Andre Pallante

Neil Andre Pallante (born September 18, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Andre Pallante
St. Louis Cardinals – No. 53
Pitcher
Born: (1998-09-18) September 18, 1998
Mission Viejo, California
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 10, 2022, for the St. Louis Cardinals
MLB statistics
(through April 29, 2022)
Win–loss record0–0
Earned run average0.90
Strikeouts7
Teams

Amateur career

Pallante attended San Clemente High School in San Clemente, California, where he played baseball and was teammates with Kolby Allard and Michael McGreevy.[1][2] As a junior in 2015, he pitched to a 1.72 ERA over a team leading 73+1⁄3 innings.[3] In 2016, his senior season, he went 6-3 with a 1.02 ERA.[4]

Following high school, Pallante enrolled at the University of California, Irvine where he played college baseball for the Anteaters. After his freshman year in 2017, Pallante played collegiate summer baseball for the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[5][6] In 2018, as a sophomore, he started 15 games and went 10-1 with a 1.60 ERA, second lowest in school history.[7] He was selected to play for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team that summer.[8] As a junior at UC Irvine, Pallante started 15 games and compiled a 10-4 record and 2.68 ERA over 94 innings.[9] After the season, he was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the fourth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[10]

Professional career

Pallante signed with the Cardinals and made his professional debut with the State College Spikes of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League, going 1-0 with a 2.78 ERA over 35+2⁄3 innings.[11] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[12] For a majority of the 2021 season, Pallante played with the Springfield Cardinals of the Double-A Central and started 21 games in which he went 4-7 with a 3.82 ERA and 82 strikeouts over 94+1⁄3 innings.[13] After the end of Springfield's season in mid-September, he was promoted to the Memphis Redbirds of the Triple-A East, with whom he appeared in two games.[14] He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Glendale Desert Dogs after the season where he was named to the Fall Stars Game.[15]

Pallante was a non-roster invitee to spring training in 2022, and on April 4, the Cardinals announced that he had been named to the Opening Day roster.[16] He made his MLB debut on April 10 versus the Pittsburgh Pirates, throwing one inning in relief and giving up one earned run.[17]

References
  1. "San Clemente pitcher Andre Pallante's quick ascension a key to Tritons success". July 2015.
  2. "Cardinals Select College Pitcher McGreevy in First Round of Draft". July 12, 2021.
  3. "San Clemente High School Spring Sports Preview". San Clemente Times. March 3, 2016.
  4. "Weather clouds UCI baseball opener - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. February 17, 2017.
  5. "#41 Andre Pallante - Profile". pointstreak.com. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  6. "'Eaters shining in Cape Cod League - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. July 8, 2017.
  7. "Cardinals stick with what has worked, pick six college pitchers on draft Day 2 | Derrick Goold: Bird Land | stltoday.com".
  8. "Andre Pallante Selected to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team".
  9. "Whicker: Pallante, Anteaters hope to ride their pitching into the NCAAs". May 13, 2019.
  10. "Triton Report: Pallante, Brubaker Selected in MLB Draft from UC Irvine". June 6, 2019.
  11. "Going Pro: Checking in on Former Tritons in Professional Baseball". July 4, 2019.
  12. "2020 Minor League Baseball Season Canceled".
  13. "Springfield Cardinals announce 2021 preliminary Opening Day roster".
  14. "Lester Outduels Peralta, and Cards Extend Winning Streak to Nine with 5-2 Win over the Brewers". 21 September 2021.
  15. "Cardinals announce 2021 Arizona Fall League selections". MLB.com.
  16. "Pujols, who will start on opening day for Cardinals, announces he will file for divorce".
  17. "Pirates vs. Cardinals - Game Recap - April 10, 2022 - ESPN".
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