[翻譯] 球探報告：貝比魯夫 By John Sickels

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The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted first baseman/outfielder Darin Ruf
from Double-A Reading. Ruf had an amazingly good month of August, hitting
.371/.451/.931 with 20 home runs in 116 at-bats (read that again). On the
season, he hit .317/.408/.620 with 32 doubles, 38 homers, 104 RBI, 65 walks,
and 102 strikeouts in 489 at-bats. Not surprisingly, he led the Eastern
League with a 1.028 OPS, which was 159 points better than his nearest
competitor.

魯夫，2012年東方聯盟的MVP，有著以下驚人的表現：

全季：.317/.408/.620(OPS 1.028) 498AB中擊出32 2B 38 HR 104 RBI 65 BB 102K

八月：.371/.451/.931 116AB中擊出20 HR

If you're not a Phillies fan, you probably haven't heard of Ruf until this
year, probably not until the last month. Even now, much commentary about him
has been dismissive. Let's change that and see what the Phillies have here.

如果不是專精農場者，可能之前壓根兒沒聽過這號人物。

Ruf is a 6-3, 220-pound right-handed hitter and thrower, born July 28th,
1986. He was drafted in the 20th round in 2009 from Creighton University in
Omaha. He was a productive four-year regular for Creighton, hitting
.331/.432/.508 in his college career and impressing local scouts with his
approach to hitting. However, he didn't thrill anyone with his defense,
athleticism, or tools. The draft curve is very steep for right-handed hitting
first basemen, and he was selected mainly as organization fodder.

魯夫是一位六尺三吋高、體重220磅重、右投右打的打者，出生於1986/7/28，出身自
Creighton大學，在大學期間他的成績是.331/.432/.508，儘管地方上的一些球探欣賞他的
打擊技巧。但多數球探認為他並沒有讓人感到驚艷的守備能力或tools，因此費城人在2009
年第20輪就將他選到手，當時認為選擇他僅只是為了填補小聯盟球隊的球員名單。

He mashed in his pro debut, hitting .301/.377/.496 in 37 games for
Williamsport in the New York-Penn League. Of course, college seniors are
supposed to hit well in the NY-P, so that didn't mean a lot. He continued
hitting in Low-A in 2010, batting .330/.443/.548 in 32 games for Lakewood.
However, his production fell off in 97 games in the more-difficult hitting
environment of the Florida State League, where he hit .277/.335/.421 for
Clearwater.

這段講魯夫在1A各層級的成績(短A：.301/.377/.496 37場、1A：.330/.443/.548 32場、
高階1A：.277/.335/.421 97場)(2009~2010年)   

That's not that bad actually; the FSL isn't an easy place to hit. But he was
now 24, and he really needed a good season in 2011 to stay in the picture.
That he did, batting .308/.388/.506 with 17 homers, 43 doubles, 56 walks, and
95 strikeouts in 484 at-bats. But he was repeating Clearwater, and thus it
was easy to still dismiss him as an older guy battering younger pitching.

雖然魯夫在高階1A的成績有所滑落，但清水隊所屬的聯盟本來就比較不利於打擊，於是
24歲的魯夫在2011年繼續晉級到2A，484 AB留下.308/.388/.506 17HR 43 2B 56 BB 95K
的成績，這時的魯夫被認為年紀太大，好成績是"大人打小孩"所致，仍被認為是可捨棄的
新秀。    

His bat isn't so easy to dismiss now. As noted above, he destroyed Double-A
in the second half this year. I've been watching him since college, and while
he's not going to be hitting .300 in the majors, he has a feel for the strike
zone, power to all fields, and is dangerous when he's locked in. On
meritocratic grounds, he's earned some September at-bats in the majors.

但現在魯夫的棒子讓他成為不是那麼容易被捨棄的人物。他今年下半季打爆所有2A的投手!
我曾經看過他在大學時期的比賽，他也許無法在大聯盟層級有打擊率超過三成的表現，但
但他有不錯的識別好壞球的能力，將球打到球場各個角落的力量，當他鎖定目標攻擊時，
對任何投手都會是個危險人物。由於本季出類拔萃的表現，他獲得了在九月登上大聯盟的
機會。

The hard part is finding a place to play him. He's big and slow, big and slow
enough to be a problem even at first base. He doesn't make many errors
actually, and his arm isn't bad (he's pitched a couple of times), but his
range is very limited. The Phillies played him in left field in August.
Making a valiant effort, Ruf collected three assists in 29 games and didn't
make an error, but his lack of speed and range out there is obvious, and he's
not exactly smooth and graceful with his routes.

