[外電] Rangers' list of needs

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Grant: Rangers have long list of needs heading into off-season

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   Always the optimist, Rangers manager Ron Washington found something positive
to extract from his team’s earlier-than-expected finish.

While other contenders are still playing, the Rangers, Washington and general
manager Jon Daniels noted this week, they have an extra month to start
preparing for 2014.

Good thing, too. The Rangers’ list of needs is long.

在提早結束的球季裡

值得樂觀看待的是我們多一個月可以準備2014

而我們今年需要補的洞相當多

They may need to make a change at first base. They need to untangle the web
of middle infielders. They need an outfielder, a DH and a catcher, too. And
they will have less payroll flexibility to work with than in the last couple
of years. Fortunately, the pitching needs are relatively small, perhaps for
the first time ever.

我們或許需要換個一壘手，並且解開二遊間的三角矛盾

我們需要一個外野手，一個指定打擊，一個捕手

雖然我們在薪資上的比過去兩年缺少彈性

幸運的是我們投手陣容的問題前所未有的小

The front office: Throw some daggers!

They must act more quickly and decisively and be prepared to take more risk
than makes them comfortable.

While the Rangers were surveying the market early last off-season, two of
their top targets, outfielder Torii Hunter and catcher Russell Martin, went
off the boards quickly. Detroit may have overpaid Hunter and Pittsburgh may
have given Martin more security than the Rangers were willing to give, but
they ended up with solid players. Both are still alive in the postseason. So
is pitcher Zack Greinke, who got more from the Dodgers than the Rangers were
willing to offer.

“Those deals worked out well for those clubs,” Rangers GM Jon Daniels said.

“They got deals we weren’t willing to do at the time. I don’t look and
think we should have moved quicker. We were ready; they got better deals. I
don’t have any issue with that decision.

“The downside of not playing now is obvious: you’re not playing,” Daniels
added. “The upside is there is additional time to prepare. We’re going to
make sure we utilize that.”

The Rangers must make better use of that time. They have fewer dollars to
spend this winter. The market appears to be thinner. And, if last winter was
any indication, the majority of signings happen in a more compressed amount
of time.

As if this needed saying: making sure inter-office politics don’t play a
role is absolutely essential.

為了避免 overpaid

去年我們錯過了  Russell Martin、Torii Hunter、Zack Greinke

這些球員都成為球隊中的穩定基石並幫助他們的球隊打進季後賽

如果去年給了我們什麼教訓，那就是大咖將在更短時間內被簽走

今年，我們必須承擔風險、出手更快更果決!

The middle infield: Make a decision already

The Rangers need to either find a spot for Jurickson Profar to play every day
or trade him.

Nothing else makes sense.

They simply can’t repeat the situation that played out this season. Profar
received close to a year’s worth of service time (which is valuable), but
about a half season of playing time (which may have inhibited his growth).

“It was a challenging role for a young player,” Daniels said. “I thought
[Ron Washington] did a good job of keeping him engaged and utilizing him as
he felt he needed to. The question we have to answer is offensively had he
been playing more would he have produced more and would we feel differently?

“I think generally speaking we would have felt that way. He needs to get
better in certain areas, and I believe he will. As for a role, it’s way
early to assess that.”

讓Profar先發，不然就交易他!!

Profar今年得到一年年資，卻只上了一半時間，這狀況不能再發生了

一年的年資是很珍貴的，但他卻不能固定在場上累積經驗值

To find regular playing time, it means either moving second baseman Ian
Kinsler to a new position or to a new team. Kinsler balked at the former last
year. As for the latter: With $62 million tied up in him for the next four
seasons, the Rangers would have to eat a significant amount of contract or
sell for a low, low return.

The issue with Kinsler is more cloudy than ever. As a second baseman, he’s
always had above-average value, but that has dipped in the last two seasons.
Much of that value was based on his power and speed for his position, but in
2013, he experienced drops in both areas.

The Rangers have holes at first and left field. Moving Kinsler to a new
position — and taking a more forceful approach — could be considered. If he
is moved to a run-producing spot, such as first base or left field, his value
might tumble further.

如果要將Profar擺上先發，這代表Kinsler需要新的位置或新的球隊

Kinsler主要的價值在他的砲瓦與速度，這在今年都退步許多

想交易Kinsler，我們必須吃下大部分合約，或選擇拿回一袋球

至於把他移到一壘或左外野，是值得考慮的選項，但可能讓他身價暴跌

First base: Rangers will need more production

Mitch Moreland has had three full seasons to prove he’s as good as he looked
in the second half of 2010.

