There’s a path, albeit a difficult one, for Mets to validate David Stearns’ pa tience 大都会仍有机会证明David Stearns的耐心是对的——尽管道路艰难 https://reurl.cc/ep1n17 David Stearns might be right. The 2026 New York Mets he built might be capable o f better. They might even still be capable of being a playoff team, even though the beat-up, underperforming bunch that was nine games under .500 as Stearns spo ke on June 23 certainly has not looked the part. David Stearns或许是对的，他所打造的2026 年大都会，或许还能打得更好，甚至仍有成为 季後赛球队的能力，尽管他在6月23日受访时，这支伤兵满营、表现不如预期的球队已落後 五成胜率达9场，但看起来确实不像是一支具备季後赛实力的队伍 At the very least, Stearns is going to wait until the last possible minute to ad mit the roster he retooled after last year’s disappointment is still somehow wr ong. 至少Stearns打算等到最後一刻，才会承认自己在去年失望赛季後重新打造的阵容依然存在 问题 “The cutoff is August 3rd. The cutoff is the deadline. Clearly, you have to hav e a strategic direction at that point,” Stearns said. “We can prepare along pa rallel paths as we go through this, and we know we have to play better than what we’ve played right now. And we’re going to give this team a chance to do that .” David Stearns表示： 「截止日期是8月3日，也就是交易大限，到了那个时间点，球队显然必须决定自己的方向」 「在这段期间，我们可以同时准备不同方案，我们知道球队必须打得比现在更好，而我们也 会给这支球队证明自己的机会」 No one would argue Stearns is being particularly stubborn. Though the San Franci sco Giants, for one, have already made known their willingness to trade from a d isappointing roster, good teams and bad teams elsewhere are choosing to wait and see. No points are awarded for giving up first. 没有人会认为David Stearns特别顽固，虽然巨人队已经表达愿意出售阵中球员、调整令人 失望的阵容，但无论是强队还是弱队，大多数球队都选择继续观望，毕竟最先放弃的人并不 会得到任何奖励 But where Stearns remains steadfast – if “stubborn” is too harsh – is in his insistence that this roster was built well from the start, and that it has fail ed to add up because of temporary inconveniences, not structural deficiencies. 但若说Stearns有什麽始终坚持的地方——如果「固执」这个词太重的话——那就是他仍认 为这套阵容从一开始就建构得很好，如今战绩不佳只是因为暂时性的问题，而非结构性缺陷 For example, if the Mets are going to play their way back into contention, they will need better from their starting rotation, which entered Tuesday night’s ga me with the fourth-highest ERA in baseball this season and a 5.92 ERA in June. C lay Holmes breaking his leg is an unforeseeable outcome, but the idea of rookie Nolan McLean struggling for a period while growing into an ace is not. 举例来说，如果大都会想重返竞争行列，先发轮值必须有更好的表现，球队在周二赛前的先 发防御率高居全联盟第四差，而 6 月份更是高达 5.92 Clay Holmes腿部骨折是无法预料的意外，但新秀Nolan McLean在成长为王牌的过程中经历 一段低潮，却是可以预见的 Even under the pressure of his free agent year, Freddy Peralta falling into the worst slump of his major league career is surprising. But given their lack of ye ar-over-year history, none of Sean Manaea, David Peterson, or Kodai Senga not pi tching like the best versions of themselves is not. 即便身处合约年的压力下，Freddy Peralta陷入大联盟生涯最严重低潮仍令人意外 但考量到过去表现的稳定性不足，Sean Manaea、David Peterson与千贺未能投出巅峰状态 ，其实并非完全无法预期 “We’ve clearly been inconsistent in that facet of the game. We’ve been incons istent at various times around all segments of our team, which is why we have th e record we have right now,” Stearns said. “From a starting pitching perspecti ve, injury is part of it. That is real. We also haven’t gotten the level of con sistent performances from most of our rotations that we expected and that our pl ayers expected coming into the season.” David Stearns说： 「我们在这个环节的表现显然不够稳定，事实上球队各个层面都曾出现不稳定的情况，这也 是为什麽我们会有现在这样的战绩」 「就先发投手而言，伤病确实是原因之一，这是事实，但同时我们也没有从大部分轮值投手 身上看到赛季开始前所预期的稳定表现，而球员自己也没有做到」 Recently, Manaea has modeled a path to recovery for Mets starting pitchers who o nce looked like a lost cause. The lefty rebuilt his velocity, clawed his way out of bulk relief duty, and has allowed two runs and pitched into the sixth in two starts since rejoining the rotation. Certainly, the same should be possible for Peterson and Senga. 最近Manaea已经示范了一条让大都会先发投手重回正轨的道路，这位左投重新找回球速，从 长中继角色一路争回先发位置，自重返轮值後两场先发仅失两分，且都投到第六局 理论上，Peterson与千贺也应该有机会做到同样的事情 But so far, he and Senga have shown no signs of much-needed recovery. Senga left the Mets trailing 5-0 after two innings Tuesday, still unable to maintain comma nd and velocity from one batter to the next. 但截至目前，这两人都还没有展现出急需的回稳迹象 千贺在周二先发仅投两局就让球队以0比5落後退场，仍无法稳定维持控球与球速 Christian Scott, who was increasingly reliable before suffering a hip injury, is tentatively scheduled to return from the injured list Saturday. That is one mor e day each time through the rotation that the Mets can feel confident about. McL ean has steadied himself after some late-spring stumbles. That day is another. 