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Article: NATALE HAS BEEN A REAL HIT
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 16, 2006
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Of the 54 picks the Red Sox made in the amateur draft earlier this
month, exactly one is a native New Englander. That makes Jeff Natale
, a New Haven native plucked in the 32d round out of Trinity College
in 2005, A) rare and B) someone to root for.
Natale has played just 123 minor league games but has posted some
staggering totals.
2005 at short-season Lowell: 12 games, .488 average, .522 OBP,
.610 slugging, 1.132 OPS.
2005 at Single A Greenville: 47 games, .338 average, .463 OBP,
.544 slugging, 1.007 OPS.
2006 at Single A Greenville: 50 games, .343 average, .487 OBP,
.571 slugging, 1.058 OPS.
2006 at Single A Wilmington: 14 games, .262 average, .439 OBP,
.381 slugging, .820 OPS.
Natale, ...