SONOMA, Calif. – This off-season, the Sonoma Stompers infielder Nick Gotta was promoted to the Texas AirHogs of the American Association where he hopes to stand out as he did in the Pacific Association. Similarly, former Sonoma Stompers manager Takashi Miyoshi was the assistant coach for the formally known as Grand Prairie AirHogs back in 2013 and 2014. The San Diego native played baseball for Northwest Missouri State in 2015 and 2016 where he slashed .313/.439/.437.
In 2017, Gotta began his professional baseball career in the PECOS league where he played for the Santa Fe Fuego while hitting .374, smashing 10 home runs and driving in 51 runs. That was enough to be promoted to the Napa Silverados in 2018, where he hit .366, lead the team in doubles with 5, driving in 13, and stealing 14 bases, the second most on the team. Gotta finished the season with the Quebec Capitales of the former Canadian-American Association where he averaged .242 with 32 hits combined with 4 RBI’s, and 20 walks. Nick Gotta happens to be the first player of the Napa Silverados to be promoted to a higher league.
With the Stompers, Gotta has proven to be one of the best players in the league and the stats back that up. He has a batting average of .362, while leading the team with 76 hits and leading the Pacific Association with 71 runs. On top of that he set a Pacific Association record for on-base percentage with an average of .544 and tied a Pacific Association record with 84 walks with none other than Stompers manager Zack Pace.
Not only offensively was he a threat, but on defense he was great as well. In fact, he was one of four Stompers who won the 2019 Gilded Glove award winners. He won the award for the best defensive second baseman in the league. He had a fielding percentage of .932 while playing 60 games in the season.
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