Alessandro Deotto

• Bats Right, Throws Right

• Born December 7, 1995 in Monfalcone Italy

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Biographical Information

Alessandro Deotto has played in Italy and for the Italian national team.

In the 2013 U-18 Baseball World Cup, he hit .176/.300/.235 but played error-free ball (32 TC) as Italy's main catcher. His longest hit was a double off future big leaguer Jack Flaherty. He was 1 for 3 in the 2014 U-21 Baseball World Cup, backing up Alberto Mineo behind the dish. He played for Europe in the Asia Winter League in 2015. That year, he also debuted in Italy's top league, hitting .197/.297/.233 for Parma.

Deotto improved to .270/.336/.360 in 2016 and batted .240/.321/.430 in 2017. He tied for second in the league with three triples in '17, two behind Sebastiano Poma. He was 0 for 10 with a run for Italy in the 2018 Haarlem Baseball Week and slipped to .190/.254/.259 in the 2018 Serie A1. He was 2 for 7 with a run and a RBI in the 2018 Italian Series but Parma fell to Bologna.

Moving to the Rangers Redipuglia for 2019, he hit .231/.348/.462. He tied for 10th in home runs (4), tied for 3rd with 2 triples and tied Mattia Mercuri for 5th in times plunked (4). He returned to Parma for 2020 and batted .344/.400/.719 in limited time. He tied Mattia Reginato, Lorenzo Avagnina and Hendrik Clementina for 4th in home runs (3). In 2021, he produced at a .298/.394/.579 with 32 runs, 9 homers and 33 RBI. He tied Ericson Leonora and Gabriel Lino for the home run lead.

He made the Italian squad for the 2021 European Championship, backing up Ernesto Liberatore at catcher. His first game, he batted for Liberatore and drew a walk from Austria's Brian Fürböck. He started at DH in the Bronze Medal Game against Spain. He went 0 for 2 against Elián Leyva but drew a 7th-inning bases-loaded walk from Fernando Baez to force in Vito Friscia with the game's first run - and winning run in a 2-0 victory.