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著名的農場作者John Sickels 訪問了洋基的資深球員營運副總 Mark Newman
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以下簡單略譯
Thursday morning I spoke with Mark Newman, Senior Vice President of Baseball
Operations for the New York Yankees, asking him several questions about the
Yankees farm system, focusing on their philosophy in the draft and Latin
America, and looking at some sleeper prospects for the future.
禮拜四我在Mark Newman 還沒喝醉前找他問了幾個問題
SICKELS: Mark, you've been running the Yankees player development system for
more than a decade. As the ultimate large-revenue team, the Yankees have some
obvious advantages in terms of player procurement. But is there a downside?
Have there been any challenges or problems specific to the situation that the
organization has had to overcome?
問: Mark, 你的運作資金是無限大，請問有什麼困難。
NEWMAN: That's a broad question. When I look at it from the perspective of
player development and scouting, our mandate to win yearly in the majors gives
us two main challenges: our draft slot and the fact that we often trade
prospects. Where we pick in the draft is always an issue, at least if we're
doing our job by winning at the major league level. We almost always have lower
picks in the draft, and that makes it harder to get players with high upsides
in the draft process, especially for the hitters.
答: 最大問題就是選秀排太後面，還有還沒出貨半成品就已經被賣了。
At times we need to trade prospects to build a major league roster that can
achieve our goals, the (Javier) Vazquez and (Curtis) Granderson trades are
examples. Of course, sometimes we can bring players to the majors as well, like
(Robinson) Cano or (Phil) Hughes or (Joba) Chamberlain, and that's always
satisfying. But either way, it is an expand/contract cycle that we have to
manage in the farm system.
雖然半成品被賣很多，最近還是有些成品出貨。
Because of those two factors, especially the draft slot issue, we will take
risks on some players to get a high-ceiling guy in the system.
選秀只好盡量找高風險高報酬的標的。
SICKELS: Like a signability risk or an injury risk.
問: 所以就是簽有受傷風險或是不一定能簽下的?
NEWMAN: Yes.
答: 是
SICKELS: With that in mind, and looking at the list of Yankees top prospects,
there are a lot of products of the Latin American operation: Jesus Montero,
Gary Sanchez, Manny Banuelos, Kelvin De Leon, etc. Sanchez cost $3 million to
sign, De Leon $1.1 million. Generally speaking, do you think it is more
cost-effective to give a large bonuses to a smaller number of players, or
smaller bonuses to a larger number of players, given the fact that Latin
American players can be quite difficult to project.
問: 洋基最近幾年在拉美大有斬獲， 請問你簽人的時候是盡量希望用同樣的錢去簽少數
大咖還是簽下很多小咖。
NEWMAN: That's a debate we have internally all the time. We try to do a bit of
both. Cultural and language assimilation is always a risk with the Latin
players, so we work hard to assess that risk before we go after a player.
答: 這個問題我們常討論，拉美球員常常有文化適應上的問題，我們會評估所有的風險
(這未免太官腔了吧 = = ?)
There has to be a solid reason or really outstanding tools to give a Latin
player a large bonus, but if we think the risk is worth it, we will take it. It
would be fairly rare for a guy with a Montero or Gary Sanchez or Arodys
Vizcaino-like upside to fall to us in the draft, so we look hard to find guys
with that kind of talent internationally. This is especially true for the
position players, since few guys with genuine impact bats will get to us at the
bottom of the first round. We have to take the risk to get guys like that
somewhere, so we'll look in Latin America. We can find tools there that are
hard for us to acquire in the draft.
我們要有很好的理由才砸大錢 (這也是廢話) 尤其我們想找在draft 裡面碰不到的好打
者。
Montero seems to be working out, and we have high hopes for Sanchez as well.
Of course we sign lots of smaller-bonus Latin American players too, and in that
way our strategy is to find quality within quantity. Sometimes the guys who
don't get big bonuses will surprise you.
但是我們也會簽很多小咖
(OS: 結論就是林盃金多所以大小通吃啦！）
SICKELS: Along the same lines, do you have specific positions you concentrate
on in the draft, any sort of bias towards college or high school types?
問： 你會比較注意高中或是大學生嗎？
NEWMAN: We have no particular bias towards high school or college players,
although we do look for impact guys who might drop to us for reasons not
related to their talent. The pitcher we drafted a couple of years ago, Gerrit
Cole. We knew that was a risk because he had the UCLA commitment, his family is
wealthy, and we knew that he had aggressive bonus demands. Because of his
upside, we took the chance that we could make it work, but he went to college
instead. That was one risk that didn't pan out. But to be extraordinary
involves risk, and our goal is to be extraordinary.
答： 沒有，反正能找到高報酬可能性的就衝了，就像Gerrit Cole, 只可惜他是個好野人
所以不鳥我們。
SICKELS: Would Slade Heathcott be another example of a risk/reward player?
問： 所以Salde Heathcott 也是？
NEWMAN: Yes. In his case we knew he wouldn't be cheap to get away from LSU, but
we felt the tools are so good that it was worth the risk. In that case we got
the player. Another impact bat from last year was J.R. Murphy. We knew it would
cost some money to sign him (ed.-Murphy had a Miami scholarship), but we love
the bat and that was another risk we were willing to take. He has big-time
makeup and a terrific hit tool.
