http://tinyurl.com/8unp4he Breaking Down How the Texas Rangers Can Solve Their Talent Overload This Winter By Zachary D. Rymer (MLB Lead Writer) on September 6, 2012 Darn those Texas Rangers. As if having the best record in the American League and two straight American League pennants to show off wasn't already good enough, they also have a problem that every team in baseball would love to have. The Rangers have too much talent. 条子有个让人称羡的困扰: 好球员太多了 Yeah, yeah. We can debate for hours whether or not the phrase "too much talent" has any business being uttered inside or outside of baseball. Teams need as much talent as they can get, and the Rangers don't have "too much" talent so much as they have "more than most." But let's face it. With guys like much-hyped shortstop prospect Jurickson Profar and third-base prospect Mike Olt ready to contribute, the Rangers are in a bit of a tough spot all of a sudden. Profar and Olt are no use to them as backups going forward, and spots aren't going to open up for them to play every day unless Rangers GM Jon Daniels makes a trade or two. 顶级新秀 Jurickson Profar 和 Mike Olt 都已经准备好了 可是大联盟没有他们的先发位置 也不可能让他们打替补 If he were to make a couple trades to accommodate Profar and Olt, it's true that he would be sacrificing the team's considerable depth. However, he has the kind of tradeable assets that could bring back star players in return, thus making the Rangers an even stronger team even despite their sudden lack of depth. To this end, it's time to have a talk about the Rangers' options this winter. 让我们来讨论一下 如果想透过交易的方式解决 有哪些可供参考的选项 Trade Elvis Andrus? Jurickson Profar arrived in the big leagues as the No. 2 prospect in all of baseball, according to Baseball America. He proceeded to live up to the hype by homering and doubling in his debut. There's basically no going back for Profar now. He has little left to prove in the minor leagues, and Anthony Witrado of The Sporting News pointed out that the Rangers wouldn't have called him up in the first place if they didn't have it in mind to make Profar an everyday player in 2013. In order for them to do that, somebody's going to have to go. And since Elvis Andrus and Profar play the same position, Andrus is the obvious trade candidate. 顶级新秀 Profar 基本上已经回不去小联盟了 他在小联盟已经几乎没有需要证明的能力 为了要让他能够天天先发 有人必须要离开 猫王 Elvis Andrus 显然是个选项 Many have noted as much, including Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com. He floated the idea of the Rangers trading Andrus and prospects to the Tampa Bay Rays for David Price, who is getting to be too expensive for the Rays. Price is not too expensive for the Rangers, and he's appealing for them because he's one of the top aces in baseball. The Rangers have been a great team for a few years now, but a true No. 1 starting pitcher is something they've been lacking. 把猫王加几个新秀拿去换 David Price 如何? Price对光芒而言太贵 但对条子来讲Price不算太贵 而且是朝思暮想的 true ACE The Rays may not go for Andrus seeing as how he's a Scott Boras client who is scheduled to hit free agency after the 2014 season. That doesn't make him completely untradeable, though, as there are surely a lot of teams that wouldn't mind coughing up pitching for a shortstop who leads all major league shortstops in WAR, according to FanGraphs. For example, the Arizona Diamondbacks could be willing to do an Andrus-and-prospects swap for Justin Upton (pure speculation on my part). 光芒或许会因为 Andrus 是波拉斯的客户而拒绝这笔交易 但还有其他交易的选项 比如说猫王加几个新秀换 Justin Upton ? The obvious hangup here is that Andrus is 24 and still getting better as a player. The Rangers may be better off trying to lock him up, choosing instead to trade someone else. 