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). He made his MLB debut in 2022. Born and raised in Orange County, California, Pallante played three season of college baseball at the University of California, Irvine. The Cardinals selected him in the fourth round of the 2019 MLB draft. He was in their minor league system for four seasons before making his MLB debut in 2022, splitting time between a relief role and their starting rotation. 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. As a junior in 2015, he pitched to a 1.72 ERA over a team leading innings. In 2016, his senior season, he went 6-3 with a 1.02 ERA. 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. In 2018, as a sophomore, he started 15 games and went 10–1 with a 1.60 ERA, second lowest in school history. He was selected to play for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team that summer. As a junior at UC Irvine, Pallante started 15 games and compiled a 10–4 record and 2.68 ERA over 94 innings. After the season, he was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the fourth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.