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Zanetello performed highschool basketball in St. Louis, the place he was coached by Tatum’s father.

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One of many latest members of the Pink Sox group is from St. Louis and has a reference to certainly one of Jayson Tatum’s speedy relations.
Nazzan Zanetello, who the Pink Sox picked within the second spherical of this week’s MLB Draft, performed highschool basketball for Tatum’s father, Justin Tatum, in accordance with Alex Speier of The Boston Globe.
“Justin was my basketball coach,” Zanetello informed The Globe. “He really texted me [Monday] morning and mentioned, ‘I’ll hook you up with Jayson. He’ll maintain you. That was sick.”
Zanetello, a 6-foot-2, 180-pound infielder, was drafted out of Christian Brothers School Excessive College in St. Louis, which is about 5 miles away from Chaminade School Preparatory College, the place the Celtics star graduated from.
In the meantime, the Christian Brothers baseball crew that Zanetelo performed on had former Pink Sox pitcher Al Nipper on employees as an assistant coach, Speier reviews.
Zanetello is ranked No. 53 amongst 2023 draft prospects in accordance with MLB.com. He’s primarily a shortstop, and he led Staff USA in hitting with a .429 batting common at a qualifying match for the World Cup within the fall.
The Pink Sox took Zanetello with the No. 50 total decide within the draft, and the 18-year-infielder appears thrilled to be within the Pink Sox group.
“I’ve been floating the entire time. I acquired to place this jersey and hat again on this morning and I used to be like, ‘I get to do it once more,’” mentioned Zanetello. “Final night time I didn’t take it off. My mother informed me to take it off to go to dinner so I’d get something on it. I didn’t need to take it off. It simply looks like a dream come true. I can’t even put into phrases, I can lastly reside my lifelong dream of turning into an expert baseball participant and take step one.
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