交易猫王最大的困扰是 他才24岁而且一年比一年好 条子也许会考虑用个长约把他绑住 而不是交易他 Trade Ian Kinsler? The Rangers and Ian Kinsler just agreed to a five-year extension this past April. The notion of turning around and trading him is pretty silly, right? Not really, actually. Inking Kinsler to an extension was the right idea at the time, as he was fresh off a 2011 season in which he posted the sixth-highest WAR among all major league players, according to FanGraphs. The Rangers figured they were locking up a superstar. Unfortunately for them, Kinsler has regressed to where he was in 2010. His on-base percentage of .336 is not going to cut it seeing as how he's the club's leadoff hitter. He needs to be a lot closer to .400, and that's a mark he's avoided even in his best years. 今年四月条子才与 Kinsler 签下五年延长合约 马上把他交易走 是不是蠢翻了? 实际上并不是这样 2011年小金交出联盟第六高的 WAR 不幸的是今年球季退回他2010年的样子 只有 .336的上垒率让他看起来不像首棒打者 Trading Kinsler instead of Andrus was an idea that Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News proposed in a recent chat, saying it would make sense to at least explore the possibility. My guess is that Kinsler's value would be about equal to Andrus' out on the trade market. He may be older and more expensive, but the fact that he's locked up through 2017 with an option for the 2018 season could lead second-base-needy teams to go after him. Star second basemen who are controllable just don't show up on the trade market all that often. 作者认为 Kinsler 的交易价值与猫王差不多 他是个明星二垒手且可以控制到2018年 市场上这样的选手不很常见 If I had to throw a fit for Kinsler out there, I'd have to go with the Toronto Blue Jays. They have a very deep farm system, they don't have a long-term answer at second base and Kinsler would fit well in the powerful lineup Alex Anthopoulos has put together. Come to think of it, Daniels should have all AL East teams on speed dial this winter. Things are getting awfully real in that division. 把 Kinsler 交易给蓝鸟是个选项 他们还在寻找长期2B的解答 而且有肥沃的农场 If the Rangers were to trade Andrus, they could put Profar in his place. If they were to trade Kinsler instead, they could move either Andrus or Profar to second base. Either trade would solve the Profar dilemma. As for the Mike Olt dilemma... 交易猫王的话 Profar可以顶替他的位置 交易小金的话 可以选择把猫王或Profar放在2B 两种方法都可以解决现在的困境 接下来继续想怎麽处理 Mike Olt 吧 Trade Mitch Moreland ? Olt is a third baseman by trade, but he's played a little first base and a little right field since he got the call to the majors. Olt probably isn't going to be playing third base for the Rangers on an everyday basis in the near future. That's Adrian Beltre's home, and he's pretty darn good. Right field is also a tough one, as that's Nelson Cruz's position and he's also pretty good. That leaves first base, a place where Mitch Moreland has established himself as a solid offensive producer and a decent defensive presence. Olt 是个三垒手 也有在大联盟守1B或RF的一点点经验 可是目前三垒的 Beltre 与右外野的 Cruz 都非常好 一垒的 Moreland 也证明自己是个合格的一垒手 The Rangers could go with a Moreland/Olt platoon at first base next season, but that wouldn't be the most efficient way to play things. Moreland has become too good to be a part-time player, and giving Olt part-time duty would make it hard for him to make good on his star-level potential. Instead of keeping both Moreland and Olt and holding both of them back by stashing them in a platoon situation, why not bolster the team by trading Moreland? 让 Moreland/Olt 这两个一左一右的打者分享一垒呢? 这看起来不会是最有效率的办法 Moreland 打替补太浪费了 只给明星潜质的 Olt 一个兼职的工作也说不过去 这个位置容不下两个人 那把 Moreland 交易掉呢? This is another idea that Grant proposed in his chat, and I think it's a good one because the market for Moreland's services could be more demanding than you may think. Moreland is just now coming into his own as a player, and the timing couldn't be more perfect seeing as how he still has several years of arbitration eligibility before he hits free agency. Plenty of teams out there could use a first baseman like him. Such as, for example, the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays (yup, them again) and the Miami Marlins. If the Rangers trade Moreland, they could stash Olt at first base and never look back. 