Washington Nationals’ lack of offseason moves is head-scratching http://goo.gl/kwSvEW Ken Rosenthal@ken_rosenthal Feb 6, 2017 at 6:26a ET Owners maintain the right to spend or not spend, make arbitrary decisions on personnel — essentially, do whatever the heck they want. 老板有权决定花不花钱，他们可以武断决定人事。基本上，他妈的想干嘛就 干嘛。 Owners also maintain the right to decline comment to reporters who seek explanation for their strategies, leaving fans to wonder what the heck is going on. 老板也有权拒绝对寻求解释的记者们做出评论。不管粉丝怎麽怀疑他妈的到 底发生什麽事。 The Nationals’ owners cannot be called cheap, not when they supported the game’s fifth-highest payroll as recently as 2015. Their decision-making, though, is oddly inconsistent for a team that was nine outs away from advancing to the NLCS last season, and is potentially two years away from losing Bryce Harper as a free agent. 2015年国民薪资高居联盟第五位，国民的拥有者们不要求共体时艰。然而很 奇怪地，就一支去年仅差九个出局数就能挺进NLCS的球队来说他们的决策并 不一致，而他们能控制Harper的时间仅剩两年。 Urgency is warranted, and the free-agent market has been a buyer’s market all off-season, full of opportunity. Yet the Nats barely have stirred, proving far less resourceful than say, the low-revenue Indians, far less aggressive than big-spending NL rivals such as the Dodgers and Mets. 警报已然打响。整个季後FA市场都是买家天下，遍地机会国民却踌躇不前， 多说少做。比低薪资的印地安人、甚至同联盟高薪资对手道奇与大都会花得 都少得多。 Ownership, through a team spokesperson, declined a request for an interview. General manager Mike Rizzo declined comment. But those who work for Rizzo repeatedly have expressed frustration that the GM –- whose trading record is among the game’s best –- must fight ownership to get the players he wants. 老板透过球队发言人表示不接受访问，GM光头也拒绝评论。这个拥有业界最 佳交易记录的GM，为了得到想要的球员必须与老板对抗；数位在光头手底下 做事的人们多次表达这有多令人崩溃。 “He has the hardest job in baseball,” one Nationals official says, “with what he has to go through to get things done.” ＂他的工作是整个业界最难做的，＂ 一个国民内部人员说。 ＂看看他要经过多少困难才能把事情搞定。＂ That might be overstating it -– no top baseball executive is exempt from ownership input; nor should he be. But the Nationals’ entire off-season, to this point, consists of the controversial trade for outfielder Adam Eaton, a trade for catcher Derek Norris and the one-year, free-agent signings of infielder Stephen Drew for $3.5 million and outfielder Chris Heisey for $1.4 million. 这样说也许有些过头。业界没有任合高阶主管享有想签就签这种空头支票， 也不应该有。但国民整个季後到现在为止只有高争议性的Eaton 交易、捕手 Norris交易，与两张一年约：内野手Drew的3.5M与外野手Heisey的1.4M。 Rizzo and ownership representatives have mentioned the impact of the Nationals ’ ongoing battle with the Orioles over how much the Nats should receive in television rights fees from MASN, the two-team network in which the Orioles hold a majority interest. The dispute, which remains tied up in court, is turning into baseball’s version of the 100 Years War. 光头与老板的发言人指出国民与金莺之间对国民该从MASN得到多少转播收益 僵持不下，而MASN股份多数由金莺控制，这对国民冲击很大。这场可堪称棒 球界百年战争的争执至今仍卡在法庭上。 Ed Cohen, a Nats principal owner, said in a sworn affidavit that the team’s baseball operations are “significantly” impaired by the lower TV rights and could get worse with more legal delays, according to the Washington Post. Then again, Nats managing principal owner Ted Lerner is the 11th wealthiest owner in American sports and second wealthiest in baseball behind the Tigers’ Mike Ilitch, according to Forbes. 根据华盛顿邮报报导，国民股份持有者之一Ed Cohen在起誓过的宣誓书中说 球队操作严重受到过低电视转播权利金的损害，而且随着法律战拖延将日趋 严重。再度重申，富比世统计国民主要股份持有者Ted Lerner的资产在全美 职业运动拥有者中排第11，全大联盟也仅次於底特律老虎的Mike llitch。 If Lerner wanted to spend more -– even with the Orioles withholding money, at least some of which the Nats eventually will receive — he could. 如果Lerner想花更多，就算金莺扣住至少某些终将还给国民的钱，他也花得 起。 And now would be the time. 现在就该花下去。 The Nationals’ season-ending, 40-man roster payroll dropped from fifth highest in the majors in 2015 to 11th in ‘16, according to Cot’s Baseball Contracts. Their Opening Day payroll for ’17 currently projects to $153 million, 13th highest in the majors, fifth in the NL, according to Rosterresource.com. Not terrible, relatively speaking. But not enough to where the Nats should be comfortable with the projected on-field product. 根据Cot's Baseball Contracts，季後国民的40人名单薪资总额从2015年全 联盟第五降到2016年的第11；而根据Rosterresource.com，目前他们的2017 年开季日薪资预估在153M，全联盟第13，国联第五。相对来说不能算糟，但 就场上应该要拿出的表现来看国民可能不会感觉太舒服。 