Zach Neto was fired up after getting hit by a pitch despite standing close to the plate, a breakdown
What Happened
In a heated matchup between the Los Angeles Angels and the Houston Astros, the drama unfolds in the bottom of the third inning with the score at 2-0. Zach Neto, the Angels' talented young infielder, steps up to the plate against Astros pitcher Hunter Brown, who is having a standout season. On the first pitch, Neto fouls the ball off, putting the count at 0-1. Brown then fires the next pitch, hitting Neto directly on the hands. Neto is immediately furious, screaming at Brown and accusing him of intentionally hitting him, saying "It's fucking bullshit. It's fucking twice." The benches begin to clear as the two players exchange heated words, with Neto shouting, "Standing on the fucking plate, buddy. Get the fuck out of here. The fuck are you looking at, fucking bitch?" The umpires and coaches quickly intervene to separate the players and restore order. Neto is adamant that Brown is hitting him intentionally, referencing a previous incident between the two. Brown, however, argues that Neto was standing too close to the plate and claims Neto "almost swung" at the pitch, insisting that it was not intentional. In the aftermath, both players hold press conferences to address the incident. Neto acknowledges that he gets "heated a good amount," while Brown expresses confusion, stating, "He's on the plate. Pitch isn't even at him, and he almost swung. Like, this is ridiculous." The broadcast then delves into a detailed analysis of the pitch location, comparing it to other fastballs Brown has thrown to right-handed batters in similar areas of the strike zone. The data suggests that while some of these pitches have hit batters, others have been taken or swung at without incident, leading the commentator to side more with Brown's perspective on the situation. As the tension simmers, the summer rivalry between the Angels and Astros continues to heat up, with both teams vying for dominance in the highly competitive American League West division. The exchange between Neto and Brown serves as a testament to the intensity and passion that can arise in the high-stakes world of Major League Baseball.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentThings got heated between Zach Netto and Hunter Brown.
You got the Angels and the Astros.
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2-0 game, bottom of the third, runner on second.
Hunter Brown, having a great season.
Go check out his game log.
If you're into checking out people's game logs, just a great season.
First pitch, up and in, foul ball somehow.
Kind of odd, but yeah, 0-1.
And he's going to go right back to that spot, but this time, hits him in the hands.
He doesn't like it, makes him hot in the face, hot blood in his pulsing veins,
right off the wrist there, and he's going to scream at him right away.
It's fucking bullshit.
It's fucking twice.
Hey, hey, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Are you shitting me?
It's fucking bullshit.
Let's go.
Standing on the fucking plate, buddy.
Get the fuck out of here.
The fuck are you looking at, fucking bitch?
What the fuck did you say to me?
What the fuck did you say to me?
You mother fuck, and then, you know, they break it up.
Fuck did you say to me, huh?
The fuck out of my fucking face.
Standing on the fucking plate.
He's right on the fucking plate.
Get up.
Come on.
Now, they both would go and have press conferences afterwards and say,
yeah, we were just heated.
Well, actually, Zach Netto was like, yeah, just heated,
because he gets heated a good amount.
This is the second time we've done this.
Brown was like, he almost swung.
Why is he mad at me?
He's on the plate.
Pitch isn't even at him, and he almost swung.
Like, this is ridiculous.
That's what he's telling the ump here, too.
Netto, he said, that's fucking twice.
So let's take a look, because it is twice,
because last year, he did get hit.
Very similar pitch.
Very similar.
Situation.
But he said, you're standing on a fucking plate.
So let's take a look at that, because we can do that.
We can go look at the pitch metric.
We can say Hunter Brown's the pitcher.
Zach Netto is the batter.
It's a hit by pitch.
What's the plate X and Z?
Okay, there they are.
All right, now let's go look at all the fastballs
to right-handed batters in his career
with similar plate X and plate Z coordinates.
Let's see if they're always hitting batters,
or if some people have more room.
21 times he's thrown a pitch to a righty in that area.
There are all of them.
That looks like the pitch we saw.
So here we go.
Here's some other ones.
Yeah, that's okay.
Not hitting.
Okay, not close.
Okay, these guys aren't standing that close to the plate.
Swung at it.
Just took it easily.
Here we go.
Inside.
Fought it off.
Inside for a ball.
Let's see here.
Inside.
Yeah, these don't look dangerous.
They don't look like pitches that batters are getting mad about.
They're taking them.
Sometimes.
Sometimes they're swinging.
Whoa.
Umpire's face.
Whoa.
But yeah, these are all similar pitches.
Look at that one.
So this guy's not standing as close to the plate.
But I don't even know if it's standing on the plate
or like Neto did swing at it.
Oh, there's a swing by Gio the God or Shella.
Simeon takes one in.
Takes one up and in.
So it's...
Oh, that one got put in play.
Weakly hit.
Ground out.
This one, foul ball.
Now Rendon got hit by this one.
So that's the only other...
It's an angel.
And that hit Rendon on the hands.
And he...
I think that hits the knob of his bat, to be honest.
And he gets first base.
And then the other is Neto.
Look where his elbow is.
And that hits him.
And then again, in this video, it hits him.
So I think I'm siding with Hunter Brown,
who, like I said, is having a great season.
And I enjoy looking at it.
His game log.
He just gave up five earned runs in one start.
And that kind of botched it.
Because it was like every single game he was giving them a chance to win.
I also just love how Hunter Brown just responded with the energy right away.
Like, are you shitting me, bro?
You almost swung.
It's good energy to have, especially starting pitcher.
You need to have a little gusto like that.
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