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标题[THT] 2009 Five questions: Pittsburgh Pirates
时间Sun Mar 29 21:12:01 2009
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Five questions: Pittsburgh Pirates
by Charlie Wilmoth
虽然我们在这探讨五个问题,但还是会创下连17季进不了季後赛的纪录。不过好消息是
FO以前弄出来的烂摊子过去了,而海盗也重回了轨道。如往常一样,海盗迷会一边看着
现在的球队、一边展望未来。
秉持着这个想法来做些讨论吧。
1.谁会站在外野呢?
海盗去年在交易截止之前就将Bay和Nady送走,而他们的外野阵容就从那个时候起瓦解。
Nate McLouth在今年会从中外野出发,尽管他去年拿到了金手套,不过他并不是防守
突出的中外野手(虽然他在数据上也没这麽差),如果McCutchen上来的话,他会被移到
角落去。
McCutchen是近年海盗农场最好的新秀。他们谈到海到农场的时候,总会想到他,但是
McCutchen至少要成为一个称职的先发球员。他有不错的plate discipline、和优秀
的击球能力、速度和防守能力。他的power还没显现出来,不过他有20HR的潜力。
他开季可能会从3A出发,但如果打得好的话,可能会让他提早上来MLB。
同时间,海盗的先发右外野手可能会是从Bay的交易中得来的Bradon Moss。Moss
在offseason动了膝盖手术,而且也因为手腕问题错过了很多场春训比赛。如果他
健康的话,他在一些较强的队伍可能会是四号外野手,不过他有一些power和耐心
,给他足够的时间,他有可能会打出个.280/.350/.470的球季。很幸运的,他现在
有这个机会。
左外野开放竞争,Nyjer Morgan,一个28岁、有着优秀的速度但是没有power的小
联盟球员,不过他知道如何比赛中该做什麽,在春训之前是推定的先发。不过
他在春训的表现很糟糕,所以Craig Monroe可能会取代他的位置。有一件事
是比Monroe赢得这个先发位置更糟糕的---那就是Monroe最好的表现也称不上优秀。
他的生涯OBP是.301,而他从'04年就一直退化。Eric Hinske可能会一起分食掉这个
位置。
2. 谁会在先发轮值里?
去年海盗掉了884分,比其他国联队伍至少多掉了59分。海盗的先发成绩为ERA5.36,
确实是个大问题,但他们之前面临着很艰难的情况:去年海盗的防守效率是全大联盟
第三差的,某方面来讲,外野真是烂透了。随着McCutchen、Morgan接手Bay和Nady
的位置,他们今年应该会进步一点。同样的,海盗经由交易所得到的Ohlendorf、
Karstens、D.McCutchen、Barthmaier、Vasquez(从waiver捡来),预期可以
吃下Yoslan Herrera、John Van Benschoten的空缺,或是像去年接管Tom Gorzelanny
受伤後的局数。
这是好消息,而坏消息是先发阵容都不好。Paul Maholm只是个名义上的ace,他在
强队里面只能排到#3。除此之外,剩下的人选:如Ian Snell, Zach Duke,
Gorzelanny,以及先前提到的投手都有风险存在。在这些人之中,Snell可能是
报酬最好的赌注,即使他根本不知道他去年出了什麽问题。只要有好野手的帮助,
Duke会是个不错的後段轮值投手,但是他在海盗的破烂防守下被击出太多安打了。
Maholm, Snell和Duke很可能会排在前三号的位置,而後两号让Ohlendorf、Karstens
填补是最适当的选择。
3. Andy LaRoche的元神会回归吗?
在海盗得到LaRoche的时候,看起来像是低价买进了一个在原本球队没有位置打球的
强打少年。他在海盗的前两个月,防守乏善可陈、选球更是一场灾难,完全显示出
Dodgers不让他出赛是合理的作为。从小联盟成绩、球探间的评价看来,他的表现应该
可以更好。他到底出了什麽问题呢?
有一个原因可能是,他整年都是带伤打球的。LaRoche在去年春训的拇指韧带撕裂,
曾经做过手术,并且错失了前几个礼拜的球季。当他回来的时候,由'08年的ISO.146
比起前年的ISO.280,他的power看起来比以前小。他在MLB中的短期亮相也没有展现
出power。他的另一个问题是在他海盗发生的,守备表现不好、打击的时候去挥坏球,
可能会导致他有挫折感,让他没办法结实的咬中球。
即使LaRoche因伤表现不如预期,海盗的教练团还是对LaRoche的潜力有极大的肯定。
而他现在的拇指看起来好了,他在春训至礼拜一打出了0.389的打击率,从整体来看
,他的状态和'08年截然不同,所以这是一个理由对他的未来有着乐观的期待。
4. 老鸟要怎样?
海盗去年送出了Bay、Nady、Marte,一定会让海盗的老鸟们人人自危,或许自己就是
下一个被送走的。随着offseason时买来Hinske、Vazquez和签下小联盟自由球员:
Monroe、Phillips,在25人名单上最年长的就属Adam LoRoche、Freddy
Sanchez,Jack Wilson,John Grabow和Tyler Yates了。这些人之中,Adam和Grabow
今年结束就是自由球员了,而Sanchez、Wilson还有2010年的club option,不过海贼
可能会选择买断。
LaRoche和Grabow有进入FA待价而沽的本钱。LaRoche一直有慢热的现象,前两个月
打得像Willie Bloomquist、最後两个月又会变身为Willie Stargell,所以海盗
可能会把他标上「可以逆转战局的打者」当作今年的交易筹码。Grabow是个
称职的左手setup,可以在交易截止之前换几个小朋友回来。现在海盗可能在接订单呢。
5.坐在办公室里面的家伙可以带领海盗走回荣耀吗?
