Minor League Ball Snippets

Two snippets of interest from John Sickels' Minorleagueball.com:

A prospect retrospective on current Red Sox backup 1B Roberto Petagine. It's a real head scratcher as to why Petagine never received a real chance in the majors. He's absolutely mashed pitching at every level except the majors (including in the Japanese leagues). And it's hard to conclude that he couldn't hit big league pitching, because he was never more than a part time / pinch hitter role.

Secondly, a AA Transition Monitor featuring two outfielders who have played against the Sea Dogs this year: Norwich (Giants) OF Fred Lewis and New Britain (Twins) OF Alex Romero. Romero is a youngish (21) guy who has put up good stats: .300 batting average with decent power (especially doubles) and OK discipline - not a lot of walks, but not a lot of K's either. He could turn into a Mark Kotsay-type hitter in the big leagues. I have been less impressed with Lewis. He's a speed guy who does a decent job of drawing walks, but he has very little power and doesn't do much with the bat. He's a fairly free swinger who also has 101 strikeouts in 111 games this year. He's not an ideal leadoff guy, and at his age (24) I don't see him becoming a regular at the major league level.

And the Sea Dogs beat Romero's Rock Cats 6-4 last night. Another fine outing for David Pauley, who gave up just two runs (one unearned) in seven innings for the W. New Britain;s Levale Speigner suffered the loss, though not quite the pounding that he took in Hadlock last week.