sox sign petagine

[yankeessuck013]

The Red Sox agreed to a minor league contract on Tuesday with first baseman Roberto Petagine, who played in Japan the last six seasons.

Petagine, 33, won three Gold Gloves, two home run titles and one Central League MVP award while playing for the Yakult from 1999 to 2002 and Yomiuri the past two years. The Red Sox invited him to spring training.

In parts of five major league seasons, he hit .225 with 10 homers and 43 RBI in 193 games for Houston, San Diego, the New York Mets and Cincinnati

In Japan, he hit .317 with 223 homers and 594 RBI in 756 games.

Petagine, 33, is a left-handed hitter and an excellent defensive first baseman who will try to take the place of Doug Mientkiewicz, recently traded to the Mets.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1986947

 

its a good move, looks like he can take the spot of mienkietwicz

[Yanksin2010]

Oh when, oh when will the season start.

[BigPapiEnFuego]

What the hell? Epstien has a 1B fetish. We got rid of meintkiewicz because we had too many 1b and now we get another.

[yankeessuck013]

What the hell? Epstien has a 1B fetish. We got rid of meintkiewicz because we had too many 1b and now we get another.

 

no we got rid of the "other one" because theo thought minky and millar both should get the oppurtunity to start

[BigPapiEnFuego]

I know, but don't we have McCarty?

[stocker323]

I know, but don't we have McCarty?

 

I don't think Theo was real satisfied with the idea of having McCarty as the backup 1B.

[Zenny]

Petagine > Mientkiewicz for less money and attitiude.

[element1151]

Petagine > Mientkiewicz for less money and attitiude.

 

Is he that good? Don't know if all Japanese players will turn out like Ichiro in the majors.

[Zenny]

Is he that good? Don't know if all Japanese players will turn out like Ichiro in the majors.

If he hits the .240/.300/.350 that Mientkiewicz hit last year with similar defense, then that makes him better. He's also said to have more power and better plate discipline. Combine that with the aforementioned money and attitude consideration and you've got yourselves one hell of a deal here.