Fine, I'll dig deeper. Nate was Baltimore's fifth-round pick in the 2003 draft out of Charlotte High School in Punta Gorda, FL. He spent three years in the low minors with the Birds, and made good contact and took some walks. In 2005, he batted .294/.349/.429 with 30 doubles as a 20-year-old with the Frederick Keys, making both the midseason and postseason Carolina League All-Star teams. In January 2006, Nate was traded to the Cubs in the Corey Patterson deal. He continued his steady, unspectacular performance, winding up with a batting line of .268/.357/.398 in a dozen minor league seasons. In an outlier year, he clubbed 20 homers and drove in 82 runs with Boston's AA Portland affiliate in 2010. He had cups of coffee in the majors with the Red Sox in September 2011 and April 2012, unfortunately going 0-for-8 in all with four strikeouts. As of the 2016 season, he'd put away his bat and glove and joined the coaching staff of Boston's Class A Greenville Drive club.
3 comments:
It's very rare when I've never even heard of a prospect from the '93-'04 time range. I remember Calvin Pickering, Ryan Kohlmeier, and Eugene Kingsale, for gosh sakes.
That's a good baseball name...
Nate was with my Somerset Patriots in 2013 and 2014 and then retired when they lost in the playoffs. He then joined coaching in the minor league ranks. Was a very nice and popular player with us and signed every card I put in front of him
Post a Comment