海盗制服组的大头目Frank Coonelly、指挥官Neal Huntington,显然只有一个计画
,就是打造一个low-payroll的球队。他们在08年他们的第一轮-Pedro Alvarez
和後段的Robbie Grossman、Quinton Miller一大笔钱。接着投资在前指挥官
Dave Littlefield忽略多年的拉丁美洲新秀宝库,接着也开始打造最好的Dominican
facility。
新的制服组团队已经开始着手挖掘海外新秀,例如先下南非的Mpho Ngoepe、印度
Rinku Singh 和 Dinesh Patel。最後,Coonelly、Huntington经由交易拿到如同
Jose Tabata、Bryan Morris这种天份的新秀。如果海盗的策略奏效的话,他们就能
用低成本让农场长满漂亮的农作物。显然,他们终於知道要这样做了。
不过制服组的计画要是成功了,会有三个潜在问题降临。
第一,当海盗作物出产之後,
海盗的大头目可能不会提高他们的pay-roll。这里有一个充分的理由去解释球迷们
的疑惑,这支球队去年的pay-roll 51M排名整个联盟的第27位。虽然红人和酒人的市场
规模与海盗差不多,但花的钱要比海盗来得多。不过海盗在今年并不打算把他提高,因
为他们没钱可用。
他们把钱花在Dominican facility和选秀上是很好的补强,而海贼头子明确说了在他们
没有足够的竞争力之前,没有理由把pay-roll提高。没错,把大把钞票拿去签昂贵的资
深球员很蠢,谁会拿长约去绑球员然後让自己负债到有竞争力的时候?所以海盗头子
去避免提高payroll,用农场的证明他们可以有竞争力。不过难免会让球迷担心payroll
没有显着提高(失去竞争力),而难以认同头子的做法。
Another potential snag that could catch the Pirates' long-term plan might
come from those same fans, many of whom have already turned on Huntington and
Coonelly. As Wilbur Miller has pointed out, the more Huntington and Coonelly
distinguish themselves from Littlefield, the angrier the fans get, which is
ironic, since Littlefield is arguably the person most responsible for the
Pirates' current predicament. Littlefield left the organization in utter
disrepair, from the major league team all the way down to rookie ball.
It took Andrew Friedman two and a half years to fix the Rays, and Friedman
had the benefit of a very good farm system to work with. Huntington and
Coonelly inherited a Rays-like situation at the major league level and one of
the worst farm systems in baseball. Fans were furious with Huntington and
Coonelly after they'd been on the job less than a year, and it's going to
take at least a couple more before the Pirates show real progress in the
majors. These next two years will be very tough for the Pirates, and the
ownership needs to have the resolve to stick with the plan.
A third potential area of concern that might prevent the Pirates from
achieving their goals is that Huntington and Coonelly's skills as evaluators
of talent haven't yet been tested. The most important players they've
acquired so far--Alvarez, Grossman, Miller, Tabata, Morris--haven't yet
played much for the organization.
We know a lot more about their less important acquisitions, and the results
so far have been uninspiring. Their strategy for acquiring relievers thus far
has largely consisted of grabbing the hardest throwers they can find,
regardless of their ability to find the plate. For example, last offseason
Huntington dealt Todd Redmond—now a decent starting pitching prospect—to
the Braves for Tyler Yates. Yates racked up walks for the Pirates in 2008 and
was completely untrustworthy in any situation that required him to keep
batters from reaching base. Many of Huntington's other acquisitions,
including Denny Bautista, Evan Meek, and Craig Hansen, were exactly the same
way.
The Pirates' 2008 bench was also a mess. When shortstop Jack Wilson got hurt
early in the season, the Bucs turned to minor league free agent Luis Rivas, a
terrible hitter whom the Pirates' own statistical analyst, Dan Fox, had
earlier described as one of the worst defensive second basemen of the past 50
years. The results were predictable, and the performances the Pirates got
from fellow bench players like Jason Michaels and Luis Cruz weren't much
better. The only bench player who was worth the playing time he received was
Doug Mientkiewicz.
In fairness to Huntington and Coonelly, these were all low-risk, low-reward
acquisitions, and it ultimately doesn't matter much who pitches the sixth
inning or pinch hits for a 95-loss team. It also appears that they may have
learned their lesson, signing substantially better players in Hinske and
Vazquez for this year's bench. But when the Pirates pay a steep price for,
say, Andy LaRoche, only to have him crater spectacularly, it's possible for a
cynical observer to see a pattern, and worry that a dark future awaits the
more important group of players Huntington and Coonelly have acquired.
Despite all that, though, Huntington and Coonelly have gotten the big things
right so far, and they deserve the benefit of the doubt. In 2009, many
serious Pirates fans will pay at least as much attention to the actions of
the front office as they do to the results on the field, hoping that
Huntington and Coonelly are capable of finally leading the franchise out of
the woods.
後面有一大半不知该如何翻译,前面那段不太懂,应该是指以前的FO和现在FO的差别。
在此之後那几段大意是讲他们FO对新秀的评估出了些问题,拿一些有用的
去换弄了一些没用的东西,球员受伤找来替补的又鸟。
因为没办法一次翻出来,不想翻得零零碎碎的,所以後面那一大段还需请人帮助翻译...。
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1F:推 Sechslee:头推 03/29 21:13
2F:推 ColbyRasmus:McLouth:数据sucks~ 腊肉弟加油! 03/29 21:15
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