[外電] Rangers Sign Jason Hammel, Matt Davidson To Minor League

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1. 新聞來源：

mlbtraderumors

2. 新聞標題：

Rangers Sign Jason Hammel To Minor League Contract
Rangers, Matt Davidson Agree To Minor League Deal

3. 新聞內容：

By Steve Adams | February 1, 2019 at 2:09pm CDT

The Rangers announced Friday that they’ve signed veteran right-hander Jason
Hammel to a minor league contract with an invitation to Major League Spring
Training. Hammel is represented by ACES.

Hammel wrapped up an ill-fated two-year, $16MM contract with the Royals this
past season and will head to the Rangers in search of a rebound on the heels
of two of his worst big league seasons. As a Royal, Hammel struggled to a
5.59 ERA in 307 1/3 innings, averaging 6.9 K/9 against 2.5 BB/9 with
below-average ground-ball tendencies. Fielding-independent metrics felt he
was marginally better (4.44 FIP, 4.95 xFIP), but the overall results were a
far cry from the strong work turned in by Hammel from 2014-16 between the
Cubs and the Athletics. Over those three years, Hammel logged a 3.68 ERA with
474 strikeouts against 173 alks in 513 2/3 innings.

The addition of Hammel is the latest depth move for a Rangers organization
that has prioritized stockpiling inexpensive rotation pieces for much of the
offseason. As was the case last winter, Texas made a three-year signing —
 this year it was Lance Lynn for $30MM; last offseason it was Mike Minor for
$28MM — followed by a series of smaller-scale additions. Texas has added
Drew Smyly and Shelby Miller to the rotation picture, too, and selected the
contract of veteran Edinson Volquez to the Major League roster. (Volquez had
previously signed a two-year minor league contract as he recovered from Tommy
John surgery.)

By Steve Adams | February 1, 2019 at 2:35pm CDT

The Rangers have agreed to a minor league contract with corner infielder Matt
Davidson, tweets ESPN’s Jeff Passan. He’ll presumably head to Major League
Spring Training, and, interestingly, will work as both an infielder and a
pitcher with his new organization, according to Passan. Davidson is
represented by MVP Sports.

Davidson, 28 in March, more than doubled his career walk rate last season,
walking in 10.5 percent of his plate appearances after doing so at only a 4.3
percent pace in 2017. That increase in plate discipline came at the expense
of some of Davidson’s power, though, and strikeouts remained a severe issue
(33.3 percent). Overall, he hit .228/.319/.419 with 20 home runs in 496 plate
appearances last year and has 46 home runs in his past 939 PAs. He’s
primarily been a corner infielder and, if he makes the MLB roster, would give
the Rangers a right-handed bat to back up at first base, third base and
designated hitter.

On the pitching side of the equation, Davidson is obviously even more of a
work in progress. To his credit, though, he tossed three shutout innings of
relief last season with a pair of strikeouts, one hit and one walk allowed.
Davidson’s fastball sat at only 90 mph in that tiny sample, though one would
imagine that with greater focus on pitching, that number could trend upwards.

4. 新聞連結：

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/02/rangers-sign-jason-hammel.html
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/02/rangers-sign-matt-davidson.html

5. 備註：

(1) 遊騎兵用小聯盟約附帶大聯盟春訓邀請簽下先發投手Jason Hammel，跟內野手/指定打
擊/"投手"(別懷疑沒寫錯)Matt Davidson。

(2) 在Hammel的部分，文章提到在皇家兩年不理想的表現，主投307.1局5.59 ERA、約聯盟
平均水準的K/9 6.9、BB/9 2.5跟低於平均的滾地球比率，雖然扣除掉場地因素表現好很多
(4.44 FIP, 4.95 xFIP)，但綜觀來說他的成績還是比不上過去在小熊跟運動家時期：
513.2局中繳出3.68 ERA、474 K跟173保送的不俗表現，這筆不貴的投資將補足遊騎兵的先
發陣容深度。

(3) 在Davidson方面就比較有趣了，主要是遊騎兵願意給他同時擔任內野手跟投手的角色
，文章提及在白襪隊的打擊表現，像是去年的保送率(10.5%)近是生涯的兩倍、本壘版紀
律的進步也展現出他的砲瓦，但三振數過多仍是嚴重的問題(被三振率33.3%)；另外在擔任
投手的部分，他持續努力進步當中，他去年主投三局僅被打出一支安打送出兩次三振、一
次保送，雖然在小樣本中、快速球僅達90 mph，但他投球表現進步可期。

(4) 遊騎兵隊今年預計的投手與野手陣容：
A. 投手部分：
(A) SP：Mike Minor、 Lance Lynn、Shelby Miller、Ariel Jurado、Drew Smyly、
Jason Hammel、Edinson Vólquez(INJ，TJ)。
(B) SP/LR：Jesse Chavez。
(C) RP：Chris Martin、Jeffrey Springs、Yohander Méndez、Adrian Sampson、
Matt Bush、Connor Sadzeck、Nick Gardewine、Matt Davidson。
(D) SU：Shawn Kelley。
(E) CL：José Leclerc。

B. 野手部分：
(A) C：Jeff Mathis、Isiah Kiner-Falefa。
(B) 1B：Ronald Guzmán、Gallo/Davidson。
(C) 2B：Rougned Odor、Cabrera。
(D) 3B：Asdrúbal Cabrera、Matt Davidson。
(E) SS：Elvis Andrus、Cabrera。
(F) RF：Nomar Mazara、Choo。
(G) CF：Delino DeShields、Carlos Tocci。
(H) LF：Joey Gallo、Willie Calhoun。
(I) UT：Isiah Kiner-Falefa。
(J) DH：Shin-Soo Choo、Davidson。

(5) 兩位去年在球隊的成績表現：
A. Jason Hammel(今年36歲；去年在皇家隊薪水：$9MM)：
    W - L   ERA     IP     R     ER     SO     BB     ERA+     FIP     WHIP

    4 - 14  6.02   127.0   91    85     92     39     71       4.55    1.630

B. Matt Davidson(今年將滿28歲；去年在白襪隊薪水：$570K)：
  G     H     HR     RBI     SO     BB     BA     OBP     SLG     OPS    OPS+

  123   99    20     62      165    52     .228   .319    .419    .738   103

   ERA     HLD     SV     SVO     IP     SO     HR     BB     FIP     WHIP

   0.00    0       0      0       3.0    2      0      1      2.83    0.667

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→ sam9595: 好坦喔。。。
推 mednesscurry: 條子好像喜歡把野手練成投手的人
推 mygoing: 在野手部分看到I開頭跟Kin嚇了我一下 眼花
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推 gn01360921: 從歐剛 林哲宣 到Davidson 條子真喜歡野手轉職
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※ 編輯: saiulbb (61.56.143.149), 02/09/2019 12:20:38