[外電] Cubs To Sign Koji Uehara

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Cubs To Sign Koji Uehara

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By Charlie Wilmoth | December 8, 2016 at 3:42pm CDT

DECEMBER 14: The deal is for $6MM, per ESPNChicago.com’s Jesse Rogers (via
Twitter).

DECEMBER 8:
Righty reliever Koji Uehara has agreed to a one-year deal with the Cubs. Evan
Drellich of the Boston Herald first tweeted the connection; Jon Heyman of Fan
Rag tweeted that a deal was done. A report from Nikkan Sports in Japan
indicates that Uehara and the Cubs have struck a deal for around $4.5MM,
though the precise dollar amount remains in question.

At last check, the Red Sox had been set to move on from Uehara — as Alex
Speier of WEEI.com tweets, the Red Sox had made an offer, but Uehara wasn’t
ready to respond, so the team acquired Tyler Thornburg instead. The Cubs have
been known to be looking for bullpen help even after their trade for Wade
Davis, although previous reporting suggested they might focus on finding a
lefty.

With Davis in tow, Uehara almost certainly won’t close for the Cubs, as he
did for Boston in 2012-2014. But his presence provides some added peace of
mind for the defending World Series champs, particularly since Davis dealt
with forearm issues in 2016. Chicago now features a rather robust assortment
of experienced, high-leverage righties in the pen. Both Hector Rondon and
Pedro Strop — who spent much of 2016 as the team’s closer and top set-up
option, respectively — remain on hand.

[RELATED: Updated Cubs Depth Chart]

As for Uehara, there’s a reason a pitcher of his repute was available on a
modest contract. Most importantly, he’ll turn 42 near the start of the
season. His fastball velocity also continued to dip in 2016, falling to an
average of 86.7 MPH, generally dangerous territory for a righty. He also
became incredibly fly-ball-prone, with a minuscule 21.4 GB%, and coughed up
1.53 homers per nine innings. Also, Uehara missed time in 2016 due to a
pectoral injury, interrupting what had been a strong run of durability.

Still, Uehara remained very effective last season, posting a 3.45 ERA, 12.1
K/9 and 2.1 BB/9 over 47 innings. If the contract does turn out to be for
$4.5MM, the Cubs’ risk is minimal, particularly for a pitcher who hasn’t
yet had a bad season in eight years since arriving from Japan. For his US
career, Uehara has a terrific 2.53 ERA, 10.7 K/9 and 1.4 BB/9 over 437 2/3
innings.

Notably, too, Uehara has long dominated opposing hitters on both sides of the
plate. While lefty hitters have been ever so slightly better in terms of
strikeouts and walks when facing Uehara, they have produced less offensive
than have righties. Since the ace reliever landed in the majors, 863 southpaw
swingers have combined to hit an anemic .181/.220/.335 against him.

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備註：

1. 小熊隊與上原浩治完成一筆合約，合約為$6MM/1YR。

2. 紅襪原本有出offer給他，但上原還沒準備好做決定，所以紅襪才找Tyler Thornburg。

3. 在找來Wade Davis之後，小熊知道牛棚仍需要補強，但內文建議他們要找左手牛。

4. 上原因為年齡的關係，速球均速持續下修，今年均速為86.7MPH，對右打者較不具壓制
性，被擊成飛球比率因此上升(滾地球率：21.4%)，被全壘打比率也來到近年新高的1.53
支，一度因為胸肌受傷在傷兵名單中。然而，上原是歷史上後援投手中(IP>400)，WHIP最
低的投手(WHIP=0.864)，生涯863位左打者對上原的三圍是.181/.220/.335。

5. 小熊隊明年的牛棚陣容預測：
RP：Carl Edwards、Justin Grimm、上原浩治、Pedro Strop、Mike Montgomery
(LHP, LR/SP)、Rob Zastryzny(LHP)、Caleb Smith(LHP, Rule 5)
SU：Hector Rondon
CL：Wade Davis

