0" 185 lbBorn 2001 Miami, USADebut 2023Team LAADraft 2022 R1 #13 Los Angeles Angels, Campbell UniversityContract 1 y/$4.15M (26) 2026: $4,150,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 116.5FIELD+ 102.1 at SSTotal 2.78 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	492	437	109	23	1	21	38	118	21	0.250	0.325	0.450	0.775	0.200	0.334	24.0	7.6	113.1	2.32
2027	537	476	113	24	1	21	44	144	18	0.238	0.315	0.430	0.745	0.192	0.323	26.8	8.1	105.3	2.02

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 24

His ten closest age-24 comparables averaged 118 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Dean Palmer	1993	107.3	94.0	371
2	Heinie Zimmerman	1911	108.0	164.2	619
3	Tony Cuccinello	1932	111.1	104.0	537
4	Ken Keltner	1941	107.5	97.2	663
5	Lou Boudreau	1942	109.4	138.7	649
6	Edgardo Alfonzo	1998	101.5	125.9	726
7	Ray Chapman	1915	108.2	82.9	437
8	Fernando Tatis	1999	109.3	119.0	394
9	Troy Tulowitzki	2009	106.8	139.1	529
10	Gleyber Torres	2021	112.6	113.1	572

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			537		113	24	1	21		18	44	144	0.238	0.315	0.430	0.745	105.3
2026*	LAA	123	548	76	109	24	3	20		17	52	172	0.224	0.308	0.409	0.717	98.3
2025	LAA	128	554	82	129	29	1	26	62	26	33	149	0.257	0.319	0.474	0.793	114.5
2024	LAA	155	602	70	135	34	1	23	77	30	39	140	0.249	0.318	0.443	0.761	114.2
2023	LAA	84	329	38	65	17	0	9	34	5	20	77	0.225	0.308	0.377	0.685	86.8
Career		367	1485	190	329	80	2	58	173	61	92	366	0.247	0.316	0.440	0.756	108.2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	548	89.2	22.7	11.4	39.7	33.7	37.2	0.198	0.383	0.295	27.8
2025	554	91.0	17.5	14.0	46.6	29.1	30.1	0.251	0.495	0.344	28.1
2024	602	88.5	12.3	8.4	38.8	27.1	31.3	0.233	0.421	0.319	28.2
2023	329	89.1	14.5	8.8	40.3	28.7	25.1	0.224	0.410	0.315	27.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	LAA	SS	125	1078	175	328	11	86	0.979	-5.7
2024	LAA	SS	155	1333	231	405	18	103	0.972	+6.7
2023	LAA	SS	84	711	114	205	7	43	0.979	+1.5

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AAA	Salt Lake Bees	Bat	58	4 HR, 1 SB	0.286	0.989
2023	AA	Rocket City Trash Pandas	Bat	34	3 HR, 3 SB	0.444	1.374
2022	AA	Rocket City Trash Pandas	Bat	136	4 HR, 4 SB	0.320	0.874
2022	A+	Tri-City Dust Devils	Bat	31	1 HR, 1 SB	0.200	0.755

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.333	0.308	0.289	0.339
2025	0.321	0.346	0.336	0.345
2024	0.437	0.309	0.341	0.328
2023	0.356	0.304	0.352	0.276

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.