[討論] Yankees need the Rocket

[newyorkgirl (紐約女孩)]

Buster Olney昨天在他的blog寫了一篇...翻給大家看看...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryDate=20060421&name=olney_buster

What is becoming increasingly apparent is that the Yankees almost certainly
don't have the kind of starting rotation needed to win the World Series.
They might be good enough to make the playoffs, but here's the problem with
the Yankees' staff: There is not a single member who is going to get better
through development this summer.

越來越明顯...洋基不能用目前現有先發輪值贏到世界大賽...他們也許可以進季後賽...
但洋基有一個問題...他們沒有一名足以讓這球隊在夏天變更好的球員...

The group is so old or and bears so much injury risk (Carl Pavano, Chien-Ming
Wang, Jaret Wright) that what the Yankees are really hoping for is diminished
regression.

這支球隊不是很老...就是有負擔受傷的風險(Pavano...Wang...Wright)...
現在洋基真正希望的是減少戰力的退化...

The Red Sox, on the other hand, have a core of young pitchers -- Jonathan
Papelbon, Craig Hansen -- that could get better, and so does Oakland (Joe
Blanton, Dan Haren, Rich Harden) and the Angels (Jered Weaver, Ervin Santana)
and the Jays (Roy Halladay and A.J. Burnett). The pitching of those teams, as
currently comprised, has a chance to get better by year's end; the Yankees'
pitching, as currently comprised, is probably not going to get better.

另一邊的紅襪...有年輕的投手Papelbon跟Hansen...到了季中可能會越變越好...
同樣的還有運動家(Blanton跟Haren跟Harden)...天使(Weaver跟Santana)...
藍鳥(Halladay跟Burnett)...這些投手都是可以讓這些球隊在接下來變更好的球員...
反觀洋基的投手...依照現在有的球員來看...大概不會再更好了...

And so increasingly, it makes sense for the Yankees to pursue Clemens
essentially bearing a blank check.

真的發展是這樣...這讓洋基更有必要丟給Clemens一張空白支票...

The Red Sox could use Clemens, but they don't have to have him to win the
World Series; it's hard to imagine them staying at the table for round after
round of bidding. But if Houston owner Drayton McLane does not make a
take-it-off the table bid on Clemens from the outset, the Yankees will keep
jacking up their offer; they need Clemens or another pitcher of his caliber,
if they're going to make good on George Steinbrenner's guarantee of winning
the World Series this year.

紅襪也可以簽Clemens...但他們要贏到冠軍沒必要靠他...很難想像要出價以後的情況...
但是如果太空人的老闆McLane不對Clemens出價...洋基將會考慮他的合約...
如果他們真的想要達到老闆說贏到冠軍的保證...洋基需要Clemens或其他投手的支援...

Going after Clemens makes more sense in that the Yankees wouldn't have to
part with any prospects to get him. They have shifted their philosophy in the
last year and hung onto youngsters like Philip Hughes and Eric Duncan, and if
they were to make a bid on the best pitchers available for a trade in
midseason, they would have to part with someone like Hughes. But all they
need to land Clemens is cash, and the Yankees have plenty of that.

另外還有個取得Clemens的理由...就是洋基不必用到任何prospects就能得到他...
如果得到其他投手的支援...就要動到一些年輕選手像是Hughes跟Duncan...
因為要簽個好投手...在球季當中做交易的話...這些栽培當中的球員就會離開...
但進來的投手是Clemens的話...只要現金人提著現金就好...而且洋基有很多現金...

With most other acquisitions, the Yankees would have to weigh their concerns
about how the player would adjust to New York -- and just about every major
star, including Clemens, has initially struggled in adapting. With Clemens,
the New York factor would not be a problem; he had a good relationship with
the fans by the end of his tenure with the Yankees, and has maintained a
strong relationship with the organization.

還有一點...簽了投手以後...洋基還要斟酌到他們要教會這個投手怎麼樣適應紐約...
然而這個是每個球星...包括當年的Clemens剛進來時要調整的努力重點...
但現在如果簽的是Clemens的話...紐約的因素不會是一個問題了...他跟球迷關係友好...
過去他在洋基時候就培養好的...而且在球隊的組織裡面也有著很深厚的情誼...

The Yankees are going to throw out a big number in the bidding, and if money
is a major factor how Clemens makes his choice, they are going to win.

洋基已經準備好砸個大數目...如果金錢是Clemens的最大考量...那洋基會贏到他的...




太多太多理由...說明洋基簽Clemens的必要...雖然有年紀了...可是去年還虎虎生風...
除了上面說的不用動到prospects...不用擔心他在紐約的適應情形以外...
我還覺得阿...把他簽下來在這過渡時期是即戰力...在這一年等Philip Hughes成長...
到了2007年他也可以直接進到輪值裡...雖然他現在才十九歲...

Down on the farm, the Yankees have very limited pitching options. The
19-year-old stud Philip Hughes is pitching lights out ball. He's allowed
just 1 earned run and 9 hits in 16 innings of work while striking out 18. But
he's pitching at the High A level in Tampa. He's at least three or four
months away from the Bronx, and a more realistic time table puts him in the
rotation for the start of the 2007.
                                                             Benjamin Kabak

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