While he continues to improve as a fielder, he has gone backward offensively.
That’s not a good trend for a position that is offensive in nature and
should be alarming for a team that struggled on offense.

“We need to improve our offense,” GM Jon Daniels said when asked if first
base needed to be addressed. “That’s probably a better way to look at it
across the board as a team and not spot by spot. Relative to the rest of the
club, Mitch was one of the more productive guys, but that’s not a great
qualifier because we weren’t as productive as we needed to be.

“We do need more run production out of first base than we had,” Daniels
added. “We certainly don’t want to give up on him, but it’s an area we’d
like to see improvement.”

Moreland在守備上不斷有進步，但打擊卻走下坡

JD:跟其他球員比起來，Mitch算是有打擊貢獻的，我們並不想放棄他

JD:只是在一壘這個位置，我們需要更多產出

If the Rangers opt to go in a different direction, first base may be one of
the more intriguing spots on the free-agent market, even for a team needing
that first baseman to hit from the left side. Cuban defector Jose Dariel
Abreu is already drawing lots of interest at workouts in the Dominican
Republic but may command a contract in excess of $10 million per year.

If he’s not an option for a team that will have to watch its expenditures
more closely, another Cuban first baseman might be. Kendrys Morales, a
switch-hitter is also free. Morales might be slightly more affordable than
Abreu and is more athletic.

Justin Morneau and James Loney are also options, though Morneau may be on the
decline, and Loney has never hit 20 homers in a season. One other name:
Toronto’s Adam Lind, a career .327 hitter in Arlington with 12 homers in 119
at-bats. Toronto holds a $7.5 million option for 2014. Even if the Blue Jays
pick up the option, he might be a trade target as a first baseman or DH.

今年的一壘手有不少好料

古巴強打Jose Abreu 及便宜一些的 Kendrys Morales

另外的選項有 Justin Morneau  James Loney  Adam Lind

Left field: Speed or power?

If you are looking to improve run production, you look to the corners of the
field: first and third base, left and right field. Like first base, left
field was an offensive abyss for the Rangers in 2013.

Among AL players with at least 400 plate appearances in the outfield, David
Murphy’s .656 OPS ranked 32nd of 34. Murphy was supplanted as the regular
left fielder by Craig Gentry for the final 10 days of the season when the
Rangers rallied. Gentry has a legitimate offensive weapon in speed and his
defense is top-tier, but questions remain about his ability to contribute
enough offense to be a regular, let alone a run-producer.

This might be the one spot on the field the Rangers could fill internally,
either by re-signing Nelson Cruz and moving him across the field, or by
giving Gentry and Engel Beltre, a left-handed hitter, a chance to split time.
There is also the possibility of moving Ian Kinsler here.

Both Gentry and Beltre are speed guys with excellent defensive abilities.
Beltre is the one minor league position player who might — might — be ready
to contribute in the majors. He’s also out of minor league options. Beltre
has power potential, but did not produce any results in his brief time in the
majors this season.

今年的左外野是個大洞，Murphy完全失常

Gentry有速度、選球與一流守備，但打點能力是個問題

Engel Beltre也是速度-守備型的選手，他有長打潛力但目前沒有展現出來

移動Kinsler和簽回Cruz也是左外野的可能選項

左外野是個可以從內部補起來的位置

Perhaps the top two free agents on the market — Shin-Soo Choo and Jacoby
Ellsbury — are both excellent outfielders and would fit nicely in the Rangers
’ lineup as leadoff men, but they are probably out of the club’s price
range. Both are looking at deals in excess of $15 million per year. That
would eat up at least half of the Rangers’ available dollars. It would also
require some shuffling of outfield responsibilities.

It would be difficult to make it fit and fill all the other holes.

There will also be great interest in seeing if Miami will consider a
Giancarlo Stanton deal, but the drop in Profar’s value after 2013 may make
it hard to construct a worthwhile package — even if emperor Jeffrey Loria is
willing to be fleeced.

秋信守及Ellsbury都很棒

但簽下他們會用掉超過一半籌碼，這會讓其他的洞補不起來

而Giancarlo Stanton也因為Profar的跌價而更難交易到了

Catcher: McCann can

There would seem to be a clear-cut pecking order here: Brian McCann. A.J.
Pierzynski. Everybody else.

