Arizona Player Devyn Netz On the Move Following trade

Friday afternoon, it was announced that the Bandits had made a trade involving former Arizona player Devyn Netz sending her to the Blaze for hitter Danielle Gibson Whorton.

Up to this point, Netz had been showing growth with the Bandits as her power was coming alive in the last couple of games.

While at Arizona Netz was a dual threat player, who posted an ERA of 2.25 (career-high)  winning 22 games in 152 ⅓ innings of work to go along with her 118 strikeouts.

But, that’s not all Netz did during the year. She was a monster at the plate batting .347 in 173 at-bats and smacked 19 home runs while driving in 68RBI on the year.

With the ability to pitch in the circle and get it done at the plate, Netz won the Big 12 Player of the Year Award and was named to the NFCA second-team All-American list. 

She became the first WIldcat to win a Player of the Year Award since the 2017 season when slugger Kaityana Mauga shared the award with Utah hitter Hannah Flippen.

Now, Netz is playing pro ball for the AUSL as one of the newcomers to the league.

In 14 games, Netz has had 48 plate appearances and has batted .273 while slugging .455, thus far. She has struck out just six times while hitting two home runs and driving in seven RBI with one stolen base.

Over the last six games, Netz is batting .211 but has hit both her home runs and driven in six of her seven RBI.

Netz’s team, the Bandits are 9-5 meaning that there are 10 games remaining for Arizona fans to see the former Big 12 Player of the Year play before the conclusion of the season.

In all, four former Wildcats play in the AUSL with Netz, pitcher Taylor McQuillin, pitcher Miranda Stoddard and catcher Dejah Mulipola leading the way for UA and future Arizona players that want to play in the league.

But, life at the professional level moves quickly as Netz has found out over the past 24 hours with the trade being finalized and sending her to a new team.

Here progress at the plate will need to continue to grow as she is now a new face in the locker room and will need to prove her importance on the squad.

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