The primary rub with the Nats is that they still lack an established closer after losing out on free agents Mark Melancon, Kenley Jansen and Greg Holland. The Nats reportedly bid more than $50 million for Melancon, who went to the Giants for $62 over four years, and offered Jansen more than the Dodgers, who kept him for $80 million over five years. But Washington’s only bullpen additions — Joe Nathan, Matt Albers, Tim Collins, Vance Worley, Neal Cotts — have been on minor-league contracts. 国民的主要痛脚是追逐Melacon、Jansen、Chapman、Holland 失败後依然找 不到终结者。报载国民给Melancon的价钱超过50M，被开出四年62M的巨人打 败；给Jansen的报价超过道奇，然而Janesn选择接受五年80M 留在道奇。而 国民的牛棚补强仅止於用小联盟约签下Nathan、Albers、Collins、Worley、 Cotts等人。 That might change soon; the Nats continue to discuss a trade with the White Sox for closer David Robertson, according to major-league sources. Robertson is owed $12 million this season and $13 million next season, creating an all-too-typical Nats obstacle. The team does not want to absorb Robertson’s entire obligation, and does not want to move additional prospects after parting with three young pitchers for Eaton, sources say. 情况或许即将改变；根据大联盟消息来源国民持续与白袜讨论Robertson 交 易，但Robertson 今年12M与明年13M的薪水造就极其典型的国民障碍。来源 说国民不想吸收Robertson所有合约，也不打算在送走三名新秀交易Eaton後 继续消耗农场。 Yet, the addition of Robertson would go only so far to address the Nationals’ deficiencies. Dave Cameron, in a recent article for Fangraphs, contended that while the Nats’ top 10 players project to be as good as the Cubs’ and Dodgers’, the rest of their roster is suspect. 然而添加Robertson仅止应付国民阵容的不足。Dave Cameron 最近发表在FG 的文章中写道，虽然国民十大顶尖成员能比肩小熊道奇，剩下的满是疑问。 “In fact, it’s hard to find a legitimate contender with as weak a group of reserves as the Nationals,” Cameron wrote. “While most of the focus of late has been on their bullpen and whether they’ll acquire a new closer, the Nationals’ bench is the more glaring weakness.” ＂事实上，很难找到像国民这样後备如此空虚的标准劲旅。＂ Cameron写道。 ＂尽管近来焦点大多集中在他们的牛棚，但无论他们能否得到新终结者，孱 弱板凳相比之下更为显眼。＂ Cameron went on to point out that a number of the Nationals’ regulars are physical questions. The same, of course, is true of right-hander Stephen Strasburg, who has been on the DL four times in the past two seasons, as well as righty Joe Ross, who made only three starts after July 2 due to shoulder inflammation. Cameron 继续指出国民正规军的健康问题。当然了，一如既往，过去两年四 度躺进伤兵名单的右投小史，还有去年因肩膀发炎导致七月二日後只先发三 次的右投Ross。 The Nats will spend big, occasionally very big, particularly for Scott Boras clients. They spent lavishly on Strasburg and Max Scherzer, and also awarded contracts of $100 million or more to first baseman Ryan Zimmerman and outfielder Jayson Werth; Boras represented all but Zimmerman. But ownership’ s penchant for deferring money in major contracts proved harmful in the 2015-16 off-season in pursuits of outfielders Yoenis Cespedes and Jason Heyward; the Nats also lost out on second baseman Ben Zobrist and others. 国民会花钱，偶尔花非常多钱。特别是对Boras的客户。他们对Scherzer 与 小史非常大方，也给Zimmerman跟Werth超过100M的合约；除了Zimmerman 以 外都是Boras客户。但经营者强烈倾向在大约中附加延迟给付也导致2015-16 季後追逐Cespedes与Heyward失利，国民同样没挖到Zobrist等人。 Over the past year, the owners occasionally have loosened the reins. The deferrals in the Nationals’ free-agent offer to Jansen were relatively minimal, sources said, and the team boosted its payroll by nearly $3 million at the trading deadline to add Melancon. Ownership in previous seasons required Rizzo to make such deals cash-neutral, forcing the GM to give up better prospects. 过去一年老板会偶尔松开缰绳。根据消息国民提给Jansen的合约只包含少部 分延迟，去年季中交易大限前球队也愿意为了Melancon追加将近3M预算。过 去几个球季经营者要求光头做免钱交易，逼使GM只能放弃更好的新秀。 Rizzo resisted giving Melancon a bigger offer in free agency, and also will back off other players when he believes the market over-values them. Ownership cannot be blamed for those decisions. Still, the approval for Rizzo to spend comes and goes, often without rhyme or reason. 光头拒绝在自由市场给Melancon更大的约，当他认定市场高估某些球员时也 会缩手。不能把决定都归咎给经营者，只是上面给光头时有时无的花钱额度 通常依然令人摸不着头绪。 Ownership need not offer an explanation. Ownership can to operate however it wants. But the Nats have yet to win a postseason series in their 12-year history, suffering first-round defeats in three of the past five years. 经营者不需要提供解释，他们可以想干嘛就干嘛。但国民的12年历史还没赢 过任何一次季後赛系列战，过去五年三度在首轮被淘汰出局。 You’d think ownership would want a different outcome. 你会觉得经营者会想要一种不同的结果。 --

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