在髋部受伤前逐渐站稳脚步的Christian Scott，预计将於周六从伤兵名单回归 这代表大都会轮值中又多了一天能让球队放心的先发，至於McLean，在春末经历一些挫折後 也已逐渐稳定下来，同样增加了一个可靠轮值席位 Stearns admitted Peralta is working through things mechanically, and fixing them is so crucial to the Mets that Carlos Mendoza went out of his way to watch him throw on flat ground before Tuesday night’s game. Fixing things takes time, but the righty has never been as bad as he was in his last outing. History says he will be better. If he is, and Manaea remains consistent, the Mets have one last day to worry about. And at some point in August, if all goes well, Holmes will b e back to fill it. David Stearns坦承，Peralta目前正在调整投球机制，而这件事对大都会极为重要，因此总 教练Carlos Mendoza甚至特地在周二比赛前观察他平地传接球的状况 修正问题需要时间，但Peralta从未像上一场先发那样糟糕过，历史数据显示他应该会反弹 如果他能恢复正常，加上Manaea持续稳定，大都会轮值就只剩最後一个位置需要担心，而到 了8月某个时间点，如果一切顺利，Holmes也将回来补上这个空缺 Speaking of Holmes, his injury is also a point in defense of Stearns’s argument that the Mets roster was not broken from the start, just because it is broken n ow. Indeed, the lineup is built around Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto, two of th e most durable players in baseball over the last half decade. That both happened to miss significant amounts of time in the first three months of this season is not a foreseeable problem. 谈到Holmes，他的受伤其实也支持了David Stearns的论点：如今阵容出现问题，不代表它 从一开始就是错误的 事实上大都会打线是围绕Francisco Lindor与Juan Soto打造，而这两人过去五年一直是联 盟最耐战的球员之一 两人在本季前三个月都缺席大量比赛，这种情况事前很难预测 But it was not unforeseeable that Jorge Polanco, who has a history of leg injuri es, would miss most of the first three months of the season with a nagging leg i njury. That Luis Robert Jr., who has a history of lengthy absences and is a mont h-plus into another one, is not surprising. Stearns said Tuesday he and the Mets “have to evaluate injury risk as it relates to the entirety of our roster.” 但Jorge Polanco过去就有腿部伤病史，因此他因腿伤缺席大半个上半季并非无法预料 同样地长期受伤病困扰、如今又已经休养超过一个月的Luis Robert Jr.再度缺阵，也不令 人意外 David Stearns在周二表示，球队必须从整体阵容角度重新评估伤病风险 “Whenever you bring in a player with injury history, we are aware there is heig htened injury risk,” Stearns said. “In many cases, we thought we were insulate d by that risk in certain areas of our roster with other players. And we haven’ t been.” David Stearns表示： 「只要引进有伤病史的球员，我们就知道风险会提高」 「很多时候，我们认为阵容中其他球员足以吸收这些风险、提供缓冲，但实际情况并非如此 」 Maybe, in keeping with Stearns’ original view of their depth, they will be more insulated against injuries from now on. After all, while Lindor’s return from a calf injury is imminent, he isn’t the only Met close to returning. 或许接下来，大都会终於能展现出David Stearns原本设想的阵容深度 毕竟除了Lindor即将从小腿伤势中复出之外，他并不是唯一接近回归的球员。 Tyrone Taylor is a strong fourth outfielder and will improve the Mets’ bench im mediately when he returns. He is currently on a rehab assignment. So is infielde r Ronny Mauricio, whose major league track record is unimpressive but whose ceil ing is higher than any of the backup infielders the Mets have tried in Lindor’s absence. Even just adding Lindor will give the Mets a significantly more troubl esome lineup for opponents. If Polanco comes back – and despite the fact that h e is hitting and doing baseball activities, no one seems certain when or if that will happen – the lineup could look even deeper. Tyrone Taylor是一名优秀的第四号外野手，他目前正在复健赛中，回归後将立即提升板凳 深度 同样正在复健的还有内野手Ronny Mauricio，虽然他的大联盟成绩并不亮眼，但潜力仍高於 大都会在Lindor缺阵期间尝试过的任何替补内野手。 光是Lindor回归，就足以让大都会打线变得更具威胁 若Polanco也能复出——尽管他已经开始打击与进行棒球训练，但没有人能确定他何时、甚 至是否能够回来——那麽这条打线的深度还会进一步提升 So heading into the last week of June, it is still possible Stearns is right abo ut the 2026 New York Mets. It is still possible their struggles are temporary, n ot inevitable. It is still possible they will play their way back into contentio n and be buyers six weeks from now. 因此在进入6月最後一周之际，David Stearns对於2026 年大都会的判断仍有可能是正确的 他们目前的挣扎或许只是暂时性的，而非不可避免的结果 他们仍有机会重新回到季後赛竞争行列，并在六周後成为交易市场上的买家 For better or worse, all they have to do is be better than they have been at any point this year, despite having provided little on-field evidence that they can be. 无论结果是好是坏，大都会现在唯一要做的，就是打出比本季任何时候都更好的表现 问题在於截至目前为止，他们在球场上几乎没有拿出任何足以令人相信自己能做到这件事的 证据 --

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