McCann appears to be the Rangers’ top free-agent target. He’s a left-handed
hitter with power and a powerful voice inside the clubhouse and on the field.
He’s liable to command $15 million a year, which would also eat up a huge
portion of the Rangers’ available money, but if the club is going to spend
big, it would prefer to spend big up the middle of the diamond.

McCann can hit in the middle of the lineup and might be more ideal as a No. 5
hitter than was Pierzynski. McCann, 30, is seven years younger than
Pierzynski. He has a .350 career on-base percentage which would make him more
of a fit for the disciplined approach of hitting instructor Dave Magadan than
Pierzynski’s swing-at-everything style.

If McCann gets dollars above the Rangers’ range, though, Pierzynski would be
an excellent fallback. It’s likely the Rangers’ could bring back the
Pierzynski-Geovany Soto duo for less than $10 million total.

McCann顯然是條子在自由市場裡的重要目標!

他是左打砲，而且能成為球隊內的領導者

他會要求一年$15M，吃掉我們預算的很大一部分，但McCann值得

AJP則是我們追不到McCann的備案

我們有可能用$10M以內帶回AJP-Soto這個組合

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※ 編輯: kaijun          來自: 221.120.0.224        (10/10 02:46)
→ ChrisDavis:上色沒上好壓~~~
→ ChrisDavis:Stanton我是覺得很難 之前有看到Loria想要以他為核心
→ ChrisDavis:雖然Loria的話XDDDDD
→ ChrisDavis:一壘手跟捕手是今年補強重點
※ 編輯: kaijun          來自: 221.120.0.224        (10/10 02:49)
推 kuankubank:McCann的態度 直得嘛@@
推 o0991758566:如果他的打擊表現維持  非常值得
→ godisgood:McCann大概是強化版的AJP吧
推 bztfir:公道伯要來了嗎
推 yrt3168:我覺得用10M 包回AJP+SOTO比較好
→ yrt3168:多的錢去找一壘棒子
→ yrt3168:球團對 MORELAND 非常有耐心  但前幾個人卻不是
→ yrt3168:如 DAVIS, SMOAK 都是比 MORELAND 還早就放棄了
推 s9999941:Abreu希望能簽下阿,古巴人有多強最近都證明了
→ s9999941:Profar跟小金就真的是我們最難解的問題了
→ s9999941:兩個今年都沒太大的交易價值,但就真的小普要多上場阿
推 s9999941:插播一下,看一下紅雀今年的陣容,真的無限淚目...
→ s9999941:紅雀這幾年都沒有狀元籤,但農場深度卻這麼嚇人
推 gonzalez0528:我們連AJP都沒問題了 實在看不出會對McCann有疑慮
→ gonzalez0528:Profar的價值只是"跌了些" 不是沒有價值啦 XDDD
→ gonzalez0528:但這跌價是 JD & Wash 自己造成的 怪不了他
→ gonzalez0528:另外 MLB的狀元籤的優勢真的不像NBA那麼的明顯
→ gonzalez0528:因此狀元籤不是造就農場深度的關鍵
→ gonzalez0528:關鍵在於 scout & development
推 s9999941:是阿棒球的農場經營很重要,我們投手就是這幾年養起來的
→ s9999941:可是一想到這幾年1B、C的悲劇,還有兩大新秀養成這樣
→ s9999941:心裡總覺得OOXX,拜託小普明年狠狠打我臉吧...
推 kuankubank:看看隔壁紅鳥養出來的打者 真令人羨慕>"<
推 wsxmysky:小普的解應該就是小金要移防外野了 但這樣我怕小金又走了
→ wsxmysky:當初老大哥的回頭路.......T_T
