Rommie Lewis heads to Taiwan
It’s been frustrating that Rommie Lewis hasn’t been given a Triple-A
contract by an MLB organization based on the way he’s pitched this season.
As a consolation though, his contract has been purchased by the Lamigo
Monkeys of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (Taiwan).
The league’s regular season lasts well into the fall, and the number of
foreign players is strictly limited.
The most eligible American-born players that get the chance to pitch over
there can make a nice salary, perhaps up to $10,000 a month in some cases.
(The terms of Lewis’s deal were not disclosed.)
So Rommie’s season will be extended, but unfortunately he will not close
games for the final three weeks of the Atlantic League campaign.
After Juan Rincon’s departure, Lewis had settled in nicely to the closer’s
role.
He was also terrific as a seventh and eighth inning guy for York this year
and departs with a 1.51 ERA and 35 strikeouts, with just 12 walks in 47
appearances and 41.2 innings pitched.
The lefty converted five save chances.
Despite the disappointment of not being picked up domestically, you’d have
to assume Lewis’s numbers this season will earn him a spot in somebody’s
big league camp in February as a non-roster invitee.
He logged 20 games out of the Toronto Blue Jays bullpen over the 2010 and
2011 seasons.
-Paul Braverman
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Lamigo已经买下他在大西洋联盟的合约
Rommie今年47场出赛 41.2局的投球
自责分率1.51 送出35K和12次保送 是一位左手牛
在2010~11年间 曾在蓝鸟队效力过20场球