Assessing the Cleveland Indians' spring work with two weeks before opener: Paul Hoynes analysis By Paul Hoynes, The Plain Dealer on March 16, 2013 at 10:08 PM http://ppt.cc/2BkJ GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- There are 16 days left before the Indians open the 2013 season against Toronto on April 2 at Rogers Centre. Before the 25-man roster is named, and players start double checking to see if they can find their passports, questions still need to be answered. 距离4/2笑脸人对上蓝鸟的2013年开幕战只剩16天了。 在确定25人名单和选手们检查他们的护照还在不在之前，仍有些问题应该要被解答。 So consider this a progress report, one of those slips of papers wayward students use to get from their teachers in the middle of the grading period to take home to Mom and Dad, on the big issues facing manager Terry Francona's ballclub. ‧ What does it mean when 1) Francona is spotted zooming around camp on a red scooter and 2) appears in a video version of the Harlem Shake dressed as a baby with a white floppy bonnet? Well, the guy knows how to have a good time and if he does indeed drive the scooter between his apartment and Progressive Field during the regular season, he should get credit for going green. Is Francona too player friendly? "We all know there's a line you can't cross with him," said Justin Masterson. Francona被看到骑着小机车去春训营和带头哈林摇有什麽意味在？ 当然，大家都玩得很爽。 如果他在季赛中真的从公寓骑车去球场的话，他应该要因为环保而被表扬。 至於Francona会不会对球员太好了？ Masterson说，我们都知道不能跨过他的底线。 ‧ What about Masterson and Ubaldo Jimenez, the top two starters in the rotation who combined for 32 losses last year? Masterson is 2-0 with a 4.15 ERA in three Cactus League starts with six strikeouts and no walks in 8 2/3 innings. He threw five scoreless innings in a B game as well. Jimenez is 2-0 with a 5.54 ERA in four games. He's struck out nine, walked two and allowed 19 hits in 13 innings. He seems to have taken to his new delivery, but the Indians are still trying convince him that he doesn't have to overthrow to get people out. 关於去年合起来输了32场的轮值前两号Masterson和Jimenez的状况呢？ Masterson在仙人掌联盟中出赛三场，两胜零败，ERA 4.15，在8.2局中包含了6K，没有 保送。在B GAME中他也投出了五局零失分的表现。 Jimenez则出赛四场，两胜零败，ERA 5.54，他在13局中送出了9次三振、两次保送，被打了 19支安打。他看起来调整了新的投球型态，但球团仍试着说服他不需要为了让打者出局而投 太高。 ‧ Will closer Chris Perez be ready for April 2? He threw 15 pitches off the mound Saturday for the first time since straining his right shoulder on Feb. 26. He's making progress, but his return date is still unsettled. In the bullpen, five relievers have jobs: Perez (if healthy), Vinnie Pestano, Joe Smith, Rich Hill and Cody Allen. Francona, however, still isn't saying how many relievers he'll open the season with. The Tribe opens with 13 games without a day off and is considering carrying an extra arm. Then again the last seven games of the streak are played in Cleveland, which usually guarantees at least one April postponement because of snow or rain. Matt Albers, Bryan Shaw, Nick Hagadone, Scott Barnes, Matt Langwell and Matt Capps give Francona plenty of relief options if he goes with a 13-man staff. Chris Perez 在4/2前会准备好吗？ 自从2/26扭伤右肩後，星期六是他第一次投球。尽管有些进步，但他的归期依然未定。 牛棚中目前可以确定的人是Perez(如果健康的话)、Pestano、Smith、Hill和Allen。但 Francona目前并未提及他开季会带几个後援投手，笑脸人开幕後会连打13天比赛，所以可能 考虑会多带条手臂。後七场在主场的比赛，通常至少会有一场因为下雨或下雪延赛。 如果Francona打算带13位投手的话，目前牛棚中也有相当多可用之兵：Albers、Shaw、 Hagadone、Barnes、Langwell和Capps。 ‧ The rotation appears to be set with Masterson, Jimenez, Brett Myers, Zach McAllister and lefty Scott Kazmir. Daisuke Matsuzaka threw three innings in a minor-league game Saturday, but it sounds as if he's running out of time. Carlos Carrasco, Corey Kluber and Trevor Bauer still have a shot, but are probably bound for Class AAA Columbus. 先发轮值的部分，目前看起来像是Masterson、Jimenez、Myers、McAllister和Kazmir。 松坂星期六投了三局，但是他似乎已经来不及了。Carrasco、Kluber和Bauer都可以试试 。但他们或许都会从3A出发。 ‧ The new outfield of Bourn, Michael Brantley and Drew Stubbs hasn't played a lot of innings together, but that should change in the coming days. Brantley missed time after getting spiked in his left forearm on Feb. 25. Bourn, Brantley and Stubbs should be one of the fastest outfields in franchise history. They've shown flashes of what that can mean offensively and defensively. The outfielder who has been doing the most running has been Ezequiel Carrera, who has stolen eight bases in nine attempts and scored six runs despite hitting .207. Carrera is out of options and probably won't make the team. 新的外野手Bourn、Brantley、Stubbs虽然没有一起上场过多少局，但之後会有些改变的。 Brantley 2/25 左前臂被钉鞋踩伤，缺席了一段时间。Bourn、Brantley和Stubbs应该会是 队史最快的外野手之一，他们无论在攻守端都展现出进退如电的速度。Ezequiel Carrera是 笑脸人今年春训跑最凶的外野手，九次盗垒中成功八次，六分得分，尽管打击率只有.207。 另外Carrera已经没有选择权了，而且他可能不会在先发名单中。 ‧ Catcher Carlos Santana is having a fine World Baseball Classic for the Dominican Republic, which is a good thing, because it seems as if he's been gone from spring training forever. Santana's absence, and Lou Marson's bout with the flu, has given Yan Gomes lot of time behind the plate. Gomes has shown he can hit, but his catching skills still need work. Gomes injured his right hamstring Friday against Milwaukee running out a double, which probably punched his ticket to Columbus. The Indians want to find out if he can be an everyday catcher. 捕手Carlos Santana目前在WBC多明尼加队中打得很好，这也不错，因为她看起来春训是来 不及回来了。而Lou Marson因为感冒缺席，Yan Gomes目前是有不少时间担任捕手，他的确 能打，可是他的接捕技巧需要再加强。 Gomes 星期五对上酿酒人在跑上二垒时弄伤了右脚腿筋，这可能会使他从3A出发，笑脸希望 他可以是个每天都可以上的捕手。 ‧ Shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera came to camp in great shape. He didn't lose much time to the WBC because of Venezuela's quick ouster and it appears he's going to hit second in Francona's lineup. 游击手Asdrubal Cabrera以绝佳的状态回到春训营，因为委内瑞拉的早早出局。他并没有在 WBC浪费太多时间。目前看起来他会担任二棒的角色。 ‧ It didn't make a difference in the final score, but when Mark Reynolds hit a monster ninth-inning homer Friday against Milwaukee, it demonstrated an element that has been missing from the offense -- late-inning thunder. The Tribe lost the game, 4-3, but just the fact that Reynolds has that kind of game-changing power is refreshing. It's not only Reynolds, but Nick Swisher and Stubbs can do the same thing. It gives the Indians a chance to win a game in the late innings with one swing instead of stringing four singles together. 尽管对最後比数没有影响，但Reynolds一棒击沉的能力着实让人耳目一新。不只Reynolds， Swisher跟Stubbs同样具有这种可能。这给了笑脸在比赛後段随时有机会一棒逆转而不是还 要求安打的串连。 ‧ Lonnie Chisenhall had a clear road to the third-base job this spring and he's not backing in. Chisenhall is hitting .419 (13-for-31) with four doubles, three homers and 10 RBI and has been decent defensively. Mike Aviles, Chisenhall's backup, like Santana has been lost to the WBC with Puerto Rico in the finals. Chisenhall 这个春训看起来更为适应三垒，而这并不是偶然的。Chisenhall这个春天一共 在31个打席中击出了13个安打(打击率0.419)，包含了四支二垒安、三支全垒打跟十分打点 ，守备也有模有样起来了。至於Chisenhall的候补Aviles，目前跟着波多黎各在WBC打决赛 。 ‧ The question of leadership and chemistry is always a dicey thing. How much it matters to a team's success or failure is matter of opinion. Just because Swisher signed the biggest free-agent contract in team history and has a personality that fills a clubhouse, doesn't mean he's the guy everybody goes to. The best thing about that is that Swisher knows it. "The veteran leadership we've had so far has been better than I anticipated," said Francona. "Swisher, Reynolds and Jason Giambi are first in every drill. Our most enthusiastic games this spring have been when the veterans play and that's surprising." 队上领导和化学气氛一直都是很运气的东西，这些到底影响了队伍成败多少是见仁见智 的问题。或许因为Swisher拿到了队史最大FA合约，也还算跟队伍处的融洽，不代表他就是 每个人都会拥护的那种人。不过Swisher也很清楚了解事实。 「到目前为止，老鸟的领导比我所设想的更好」，Francona说：「Swisher、Reynolds、 Giambi在每个训练上都争先全队。这些老鸟让这个春天成为我们最热情的比赛，而这非常令 人惊讶。」 ‧ Speaking of Giambi, 42, can he make the 25-man roster? The answer, to date, is yes. But as Francona explained, the roster depends on one move leading to another move and another move beyond that. 提到42岁的Giambi , 他有可能进入25人名单吗？ 到目前为止，答案是肯定的。但如同Francona所解释的，先发名单取决於谁状况比他人好就 是谁。 翻译可能有错，请大家不用客气指正 --

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