答：是，他跟JR Murphy 都是
SICKELS: Can Jesus Montero catch?
問：Montero 能當捕手嗎？
NEWMAN: When we signed him we knew that was going to be an issue. But I asked
our scouts, "is the bat good enough for him to play in the majors if he can't
catch?" All of our scouts said "yes." The bat has turned out to be excellent,
but the glove has improved a lot over the last year. He is a better defender
and in better physical condition now than he's ever been. His throwing has
improved dramatically. He has plus arm strength, which has never been an issue,
but his footwork is better now. The main thing we are focusing on with Montero
is improving his lower body flexibility. He is a very bright guy and can run a
game. The jury is still out, but by both objective and subjective measures he's
made great progress.
答：簽的時候我們就有考慮過，可是結論是他不論在哪都是大砲。 但是他去年進步很多
，只要下半身動作再流暢一些就有機會。
（OS: 畢竟只有30 cm 大砲沒有腰的話...)
SICKELS: You have several impressive catchers in the system, Montero, Gary
Sanchez, Austin Romine, Murphy. Was this a deliberate attempt to build depth
at that position?
問： 你們有刻意去收集捕手嗎？
NEWMAN: No, it wasn't deliberate in that way. We do put a premium value on c
atchers, shortstops, and center fielders when we look for players, but
specifically building up catching depth wasn't a concerted effort. Of course,
it's worked out nicely because catching is such a valuable commodity.
答： 沒有，我們注重C /SS /CF 但是沒有刻意要期中那個。
SICKELS: Andrew Brackman, starter or reliever, and where does he open the
season?
問： Brackman SP or RP? 在哪開始？
NEWMAN: He's a starter and will begin at (Class A) Tampa. I know people think
we might move him to relief since he pitched well when we limited his innings
late last year, but we still see him as a starter. He looked great in
instructional league, and he looked good in major league camp this spring. We
think he's made a lot of progress.
答： SP, Tampa, 去年季後的指導聯盟跟今年春訓投得很好。
SICKELS: I always like looking for sleeper prospects and find them more
interesting sometimes than the bigger names. Would D.J. Mitchell fit into that
category as a sleeper prospect?
問： DJ Mitchell 是黑馬嗎？
NEWMAN: Yes. He gets great sink on his fastball, commands it well, spins his
breaking ball and can change speeds. We see him as a potential (Alfredo)
Aceves-type, and Aceves has been very valuable to us.
答： 是，他的尾勁很好，控球很好，而且變化球也很好，他可能是下一個Aceves.
SICKELS: Jeremy Bleich., fourth starter? And how do you pronounce his name?
I've heard it different ways.
問：Jermey Bleich, 4 號先發？
NEWMAN: It's pronounced "Bleish." His stuff is better than I thought it was
when he came out of college. We thought he'd be an 89-92 MPH guy, but last year
he was throwing 92-94 and hit 95 at times. We like his secondary stuff but he
needs to command his fastball better. Fourth starter sounds about right, but
there might be more in there if he can keep that kind of stuff this year. He
will start the season in Double-A.
答：他去年似乎吃了金柯拉球速變快，變化球不錯但控球有代加強。四號差不多可能更好
，應該從ＡＡ開始。
SICKELS: The famous switch-pitcher Pat Venditte. If he keeps putting up ungodly
numbers, how fast can he advance?
問：左右開投 Venditte 會進展多快。
NEWMAN: There is no one else like him. From the left side he gets people out
with angles and command. From the right side he has an average fastball but a
good breaking ball and he throws strikes. We have no comparables for a guy like
this, but if he keeps pitching well we will keep promoting him. He will begin
him at Tampa but if he keeps up this kind of performance we will advance him
aggressively.
答：他是特例，只要他繼續屠殺我們就會讓他前進，大概從Tampa 開始。
SICKELS: Can you give us a few additional sleeper prospects to watch for 2010?
問：再舉幾個黑馬吧。
NEWMAN: One guy we really love is Jose A. Ramirez, who was in the Gulf Coast
League last year. He can get his fastball up to 95-96, and he has an
outstanding changeup to go with it. When we traded Arodys Vizcaino, we had it
in the back of our mind that Jose could turn into a very similar prospect.
Jose Ramirez 可能會跟Arodys Vizcaino 差不多。
Another pitcher to watch is Adam Warren, out of North Carolina in the fourth
round last year. In college we scouted him at 90-92, but in pro ball he was at
92-94, and after a long college season that was a pleasant surprise to see
consistent arm strength. He has four pitches, a very solid delivery, and knows
how to pitch.
We also like David Phelps, who we drafted out of Notre Dame (14th round, 2008).
Like Bleich and Warren, he throws harder now than he did in college, 92-95 last
year. He's improved his curveball and change, and if the secondary stuff keeps
developing he will really emerge this year. He has a clean simple delivery,
another thing we like.
Adam Warren 跟 David Phelps 也有吃金柯拉球速變快。
For hitters I'd watch David Adams out of Virginia (third round, 2008). He's a
polished hitter and we really like his glove, he's right there with Cano
defensively.
David Adams 他喜歡，可能跟Cano 一樣有人在壘就打不到球然後守備會腦殘。
SICKELS: Mark, thanks for your time.
NEWMAN: Anytime.
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