6. 上原浩治今年在紅襪隊的成績表現(今年41歲；今年薪水：$9MM)：

    W - L   ERA     IP    HLD   SV/SVO     SO     BB     ERA+     FIP     WHIP

    2 - 3  3.45   47.0    18     7/9       63     11     133     3.51    0.957
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推 DanielHudson: 雜草魂！
推 vastrode: 不是還有個今天交易來的規則五左手牛？
已補
推 bkm1: 看來補的差不多了 其他小聯盟拉起來就夠了 很齊全了！
推 jardon: joe smith沒了?
推 vastrode: 我覺得Zastryzny應該會丟回去3A練功
推 WickedEye: Rondon怎麼想 從CL到佈局到第7局?
推 Windows8: 哇 補強不遺餘力
推 remix999: 不錯耶！
推 WillWaiting: 簽下了
推 Toy17: 熱血大叔魂 上原K功還在 繼續在美國打拼
推 Joba07: 不是說有回頭跟 T. Wood 談？
→ SamMark: 在眾多剛速球派的終結者中 上原算異類了
→ SamMark: 慢速球的終結者不知道史上多不多 連MO都有94 95英里
推 MrDream: 不錯的補強
→ sdiaa: go cubs go
推 yao860718: Grimm是之前條子那隻嗎？
推 TreaTurner: 都奪冠惹不能把機會讓給別人嗎xD
推 oadas: 待過紅襪優先續約
→ sdiaa: 魟襪優先 不是紅襪優先
推 Roshiel: Theo:我要拼歷史定位
推 skittles: 上原的年紀跟球速 能不能扛住SU還有待觀察
推 bkm1: 破兩個魔咒 接下來拼21世紀第一個衛冕 任務很大
推 KOSHON: 上原不是靠球速吃飯的
推 skittles: Theo持續延攬13年冠軍班底XD
推 skittles: 還有空間簽田澤嗎XD
推 Roshiel: 小熊都讓108年了，現在不讓了
推 smoo: 水滸熊衝了
推 tuanlin: 本隊的循環是2連霸後108
推 vgil: 川普熊！！！！
推 bonjovi0930: 飛球型投手到風城那心臟真的要很大顆,小熊主場風很狂
推 abcde2048: Fuentes和Gregerson都是投慢速球的終結者
推 tuanlin: 祈禱他上場的時候逆風就好(？
→ JustinIdiot: 是
推 dufflin: 酷
推 bkm1: Keith Foulke應該也是代表吧？！
推 king90333: 13.15世界大賽投最後一球的終結者都在小熊了…
推 vastrode: 16年最後一球也還在喔XD
推 ck10200503: 芝加哥紅襪隊
推 cool34: Hoffman好像也是...變速球是他的武器
推 atriple: 下面那個影片解釋上原站穩大聯盟的原因
→ atriple: https://youtu.be/P3oBXcs0Qxs
→ uranusjr: 期待他在 Wrigley 締造史詩級的 HR/PA
推 wahaha5678: Fuentes有姿勢加成
推 f0857785: Houston Sreet算慢速球終結者嗎?
推 accjm2440: 不算慢吧
→ accjm2440: 不快就是了XD大概90
推 maik0810: 記得90初 Max差不多到95
推 TokyoHard: 牛棚運用先看風向,順風就休息
推 ocean11: 川崎：我是祈禱40+歲的日本人沒錯，不過不是你呀~~
推 hikaruton: 川崎哭哭
推 LucasDuda: 建民振奮
推 Roshiel: 這樣很炫耶，西瓜換投，拔草測風向，逆風，上原上
推 KKyosuke: 當年高津去美國也扛過一年多CL  他應該夠慢了
推 Roshiel: 球速慢的CL多半是怪投，上原這種本格派的，真的很少見
推 KKyosuke: 不要說球速慢的本格派CL少見  球速慢的本格派SP也不多啊
推 Roshiel: 上原球速雖慢但轉數高
→ timmmm78: ithrow88:
→ sdiaa: ROD BECK也沒有特別快
推 stja: XD
推 Roshiel: 上原連88都沒了，ithrow88嘴他應該會很嗨
※ 編輯: saiulbb (158.129.222.23), 12/15/2016 01:23:30