推 kuankubank:小金去外也應該不至於跟老大哥一樣 交易也會被搶@@
推 bb5678:多土真的養很久了..
推 kuankubank:當時如果給CD漢多土一樣的時間 不知道會如何
推 Aroyo:$10M能帶回AJP+Soto很賺耶，$$拿去搶1B跟外野棒子
推 o0991758566:1B先補吧  小金可能真的要讓一下位置了
→ o0991758566:McCann能補當然最好  但沒簽到其實也沒關係啦
推 kuankubank:同意樓上 如果1b買古巴人 10M能帶回AJP+Soto就好了
→ kuankubank:人家1b都放炮或槍 我們1b的輸出..
推 s9999941:AJP+SOTO+Abreu+Cruz,今年冬天能這麼順利就好了
推 ChrisDavis:CD時間給很久阿 但是打得還是爛
→ ChrisDavis:屠殺3A的氣魄結果拉上來就鳥蛋..
→ ChrisDavis:多土那時候上來比CD好很多 漸漸得他自己就沒位置
→ ChrisDavis:而且Smoak也不是說沒耐心 是打個半季就被當包裹換Lee
→ ChrisDavis:Smoak在水手也壞掉了..
推 jet113102:煙男沒養起來是所有人都沒料到的
→ jet113102:我個人覺得Cruz頂多給他Quality Offer 然後接受機會不大
→ jet113102:當然有簽到就賺到,沒有就算了,1B是真的需要補個好用的
→ jet113102:LF最糟的情況就是Kinsler移防LF
→ jet113102:McCann絕對要用盡全力網羅,我們太需要他了
推 onime0704:雖然我覺得McCann來搞不好有機會讓條子清板凳XD
推 bb5678:不養多土了嗎....  不過本季應該很多薪資空間可運用吧
→ bb5678:希望JD別太縮   到最後什麼好貨都沒買到
推 applehpsh:Smoak今年就起來了阿
推 godisgood:剛在總版看到 藍鳥打算把包爺賣掉
→ godisgood:打錯 是棒球版抱歉.........
推 bb5678:恩卡的約我記得蠻便宜的  這也要賣?  是想搶別人農場嗎
→ s9999941:我們農場還有那個深度給別人搶嗎...
→ s9999941:算好消息吧?Frasor續簽,1.75M/1y,挺便宜的
推 Yginger1:純粹疑問 條子有沒有可能去搶書僮阿? 查了一下發現書僮
→ Yginger1:家鄉在達拉斯耶 離球場開車大約半小時以內 希望他能來~
推 jet113102:書僮其實很受德州鄉親歡迎喔!! 但大家都知道...$$的問題
→ jet113102:之前他拿CYA那年有出席條子的頒獎活動，鄉親還頒獎給他
→ jet113102:地點就在Arlinton ballpark，我在板上有貼心得(空白)文
推 linisthebest:書僮一定搶不贏道奇.... 田中將大還比較有可能
推 bb5678:kershaw至少年薪要3000萬鎂吧  條子應該沒這個錢
推 yrt3168:麥肯 可能要100/6...........省省吧
→ yrt3168:真的是這種架的話 不如10M包今年兩個就好
推 kuankubank:6Y...
推 hcju:Kershaw是Highland Park這邊的人阿 算是Dallas中好區中的好區
→ hcju:不過職業棒球跟家鄉是兩回事 而且如果道奇放他走會被笑幾十年
→ hcju:他跟Irving出身的Kerry Woods都是這區域強投的代表..
推 ChrisDavis:道奇如果放掉Kershaw大概會被笑很久...畢竟有錢到爆炸
→ ChrisDavis:又不是像光芒那樣沒本錢留人( ￣ c￣)y▂ξ
推 Aroyo:Abreu爭奪戰持續領先，守備太爛讓國聯球隊卻步XD
推 bb5678:這樣多土怎麼辦....
→ yrt3168:看他自己造化還能怎麼半 = = 如果有 Abreu...
→ yrt3168:多土大概就變成不能站CF的 4th OF 再差就回AAA欺負小朋友
推 ForgerEames:去年Z魔神都沒搶贏了 書僮更是不可能啊XD
→ ForgerEames:以道奇那種撒錢模式 書僮一定會是史上最貴投手 我們沒
→ ForgerEames:那本錢跟道奇競爭......
→ edisonzip:Abreu被簽走了
推 Aroyo:六年6800，有點高
推 fxm20334:痾...
推 wsxmysky:6年6800...有點貴
推 onime0704:被白襪簽走了,還是公道伯加減吧
推 linisthebest:搶公道伯了拉
推 yrt3168:公道伯更貴 還痛
推 o0991758566:古巴那隻被簽走 那乾脆相信莫蘭好了
推 s9999941:我們FA真的常常搶輸人耶
推 Aroyo:優點就是我們爛約也少
→ Aroyo:但現在高端農場沒人可用不搶FA能幹嘛...
推 s9999941:搞不懂JD,我們農場短期內都採收完了,要靠FA了還在那省錢
推 bb5678:一直都這樣不是嗎  就怕overpaid  不過fa就是要砸錢阿
→ s9999941:去年冬天就是阿,各個都縮手結果只有肥貓王跟Lowe,沒開到
→ s9999941:AJP跟Frasor的話情況只會更慘
推 onime0704:AJP不算樂透吧-_-