He made his professional debut with the GCL Marlins and also played for the Low-A Jamestown Jammers, accumulating a 2–1 record and 1.44 ERA in 7 games.

The next year, he split the season between the High-A Jupiter Hammerheads and the Double-A Jacksonville Suns, pitching to a cumulative 8–7 record and 2.78 ERA with 78 strikeouts in 30 games.

[3] He was assigned to the Double-A Midland RockHounds, where he spent the season, registering an 8–12 record and 4.35 ERA with 96 strikeouts in 165.2 innings of work.

In 2014, Neal split the season between the High-A Stockton Ports, Midland, and the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats, logging a 10–7 record and 3.09 ERA in 27 appearances between the three teams.

[10] On January 6, 2018, Neal signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers that included an invitation to spring training.

[12] After pitching one inning for the Dodgers, in which he allowed a home run to John Ryan Murphy, Neal was designated for assignment on April 5.

[13] On April 17, 2018, the Dodgers traded Neal and Ibandel Isabel to the Cincinnati Reds for Ariel Hernández.

On July 4, 2018, Neal was traded back to the Dodgers organization along with Dylan Floro and international bonus pool space for minor league pitchers James Marinan and Aneurys Zabala.

[17] Neal pitched in 29 games (starting 21) for the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes, logging a 6–6 record and 6.87 ERA with 95 strikeouts in 116+2⁄3 innings.

[19] He made 3 appearances (2 starts) for the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators, posting a 5.56 ERA with 11 strikeouts in 11+1⁄3 innings pitched.