Why are the Nationals allowing so many stolen bases? http://0rz.tw/9tmu4 By James Wagner In the fourth inning of Tuesday’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies, after smacking a run-scoring single, 33-year-old starting pitcher Cliff Lee stood at first base. As Jimmy Rollins faced Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg, Lee took off and stole second base. Only an inning before, Juan Pierre had stolen second base and third base in the same at-bat, forcing an errant throw by catcher Jesus Flores to third that allowed Pierre to score. 周二对费城人的比赛打到四局上,33岁的Cliff Lee击出带打点的安打. 趁着小史面对Rollins的时候Lee顺势盗上二垒. 就在一局之前,Juan Pierre在(队友的)同一打席里连盗两个垒包到三垒. 再趁Jesus Flores朝三垒恍神般的传球直冲本垒. When an opposing pitcher steals a base, it’s clear that other teams have figured out a weakness. And for the Nationals, holding runners on base and throwing them out has been an obvious flaw this season. 当投手都可以盗垒时,很明显你的弱点已经被对手逮到了. 对国民而言,无法把跑者冻在垒间然後触杀出局就是本季的大漏洞. The Nationals have allowed 72 stolen bases so far this season, which is close to the major league average. But the issue has been slowing, and as a result catching, the runners. The Nationals have caught only 13 runners, the second-lowest total in the majors. In relative terms, they have caught only 15 percent of base stealers — the second-lowest rate. 到目前为止国民已经被对手偷了72个垒包,接近联盟平均. 但问题已经慢慢趋於严重,因为捕手抓不到跑者. 国民本季只抓了13次垒包小偷,全联盟倒数第二烂. 他们只有15%的盗垒阻杀率,同样倒数第二烂. Manager Davey Johnson insists the catchers aren’t to blame. Instead, the responsibility rests with the pitchers, who haven’t been effective at keeping runners honest on the bases and, especially, have a slow move to the plate. But, overall, Johnson insists he is not concerned because Nationals pitchers have been so effective at getting batters out. 教头Davey Johnson坚持捕手们没啥好被指责的. 那麽取而代之问题就出在投手身上, 因为投手没办法有效地让跑者安分点. 特别是他们投球的动作实在是慢得可以. 但是Johnson终究在强调他不在意我们被偷走多少垒包, 因为国民的投手群总是能称职把打者送回休息室. “The guys that are doing it, they got a quicker move,” Johnson said. “But they’ve also been very successful with what they’re throwing. So it ain’t changing.” "他们已经在做了,让自己的动作快一点." Johnson表示. "但他们的投球也非常成功,所以没啥需要改变." The Nationals have worked with Strasburg, telling him to vary his move to the plate. Once he puts his hand in his glove on the mound, the start of his motion to the plate, Strasburg has committed to throwing home, and runners have noticed and stolen on him, Johnson said. Opponents have stolen 12 bases on Strasburg, the most against any Nationals pitcher. 国民也已经对小史下过功夫,告诉他投球动作要稍做调整. 一旦他在投手丘上将右手摆进左手套里, 开始启动投球动作, 要把球往本垒投过去时, 已经都在跑者的掌握中.然後他们就可以盗爽爽. Johnson如是说. 小史投球时对手已经盗过12次,全队最高. “When his first move starts to home, he’s like 1.1 [seconds to the plate], but they know that he’s going home,” Johnson said. “You can count it. Once he starts, he does the same thing, he looks away and then he goes. So they run on him.” "当他对着本垒开始第一个动作,大概花1.1秒(站上投手板)," "但对手已经确定他是要对着本垒投球." "你可以算算看.他每次只要一启动都是相同的模式," "小史不关心跑者,只是继续他的投球动作.对手就随便跑了." Added Strasburg: “I have a tendency to do that anyways. It’s something that I’ve just been working on. It’s a process. And they really kind of took advantage of me not keeping the guy close as much as I should have.” 