http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081112/SPORTS0104/ 811120358/1129/rss15 来自The Detroit News专栏作者Lynn Henning的报导 大概翻一下 *************************************************************************** Tigers still don't see Santiago as a full-time shortstop Lynn Henning / The Detroit News DETROIT -- It could be argued a Tigers team trying to find a shortstop for next season already has one. Tigers已经有SS了干麻再去找一个？ What exactly is the club's hangup with Ramon Santiago? 球团为何和Santiago过不去？ He's 29. He has a splendid glove and strong arm. He batted .282 in 58 games in 2008. He hit four home runs, including two in one game. He had an on-base percentage of .411 and a .460 slugging percentage, which as the Sabermetrics crowd knows, combines for an impressive .871 OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage). 他才29岁，手臂好臂力佳，今年打击也很出色。 Still, the Tigers are shopping for a shortstop, a reality not dismissed Tuesday by Dave Dombrowski, the Tigers president and GM who is trying to fill a number of holes this offseason. 今年季後有许多洞要补的DD，却一直还是想买个SS。 It has been known for years the Tigers do not believe Santiago has the physical makeup to be entrusted with a regular infield job. Tigers不认为Santiago的身体强度足以胜任先发内野手。 "We've said it many times," Dombrowski acknowledged. "We like him. But there's a difference between playing somebody every day. You're talking 150 games, and that's a lot of baseball at the major league level. DD说："我们喜欢他，但是让他150场大联盟比赛天天上场又是另当别论。" "Our gut instinct is that he would have a hard time handling that. You never know, but it's a gut instinct. I'm not saying that as we weigh our options that it might not be something that ends up happening. We have different spots we're trying to fill, and only so much (free-agent) cash involved." "我们只是直觉认为他不行。我也不是说最後一定不可能用他。我们还有其他洞要补， 钱却只有这些。" He's come a long way Santiago signed with the Tigers in 1998 as a teen from the Dominican Republic who four years later found himself in the majors. He was made the team's regular shortstop in 2003, Alan Trammell's first season, but hit only .225 in 141 games with a .292 OBP and a .284 slugging percentage. Santiago在1998年和Tigers签约，四年後站上大联盟。在Alan Trammell首次执教的 2003年他是先发SS，但是打击表现很差。 In Santiago's defense, he began that season as a slight, 23-year-old infielder. He has since grown into an important reserve who can play three infield positions. His physique also has taken on greater bulk and muscle (he's listed at 5-foot-11, 175 pounds, 25 more than he carried five years ago). 防守方面，那年他只是个瘦弱的内野手，五年後却长成能守内野三个位置的重要替补， 身体也强壮许多。 "He's a good player," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said Tuesday. "But more than two or three games a week, I worry that he would wear down. And I worry what that would do to his offense. 李兰说："他是个好选手，但是我担心他出赛太频繁会累坏，影响他的打击能力。" "But," said Leyland, "you never know. We might have to go in that direction." "不过也很难讲啦，或许我们就是必须朝这个方向努力。" The Tigers believed after Santiago's 2003 audition that they had seen his potential on season-long display and traded him in January of 2004 to the Mariners as part of a deal that brought Carlos Guillen to the Tigers. Two years later, they signed him as a minor-league free agent. He instantly convinced then-new manager Jim Leyland he had the tools necessary to make it as a reserve. Santiago结束2003年球季後，Tigers认为给他打满整季也只能有这种程度了，於是在 2004年一月把他打包给水兵换来Carlos Guillen。两年後又把他签回来，并且当时的 新教头李兰马上认可他已经有成为替补球员的能力。 And that has been his role the past three seasons. 结果他过去三个球季来一直都是替补球员。 Shopping list is lengthy Dombrowski re-confirmed Tuesday the Tigers are continuing their hunt not only for a shortstop, but for bullpen help and for another catcher -- priority areas that had been established even before the end of a dismal season that saw Detroit finish last in the American League Central. DD承认，Tigers不只一直在找SS，球队甚至在球季结束之前就已经想补强牛棚和捕手。 "We have a few needs we're trying to fill," Dombrowski said. "We've committed a lot of resources (payroll) already, although resources aren't a problem. We have one of the highest payrolls in Major League Baseball, and we need some of those guys who are being paid well to have good years and at the same time find some people who will make us better. "我们已经开很多钱了，虽然钱不是问题。我们的薪资总额是大联盟前几名。我们需要 那些拿肥约的人能有好表现，同时也需要找一些能帮我们的人来。" "We have to weigh some needs for a catcher, at shortstop, and in our bullpen. We've talked to a lot of clubs. A lot happens between now and the Christmas holidays, although it wouldn't surprise me if things (trades and free-agent signings) ran later. "我们得权衡捕手、SS和牛棚的需要。我们和很多队谈过，从现在到圣诞节前後应该都会 有动作。" "Big-name free agents usually take until the early part of the winter (to sign), so it slows down the market. But you never know." "FA大物通常到冬季刚开始的时候才谈签约，所以现在市场上没啥动作。不过其实 也很难讲。" Free agents can begin signing with new clubs Friday, although Dombrowski doesn't anticipate anything dramatic on the first day, either nationally or with respect to his club. FA快可以开始签约了，不过DD不认为第一天就会有什麽大动作。 Don't rule out a mega-trade The Tigers are almost certainly out of the free-agent sweepstakes for mega-million relievers such as Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez and Brian Fuentes of the Rockies. They either will sign a second-tier reliever who could perhaps function as a closer, or they will trade for relief help, which also could be their remedy at shortstop and at catcher. Tigers几乎确定不会找要开很多钱的K-rod和Brian Fuentes了。他们大概会签个能挡 closer位置的二线救援投手，不然就用是用换的。SS和捕手大概也是这样操作。 The serious need for meaningful help at three places, beginning with the bullpen, makes it more likely that a trade for premier hitter Magglio Ordonez is inescapable. A limited free-agent budget likewise suggests the Tigers will consider a major trade as their answer at so many vital positions. 不过如果想对这三个位置都作实质上的补强，交易骗人布大概是跑不掉的了。 有限的预算也暗示Tigers可能会考虑做大动作交易。 The equally limited number of trade-worthy Tigers points just as directly at Ordonez being the best of their bargaining chips. 具交易价值的Tigers球员数量同样很有限，於是矛头几乎全都指向最适合当交易筹码的 骗人布。 Dombrowski did not get into specific names Tuesday, although he did say next month's winter meetings (Dec. 8-11 in Las Vegas) could be significant as they bump up against a Dec. 12 deadline for clubs to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players they choose to bring back. DD说下个月8-11号在Las Vegas的冬季会议很重要，因为12号就是球队得和他们想留下的 具薪资仲裁资格球员换约的期限。 "I think there'll be a lot of trade conversations," said Dombrowski, not discounting his own team's potential to fill holes, one way or another, with three months to go before spring camp opens in Lakeland, Fla. "我想那时候会有很多交易可以谈。"DD并不怀疑球队能够在春训前把洞补起来。 You can reach Lynn Henning at [email protected] ***************************************************************************** -- 这篇新闻让你觉得？ --

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