https://goo.gl/qiauDM Paul Blackburn a potential innings-eater for Athletics by Melissa Lockard of Fanrag Sports Last November, the Oakland Athletics made a relatively quiet trade, dealing veteran infielder Danny Valencia to the Seattle Mariners for Double-A starting pitcher Paul Blackburn, Less than a year later, Blackburn is already contributing for the A's at the major-league level. Who is Blackburn, and what can he be for Oakland moving forward? 去年季末从西雅图偷敲来的先发投手 A's, Valencia <<-->> M's, Blackburn Blackburn's path to Oakland began about 40 minutes away from the Coliseum in the East Bay suburb of Oakley, Calif. The 6-foot-1 right-hander starred for Heritage High School in Brentwood, Calif., and landed with the Chicago Cubs as the 56th-overall pick in the 2012 MLB draft out of high school. The A's had their eye on Blackburn as far back as that draft, bringing him to the Coliseum for a pre-draft workout, but it would be another four years before he would become a part of their organization. 当地人，在2012年选秀会前运动家也对Paul有兴趣，不过在前段选秀被小熊挑走。 In the intervening years, Blackburn developed slowly but steadily in the Cubs' chain. He spent the 2012 season in Rookie ball and the 2013 campaign pitching in the short-season Northwest League. In 2014, Blackburn jumped to the Low-A Midwest League, where he posted a solid 3.23 ERA in 117 innings, but struck out only 75 and remained mostly under the prospect radar. He started the 2015 season slowly with High-A Myrtle Beach, but, after missing a month with minor injuries midseason, he posted a 1.33 ERA during the second half of the season. That strong finish would carry over into 2016, when Blackburn firmly placed himself on the prospect radar. 在小熊那几年长很慢，不过是很稳定的成长。前年後半段在low-A成绩爆发备受到重视。 Pitching with Double-A Tennessee to start the season, Blackburn posted a 3.17 ERA in 102.1 innings. He raised his profile enough to become a coveted trade chip, and was dealt along with Dan Vogelbach to the Seattle Mariners in the July 20 deal that netted the Cubs left-hander Mike Montgomery. After the trade, Blackburn remained in Double-A, and he posted a 3.54 ERA for Jackson. 去年季初从2A开始，季中被交易到水手，来到水手後也是在2A练。 As a high school prospect selected in the 2012 draft, Blackburn entered the offseason as a candidate to be added to the Mariners' 40-man roster in order to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. He would end up on a 40-man roster by the end of November, but it would be with the Mariners' AL West rivals, the A's, after he was traded for Valencia. 去年季末A's跟M's进行了交易，解决了两边rule 5的问题，Blackburn来到了绿衫军40人。 Blackburn appeared in his first big-league camp this spring and was assigned to the Triple-A Nashville Sounds' roster at the start of the season. He was the only member of the Sounds' Opening Day pitching staff to have zero Triple-A experience prior to this season. 今年初第一次参加MLB春训，之後球团把Paul放到3A。而他也是一个3A菜逼八。 Despite his inexperience, Blackburn has been the Sounds' most consistent starter this season. He earned a spot on the Pacific Coast League All-Star team shortly before his call-up to the big leagues. At the time of his promotion, Blackburn had a 3.05 ERA in 79.2 innings. Since joining the A's, Blackburn has continued mostly to find success. In his first four big league starts against the Braves, Mariners, Indians and Mets, he has a 2.88 ERA in 25 innings. 尽管很菜，Blackburn是今年绿衫3A表现最好的先发投手。在被叫上ML之前也以优秀的成绩 入选3A明星赛。来到ML後先发过4次，而Blackburn也把在3A的好表现带到了ML。 Blackburn has a 3.21 ERA for his minor-league career, despite not striking out a lot of hitters. His career minor league K/9 is 6.2, a number that would be fine in the big leagues but is lower than most top starting pitching prospects in the minor leagues. Blackburn gets away with that contact-oriented approach by not walking many hitters (2.7 BB/9 for his career) and inducing a lot of groundballs (1.62 GO/AO and a 0.5 HR/9 in his career). Because Blackburn is so fielder-dependent, advanced statistics are never going to project him to find sustained success. But he has defied those projections thus far. Blackburn在小联盟的ERA很好看，不过他不是三振投手。Blackburn的approach是投给对法 打，制造滚地球。也因为他的方式很吃防守，进阶数据不是很爱他。 Blackburn throws a standard starter's pitch-mix:four-seam and two-seam fastball , slider, curveball and change-up. His fastball sits in the 90-92 MPH range and tops out at 93. His sinker is his most effective offering, and he regularly pounds the lower half of the strike zone with the pitch, inducing a high volume of groundballs. His secondary offerings have improved since joining the A's organization. Blackburn hides the ball well out of the hand and pounds the strike zone, challenging hitters to beat him. 黑烧的球种: 4缝，2缝伸卡，滑球，曲球，还有变速。直球约90-92，可以到93(不过我看 直播通常是89，88)。伸卡球是最主要的武器，他的伸卡经常会投到好球带下缘制造大量的 滚地球。而其他的球种来到运动家也有变得更好。话说黑烧的藏球也做得很棒。 Blackburn's profile is similar to a pitcher the A's selected with the 24th- overall pick in the 2002 MLB Draft: right-hander Joe Blanton. Blanton was a college draft selection, and he moved more quicker through the minor leagues than Blackburn. But they both arrived in the bigs at the same age (23). Blanton's minor- league strikeout numbers were higher than Blackburn's, but Blanton offered a similar skill set as a right-hander with a high-80s/low-90s fastball with plenty of sink, and three usable off-speed pitches. As a starter with the A's from 2004-2008, Blanton posted a 4.25 ERA in 761 innings. He struck out 5.10 per nine innings and walked 2.39 per nine. Blanton was a durable workhorse with Oakland, rarely missing a start. 顺利的话，下个Joe Blanton。 Blanton wasn't a star with the A's, but he was a reliable mid-rotation starter who brought plenty of value with his ability to pitch efficiently, work deep in to games (he averaged more than six innings per start) and take the ball every fifth day. Blackburn could give the A's similar value over the next few years. Joe在运动家时不是很有名，不过是赞赞的工作马。黑烧在未来说不定能提供同样的价值。 感觉黑烧前几场真的不错，投球很有效率，上一场因为怪调度和後援差多掉了几分嘿。 但是黑烧现在投球就是伸卡和变化交替使用还有控球来对付打者。 感觉接下来应该会能量释放爆很惨。 不过轮值还是很需要黑烧。 Sonny没意外会在7/31之前被交易。 8月後季轮值应该就是 Manaea，Gossett，黑烧，Cotton，Smith(明天对蓝鸟没爆的话) 3A备案 Bassitt，Alcantara，Mengden，Graveman，Hahn...应该吧 开季轮值 Graveman，Manaea，Cotton，Triggs，Alcantara -- "It's too bad she won't live... But then again, who does?" --

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