Tim McIlvaine, enjoying the rapid rise of his first pick as the team’s scouting director, says everyone liked the middle infielder despite his unorthodox swing
NEW YORK — With Tim McIlvaine’s first selection of his first draft as a major league scouting director, he settled on a kid with an unorthodox swing from a small college in North Carolina.
Neto, 22, became the first player from the 2022 draft to reach the majors when the Angels made the surprising promotion Saturday. He played just 44 games in the minors, none higher than Double-A. McIlvaine said that was a major issue as the Angels were discussing whether to draft him 13th overall. “The analytic guys really liked him,” McIlvaine said. “The scouts really liked them. Front-office guys really liked him. It’s kind of a rare unicorn where everybody kind of came together and said, ‘We all really liked this guy.’ Once he was , it was kind of an easy selection for us.”Third baseman Anthony Rendon came into Thursday’s game with just one extra-base hit this season, a double on Saturday.
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