{"id":4844,"date":"2026-05-11T21:31:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=4844"},"modified":"2026-05-11T21:31:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:31:56","slug":"angels-zach-neto-admits-hes-making-too-many-mental-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=4844","title":{"rendered":"Angels\u2019 Zach Neto admits he\u2019s making too many mental mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>CLEVELAND \u2014 Zach Neto fielded the ground ball cleanly, pounded his glove, took a step and then fired to first base.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=4842\">Ducks keep gaining playoff experience, growing together<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was late.<\/p>\n<p>When Toronto Blue Jays speedster Daulton Varsho beat the throw in the first inning on Sunday, he was credited with an infield hit. A day later, Neto admitted it was a mental mistake, one of too many that he\u2019s made lately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t trouble with the grip,\u201d the Angels\u2019 shortstop said. \u201cIt was just a mental thing. I thought I had time to gather my feet and throw the ball, and I didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The play ended up costing starter Jos\u00e9 Soriano the only run he allowed, plus an extra 14 pitches to get out of the first inning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose are the things that I\u2019ve been talking about since the beginning of the year,\u201d Neto said, \u201cjust things you\u2019ve got to experience to learn about. That\u2019s one that I wish I had back. But I can\u2019t do anything about it now but learn from it and be better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neto, 25, is clearly the Angels\u2019 best young player. He\u2019s the leadoff hitter. He has played every inning of the season at shortstop.<\/p>\n<p>Offensively, he\u2019s been inconsistent, hitting .222 with six home runs and a .729 OPS. A recent five-game hitting streak has helped stabilize his offense after a weeks-long slump at the plate.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Defensively, though, he acknowledges there have been too many mistakes. He\u2019s already made six errors, more than half of the 11 he had all of last season.<\/p>\n<p>The play on Sunday wasn\u2019t an error. It was a mental mistake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s some things I need to clean up,\u201d Neto said. \u201cThere\u2019s some mental stuff on the field. This game\u2019s very hard, so if I keep just knocking out one thing at a time. I hopefully got the hitting part down part now and I\u2019m feeling way more comfortable and dangerous in the box. Now I\u2019m focusing on my stuff to try and get out of these innings for these pitchers and making the plays for them. I feel like I\u2019m catching the ball, but not finishing the play. That\u2019s half of it. I need to be able to finish, especially playing shortstop every single day. I need to be a leader out there and making those plays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andy Schatzley, the Angels\u2019 infield coach, said Neto is always working to get through these kind of issues.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a constant process,\u201d Schatzley said. \u201cHe\u2019s an elite player that has an elite future. It\u2019s such a long season. There are going to be ebbs and flows. It\u2019s not any different right now than it is at any point. He\u2019s trying to get better every day. He\u2019s trying to be the best version of himself. Regardless of what the results have been, we know that\u2019s where his mindset is and where it will continue to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=4840\">Capistrano Valley Christian\u2019s Benjamin Makelela ready for next step in football journey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Neto\u2019s issues caused Angels television analyst Bobby Valentine to make a harsh assessment on the pregame show last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAttitude filters down from the top, and he\u2019s at the top of the lineup,\u201d Valentine said. \u201cHe has a great attitude when he\u2019s playing like Zach Neto and his head was not on his shoulders for the last five months, it was somewhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Valentine suggested that, after Neto got picked off first last Wednesday, that was a wake-up call for him, and it improved his attitude.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully it\u2019s in the right place to stay,\u201d Valentine said.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about those comments on Monday, Neto said: \u201cThat\u2019s just Bobby\u2019s opinion. It\u2019s cool hearing him, seeing how much care he has for me. And I didn\u2019t take it as no diss or anything. I just see how much care he has for me as a person and as a player. I just gotta be better. And I know that, and he knows that, and all the Angels fans know that, my teammates know that. I just gotta keep being myself. I\u2019m starting to feel like myself again and it\u2019s just a matter of, just a matter of time before I start breaking out of here soon and we\u2019re gonna start winning some ballgames.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>JOYCE UPDATE<\/h4>\n<p>Right-hander Ben Joyce was scratched from his scheduled outing in a minor league game on Sunday because \u201che wasn\u2019t recovering as fast as we wanted,\u201d Angels manager Kurt Suzuki said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Suzuki said he\u2019s \u201cnot concerned at all\u201d about Joyce\u2019s rehab, despite the slowdown. Joyce underwent shoulder surgery almost exactly one year ago. Suzuki said Joyce continues to do other rehab activities to keep his arm loose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll take it after these couple days and see how he feels,\u201d Suzuki said. \u201cWe\u2019re not stopping his rehab. It\u2019s just that he needed a couple days, felt like he wasn\u2019t recovering.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>NOTES<\/h4>\n<p>Right-hander Grayson Rodriguez reported to the Angels that he \u201cfelt really good, ready to go,\u201d after Sunday\u2019s outing for Class-A Rancho Cucamonga. \u201cWe\u2019ll see what the next plans are,\u201d Suzuki said. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>The Angels entered the series in Cleveland with a 4-26 record at Progressive Field since 2015.<\/p>\n<h4>UP NEXT<\/h4>\n<p>Angels (RHP Walbert Ure\u00f1a, 1-3, 3.22 ERA) at Guardians (RHP Slade Cecconi, 2-4, 6.15 ERA ERA), Tuesday, 3:10 p.m., ABTV, 830 AM<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=4839\">Santa Margarita boys golf captures Trinity League title, CIF-SS berth<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neto acknowledged a mental mistake from Sunday\u2019s game, while saying he hasn\u2019t played defense up to his expectations this season. 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