Peter C. Fatse (born August 3, 1987) is an American

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and former player. Graduated from Minnechaug Regional High School in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. Played collegiate baseball at the University of Connecticut and was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2009 MLB Draft. Served as the MiLB Hitting Coordinator for the Minnesota Twins in 2019. He is currently the hitting coach for the

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(MLB).

Biography

Fatse is from Hampden, Massachusetts. He graduated from

Minnechaug Regional High School Minnechaug Regional High School (MRHS) is a public high school located in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, United States, and has a student population of approximately 1,200. It is the only high school in the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District. ...

in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, and then enrolled at the

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, where he played

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for the

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. The

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selected Fatse in the 24th round of the 2009 MLB draft. He played for the Brewers' organization in Minor League Baseball for two years, as an outfielder, second baseman, and third baseman. He reached the Class A-Advanced level with the Brevard County Manatees in 2010. He then played in

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s for another two years, first with the

Pittsfield Colonials The Pittsfield Colonials were a baseball team in the independent Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball, based in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The team was previously known as the American Defenders of New Hampshire (often simply ref ...

of the

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in 2011, then with the

Florence Freedom The Florence Y'alls are a professional baseball team based within the Greater Cincinnati region in the city of Florence, Kentucky. The Y'alls are a member of the West Division of the Frontier League, an independent baseball league. Since 2004, t ...

of the Frontier League in 2012. In his four years of professional baseball, Fatse batted .258 in 329 games, with 17 home runs and 170 RBIs. Fatse founded his own baseball academy, Advanced Performance Academy in

Palmer, Massachusetts Palmer is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 12,448 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. Palmer adopted a home rule charter in 2004 with a counci ...

, in 2010. The

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hired him as their minor league hitting coordinator in January 2019. After the

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, the

hired him as their assistant hitting coach, which was officially announced on October 31. He was named Red Sox hitting coach on December 20, 2021.

References

External links

College baseball statistics
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