小史则做了以下补充. "无论如何我已经试着去改变,但也只是刚开始调整而已." "总得有个历程." "他们还真有点像在玩我," "要我离那些我熟悉的家伙(过去的投球动作)远一点." Nationals starters have allowed their fair share of stolen bases but the relievers have been the worst culprit. Opponents are successful in 25 of 31 attempts against Nationals starters, while they are successful in 40 of 43 attempts against the relievers. Craig Stammen and Henry Rodriguez have been among the slowest to the plate, Johnson said. 国民的先发们每个都被爽爽盗,但都比不上牛棚麻烦. 对手在先发投手投球时尝试31次成功25次, 但牛棚却让对手从43次机会里成功40次. Johnson说Craig Stammen跟H-Rod是动作最慢的两只牛. “There are some other guys that can be quicker to the plate but they’re just trying to make sure they get the most on it and hit their spot,” Johnson said. “I’m not going to worry too much about it.” "其他人可以在投手丘上加快速度," "他俩则是要确认自己的脚已经完全站稳位置," "我并不会对这部分太过担心." Johnson sounded almost indifferent about the stolen bases, citing how pitchers such Dwight Gooden and Greg Maddux neutralized their slow times to the plate by being stingy pitchers. He said he has spoken with second baseman Steve Lombardozzi about when to hold a runner on base and when to not worry about it. Johnson对於被偷好玩的这点几乎是无动於衷. 以Dwight Gooden与Greg Maddux为例, 他们抵销投球动作慢吞吞这个弱点的方法就是成为更具侵略性的投手. Johnson也说已经与二垒手Steve Lombardozzi讨论过, 什麽时候要看住跑者而什麽时候可以不必鸟他们. Last season, the Nationals were tied for the fourth-highest caught stealing percentage (34 percent) and that’s because they “had some veteran pitchers that were quicker to the plate,” Johnson said. 上个球季国民能以34%的阻杀率并列联盟第四, Johnson认为那是因为"有投球动作比较快的老将在". Catcher Sandy Leon said if a pitcher’s time to plate is around 1.3 seconds, a catcher has enough to time to try and make a good throw to the base. But Nationals pitchers are generally closer to 1.5 or 1.6 seconds to the plate, he said. Sandy Leon说如果一个投手踩出投手板耗约1.3秒左右, 捕手就有足够的时间尝试传较好的球到垒包. 但国民投手群通常要用掉1.5或1.6秒踩出投手板. Nationals last caught a runner stealing on July 27 when Leon threw out Milwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy at second base. Before that, however, the last time a runner was caught stealing by a Nationals catcher was a month and a half before that, on June 12. That’s a span of 35 attempts. 国民上次能阻杀盗垒者是在7/27抓到酿酒人的捕手Jonathan Lucroy, Sandy Leon让他摸不到二垒的垒包. 然而在这之前,已经有整整一个半月的时间任人宰割. 自6/12至7/27为止,国民被连偷35次. Even if the pitchers are slower to the plate, Leon said the best approach is to either hold the ball or make a calm throw to the base, even if the runner will be safe. It’s something that should be addressed, Leon said, but can’t necessarily be altered all that much. 即使投手的出手动作慢,最好还是把球拿好或者做个软牵制. 就算跑者可以安全回垒. Leon认为这是应该要做到的,但没有必要太执着在这些改变. “It’s hard because that’s how they pitch,” he said. “If you do something different and try to change something that they know, it’s too hard.” "很难做得到,毕竟这是他们的投球方式." Leon说. "如果你想做些不同的事去改变他们的既有认知,那真的太难了." ============================================================================== 觉得自己翻得乱七八糟Orz 一直被to plate/to the plate搞混,希望有高手帮忙指正. Johnson觉得反正投手群有能力让跑者回不来, 随便给盗他也不会太担心. 但他还是指出小史手的移动,视线,时间差太过机械化, 使对手容易抓到他的节奏与动作, 这个是有必要稍做改变. Leon则觉得就算明白跑者会安全回垒, 投手也应该多做软牵制让跑者知道有人在注意他. 但是国民的投手群不习惯做这些事, 所以很难去要求他们多做这些动作. 这篇文写在Kurt Suzuki交易案宣布的两天前. 显然就算Johnson无所谓(如果他没在说场面话), 制服组可也是在意得很. --

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