現在對球團而言最主要的困難是找一個位置讓他守。魯夫體型碩大且速度緩慢，尚且對防
守一壘的工作行成阻礙，其他的位置更不用說。確實，他在小聯盟的守備失誤次數很少，
他的臂力並不弱(過去曾擔任過投手)，但他的有效守備範圍十分有限，費城人球團很勇敢
的嘗試讓他在八月守LF，獲得了不錯的成果，魯夫在擔任LF的29場比賽中有三次助殺且零
失誤的表現，但在這些比賽中他缺乏速度與有效守備範圍的缺點仍然十分明顯，並且他的
防守動作並不是十分流暢。

Ruf is an old prospect at age 26 and it remains to be seen how/if/when the
Phillies can fit him into the lineup. Would his bat be good enough to
compensate for his defensive limitations? Maybe, maybe not. Even with his
performance this year, many scouts are skeptical about his ability to handle
major league pitching. I have more faith in his bat than most, however I may
be prejudiced since I saw him as an amateur and have a soft-spot for
Midwestern players. But Ruf has surely earned an opportunity to show us what
he can do, and I'd sure love to see him knock a few pitches out of the park.

魯夫是一位年滿26歲的老新秀，所以費城人球團要考量的是：是否/如何/何時 把他放進
打線中的合適位置以及他的攻擊能力是否足夠抵銷防守能力的不足？這個問題的答案可能
是，也可能不是。儘管有今年令人驚艷的表現，多數球探對他面對大聯盟等級投手的攻擊
能力抱持懷疑態度。但相較於多數球探，我對他的攻擊能力有更多信心，儘管這可能是因為
我曾經看過他在業餘時期(大學時代)的表現所留下的偏見。但魯夫今年的表現確實讓他贏得
一個機會告訴我們他能作到哪裡，我有信心能看到他把一些投手的球轟出場外！


魯夫防守真的不行嗎？

Creighton大學運動資訊部主任Rob Anderson：NO！

下面是Rob Anderson寄給John Sickels的抗議(?)信：

John-
Having seen nearly every one of Darin Ruf's home games in college at
Creighton, I can assure you that your assessment of Ruf's defensive skills in
college are off. You wrote that he "didn't thrill anyone with his defense",
but it's actually quite the opposite.

Darin won two Rawlings Gold Gloves at first base while in college (2007,
2009). To this day, he remains the ONLY player in NCAA history to win
multiple Gold Gloves at the Division I level at any position. He finished his
career third in NCAA history in career putouts, just 38 shy of the record, a
testament to his ability (and durability). While Darin was in college,
Creighton set an NCAA record for the aluminum bat era (which dates to the
early 1970's) for team fielding percentage, and Darin saved countless errors
at first base with his ability to scoop balls out of the dirt.

I have not seen him play any games in the minors, so I do not know how he has
played in the Phillies organization, but I promise you that he was an elite
defender at the college level at first base.

--
Rob Anderson
Creighton University
Sports Information Director
http://www.gocreighton.com

大意是說魯夫是美國NCAA棒球史上不論任何守備位置，在Division I層級唯一一位獲得兩
次金手套的球員(位置是一壘手)，他製造出局的次數是NCAA棒球史上第三少的(差首位38次)
當魯夫在隊上時，Creighton大學的棒球隊創下了自1970年代以來NCAA最好的團隊防守率，
並表示他雖然沒看過魯夫在費城人系統中的表現，但他保證他是一位防守十分優異的一壘
手。

John Sickels的反應是說抱歉他沒有注意到NCAA的棒球紀錄與獎項，也無意抹滅過去
Creighton大學的卓越戰績，但是小聯盟的球探們仍然是認為魯夫的防守有速度及範圍狹小
的問題，他表示希望魯夫未來能有卓越的表現。

抗議信部分出自：http://ppt.cc/E6_B


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