这是官方网站上星期五的文章 上周五就翻译好了，可是公司因为搬家所以mail server挂点 没寄到家中让我可以PO出来 现在居然找不到官方网站连结@@ 先声明一下是智慧财产权是属於MLB的 SAN DIEGO -- Plenty of talented prospects have debuted for the Diamondbacks over the last couple of seasons. There was Conor Jackson, Stephen Drew, Chris Young and Carlos Quentin, but none has received as much acclaim as outfielder Justin Upton, who had his contract selected from Double-A Mobile on Thursday. Upton -- at 19 years, 342 days, the youngest player in club history to appear in a D-backs uniform -- takes the place of Quentin, who was placed on the disabled list with a strained right hamstring. 在这两三年,有很多具有天分的Dbacks新秀升上大联盟 譬如Conor Jackson, Stephen Drew, Chris Young 以及 Carlos Quentin, 但是没有一位能像Justin Upton受到这麽多的称誉 Justin Upton在本周四由AA升上大联盟,他的年龄才不过19岁又342天, 是Dbacks史上最年轻的大联盟球员 之前最年轻的Dbacks球员是Quentin, Quentin受伤被放到DL名单上,所以升上Upton来取代 "This is kind of the younger guy that everybody's kind of been anticipating, and now is the time," Arizona manger Bob Melvin said. "I think if you looked at it last year, if you looked at it earlier this year, whether or not this guy is here before September was probably a stretch, but we moved him up to Double-A, and he played even better at Double-A, so it's time." Melvin说:"Upton是每个人都在期待的新秀,现在终於是将他生上大联盟的时间了" "前一年或者年初的时候,我们认为将会在9月扩编的时候升他, 但他上AA之後表现不错,所以是时候升上大联盟了" Upton, the younger brother of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays' B.J. Upton, was the No. 1 overall pick out of Great Bridge (Va.) High School in the 2005 First-Year Player Draft. He signed with the D-backs in January 2006 and spent last season with Class A South Bend. Upton是2005年选秀第一轮第一名,也是Devil Rays的球员B.J. Upton的弟弟, 在2006年一月与Dbacks签约,旋即被被到1A的South Bend It wasn't necessarily smooth sailing for Upton during his first professional season. Midwest League pitchers worked him tough, throwing him breaking balls in fastball counts, and he wound up hitting .263 with 12 homers and 66 RBIs. Upton第一年并没有想像中平顺,Midwest联盟的投手们给了他严峻的挑战, 使得他只打出0.263的打击率,12支全垒打以及66分打点 "A lot of his two years in the Minors have been about how we predicted," Arizona general manager Josh Byrnes said. "We expected the first year to be a year of fatigue, a year of getting used to playing every day, a year of getting pitched around, wood bats, etc. Not many guys their first year have great performance years. You look at some of the great names in our game, that year is kind of an adjustment year. The second year is the year where things can move quickly, and it has." Dbacks的GM Josh Byrnes说:"Upton前两年在小联盟的进度其实都在我们掌握之中, 我们原本就预测他第一年会因为疲劳而不适应,得试着习惯每日出赛, 面对各种投球以及习惯使用木棒,很少有人第一年就有很棒的成绩" "棒球赛中许多伟大的球员,都需要这样一年的调整, 而在第二年开始进步神速,Upton做到了" Upton started this season with Class A Visalia of the California League, but he was promoted to Mobile after hitting .341 in 32 games. With the BayBears, he hit .310 with 13 homers and 53 RBIs. He played in the All-Star Futures Game at AT&T Park last month, hitting a home run. Upton本季由1A加州联盟的的Visalia出发,在32场比赛中打出AVG=0.341 之後被升上AA,打出了AVG=0.310,13支全垒打及53分打点, 上个月在未来明星赛中出赛,打出一支全垒打 Because Upton's flight from Mobile didn't get to San Diego until a couple of hours before Thursday's first pitch, Melvin decided not to start him, but he did enter the game in right field in the eighth inning and popped out to first base in his lone at-bat. Beginning with Friday's game at Dodger Stadium, he will be the club's regular right fielder. 因为Upton由Mobile城到圣地牙哥的班机直到开赛前几个钟头才到达, 所以并没有安排他先发,只有在第八局上场接替右外野, 并且在首打席,也是他本场唯一的打席,打出一垒上空高飞球被接杀. 目前安排他在周五晚间面对道奇的比赛中先发右外野 "He's not going to be here to sit," Melvin said. "As long as he's here, he's going to play. You don't bring somebody here like that to not play him." Melvin说:"他不用坐板凳,只要他来了就可以上场,像他这样的人不可能叫来却不用他" Upton played shortstop in high school before moving to center field to begin his first professional season. This year, he has also played some left and right, because with Chris Young playing well in center, it didn't look like there would be an opening there. Upton在高中时期守备位置是游击手,到职业生涯的第一年改练外野, 今年他会接替左右外野的工作. Dbacks的中外野手是Chris Young,打的还不错,所以不会让Upton接替中外野 At the start of this season, it appeared that Upton would spend all of 2007 in the Minors, but as he continued to dominate in the Minors, a promotion seemed imminent. 本年初,原本预计Upton会花一整年在小联盟, 但是Upton在小联盟持续表现突出,所以升上大联盟 "No," Upton said when asked if he expected to be called up. "I just went out and busted it and played hard this year. I feel like I'm ready to be here, and I'm going to take my shot. It's been awesome just getting the call and realizing that I'm coming up here and getting the feeling about what I've been dreaming about my entire life. It's amazing. It's overwhelming." 当问到Upton是否期待早早升上大联盟, 他回答说:"没有,我就只有认真打球,但是我知道我会升上去,拥有表现的舞台, 那必定是很棒的事情,并且我已经期待很久了,是我的梦想" (大致就是这些意思,懒得翻了) Over the last 45 days, the D-backs have had each of their top talent evaluators go through Mobile to observe their prospects in anticipation of the trade deadline as well as to determine who might be candidates for promotion. The consensus was that Upton was ready. 过去45天Dbacks派出了球员中最顶尖的评估人员去Mobile城评估潜力新秀, 用来当作交易的参考以及是否升上大联盟,他们一致同意Upton可以升了 "He's more than deserving," Byrnes said. "Aside from all of his potential, this year he's been a dominant force, 19 years old, leading the Southern League in on-base plus slugging and just dominant. So you never say anyone's ready until they get here, particularly at that age, but we really followed him closely at Mobile, and he's as ready as he can be, so now it's time to pass this test." Byrnes说:"他比想像中更有潜力,才19岁就能在Southern联盟中拥有顶尖的打击能力. 直到Upton出现之前,你很难想像有人在这种年纪就已经达到这样的成就, 我们观察了很久,认为他通过的测试可以升上大联盟" Upton was invited to Major League camp each of the past two Spring Trainings and earned the respect of his teammates not just with his obvious talent, but in the way he carried himself. Upton在过去两年都有被邀起参加大联盟春训,用努力的态度赢得了队友的敬佩, 并不是光靠天份而已 "He is a legitimate five-tool guy," Byrnes said. "He can affect the game in a lot of different ways, but I also give a lot of credit to his demeanor, his quiet intensity. He really plays the game hard, but very much under control. He wants to be great." Byrnes说:"他是个五项全能的全面性球员,可以在各方面对球赛拥有影响力, 他对身为球员的态度我给予正面评价,尽全力参与球赛,但是又冷静的控制自己, 他想要使自己成为伟大的球员" (有些描述翻译的并不好,请各位指正) --

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