Ambidextrous Yankees reliever a matchup nightmare BY JIM BAUMBACH | [email protected] March 26, 2009 TAMPA, Fla. - The curiosity that led the Yankees to draft ambidextrous pitcher Pat Venditte last June has quickly been replaced by intrigue. And that's as good an indication as there is of just how impressive Venditte's debut season as a professional switch pitcher was. 去年因为好奇心所选进来的新秀Pat Venditte， 去年球季的成绩让球团内部人士感到惊艳。 Venditte, 23, allowed only three earned runs, 13 hits and 10 walks in 32 2/3 innings for the Staten Island Yankees of the New York-Penn League last year. Although Venditte's success came on one of the lowest professional levels, at least it proved that his repertoire - albeit orthodox - is legit. 23岁的他，去年在短期一A，32又三分之二局内，被打13支安打，投出10保送， 只掉三分自责分。虽然他的优秀成绩来自低阶联盟，但是他证明他的球技是好的。 "It is no gimmick," said Pat McMahon, Venditte's former manager at Staten Island and now a Yankees special assistant in player development. Pat McMahon说「这不是什麽秘密机制」，去年他是Venditte在短A的总教练， 目前是洋基球员发展部门的特助。 Mark Newman, the Yankees' senior vice president of player development, smiled when asked about Venditte's potential, essentially because it's a question he can't answer. Developing a switch pitcher into a major leaguer is not exactly something with a track record. 当洋基的球员发展部门主管 Mark Newman被问到Venditte的潜力时微笑以对， 特别是这个问题他无法回答。 "He doesn't fit into our usual conception of what a relief pitcher is," Newman said. "This goes beyond the conventional wisdom of being a relief pitcher." 「他并不符合我们正常所认为的後援投手，这超过大家对後援投手的惯有想法。」 What the Yankees learned last season is that Venditte can be successful as a professional switch pitcher, alternating batter to batter whether he's going to throw with his right hand or his left. 洋基去年所发觉到的是Venditte可能可以成功的成为职业的左右都能投的投手， 基於打者用哪只手打击，他决定用那只手投球。 Venditte isn't surprised his success translated into the minor leagues, saying, "When you've been doing it as long as I have, it's really the only way I know how to pitch. It's how I have to get hitters out." Venditte对於自己去年成功地转换跑道到小联盟并不敢到意外，他说「当你已经 做这件事像我做这麽久了，这真的是我唯一知道怎麽投球的方式，这是我怎麽让 打者出局。」 It also adds a level of strategy to the game. McMahon said they met before every series last season and determined which way they prefer opposing switch hitters to hit. Besides looking at the batters' statistics from each side of the plate, they take other factors into account. 这同时也让比赛中的策略显现出来。McMahon说他们在系列赛前都会看过球探报告後 决定他们喜欢让左右开弓的的打者打哪一边。除了看打者的双手的打击数据外， 他们也考虑其他因素。 For example, they have to make sure Venditte is pitching to his strength, not just to the hitter's weakness. And the Yankees love that Venditte is a completely different pitcher, righthanded compared to lefthanded. 举例来说，他们要确定Venditte 是能投出他的长处，而不是只有攻击打者的弱点。 洋基喜欢Venditte是个当他用左手投时，跟他用右手投时是完全不同的两个投手。 "As a righthander, he's got an average fastball and a decent breaking ball," Newman said. "He's got decent stuff. As a lefthander, he's a specialist. It's more finesse." 「当他是右投手时，他有个在平均值的快速球加上一个不错的变化球。他的Stuff不错， 当他是左投时，他可以是个一人左」 Venditte is expected to start this season with Class-A Charleston, and he said his goals are to develop a changeup from both sides and throw more fastballs as a lefthander. And, of course, experience the same type of success that he had last season, when he compiled a 0.82 ERA and struck out 42 in 32 2/3 innings. Venditte今年预计从 Class-A Charleston开季，而且他说他的目标是 让他的双手都能发展出变速球这个球种，并用左手多投点快速球。 当然，重复去年成功的经验。去年他在32又三分之二局中投出42的三振， 缴出0.82的ERA。 In the Yankees' computer program that tracks their minor-league players' stats, Venditte is listed twice - as a righthander and as a lefthander, because there was no way for the program to break down his splits from both sides. But because he can do both, he's a novelty with intriguing possibilities. 在洋基的电脑程式中，有纪录着所有小联盟选手的数据，Venditte的资料以左投及右投 身份分开来记录，因为电脑无法同时记录他用左手及右手的资料。但因为他可以双手都 投，所以他是个具有新奇性与吸引力的。 "We'll see how he moves up," Newman said. "We'll see how this stuff plays." 「我们将会看他怎麽往上爬，我们会观察他的天分。」Newman说。 http://tinyurl.com/dcd9hm (若翻的不好，请见谅) --

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