这是个好主意 因为 Moreland 的价值可能超过你的想像 许多队都需要像他这样 便宜又可以控制几年的一垒左打者 比如说水手、红袜、光芒、马林鱼 把 Moreland 交易走之後 就可以让 Olt 一直待在一垒了 If they'd rather keep both Moreland and Olt around—and they just might seeing as how both of them are talented and controllable—they could trade someone else instead. 如果想同时留住这两个选手 那只好想想有没有别的位置可以容纳 Olt Trade Nelson Cruz? Since 2009, the only right fielders with higher slugging percentages than Nelson Cruz are Jose Bautista and Giancarlo Stanton, according to FanGraphs. He can definitely hit the ball far, and for that, the Rangers are forever grateful. The problem with Cruz is that power is really all he brings to the table. He's at best a decent right fielder, and he's neither going to hit for a high average nor post a high on-base percentage. 自从2009年以後 SLG比Cruz高的RF只有 Bautista 和 Stanton 但他的打击率与上垒率不太能让人满意 The Rangers could make Cruz their full-time DH in 2013 in order to pave the way for Olt to play every day in right field, but that would leave Ron Washington with virtually no means to squeeze Michael Young into the lineup every day. And, you know, that's kind of a problem for Washington, for good or ill (mostly ill). 让 Olt 把守RF 然後让 Cruz 当个全职DH如何? Ron Washington 几乎不可能这样做 因为这代表没办法把 Michael Young 放入每日轮值 So one option is for the Rangers to trade Cruz, who has a year to go before he hits free agency. Teams that need power in right field (or at DH) would be interested. The only issue is that the Rangers wouldn't get as much in a trade for Cruz as they'd get in a trade for Andrus and Kinsler due to Cruz's age, his one-dimensional skill set and his dying contract. If Daniels would prefer to get a huge return in a trade (and why wouldn't he?), there's someone else besides Andrus and Cruz who he could consider trading. 把 Cruz 交易走是一个办法 但问题是他没有像 Andrus 或 Kinsler 那样的交易价值 他年纪已经大了 也只剩下一年合约 把他交易走换不到太多东西 Trade Adrian Beltre? Adrian Beltre was worth every penny for the Rangers in his first season with the team in 2011, and he's once again providing tremendous value in 2012. In fact, I have him right up there behind Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout in the AL MVP race. This is in no small part thanks to his recent hot stretch, but Beltre deserves due credit for being one of the Rangers' most consistent players all season long. 另外一个可以得到丰厚回报的交易选项是 Adrian Beltre 他值得条子所付的每一分钱 他在2011与2012都提供了巨大的贡献 是团队中最稳定的选手 Since he has another three years and a vesting option for 2016 left on his contract, it's safe to say Beltre isn't going anywhere, right? Yeah, probably. I haven't seen or heard of any chatter that the Rangers may be considering trading him, nor would I expect to hear any seeing as how Beltre is having an MVP-caliber season for a World Series-caliber team. So let's be clear: The notion that the Rangers might trade Beltre this offseason to clear some space for their youngsters is pure speculation on my part. I don't think such speculation is too outlandish, though. Beltre's value on the trade market is going to be sky-high this season, and trading him now before he gets too old could very well work out for the Rangers in the end. 从来没有听过条子想交易 Adrian Beltre 的传言 就当是瞎猜测吧 但这个猜测还是有点道理的 因为现在 Beltre 的交易价值像天一样高 趁他还没有变得太老 把他交易走 可能会是笔成功的买卖 And make no mistake, it won't be long before Beltre gets old. He's already 33 years old, and he has a lot of miles on his body seeing as how he's been in the majors since he was 19 years old. A couple years from now, he could be an albatross. Other teams will be worried about this, too, but the Rangers would still be able to find a taker for Beltre if they were to dangle him. And if they were to trade him, they'd be able to go with a very young infield. 已经33岁的 Beltre 不用太久就会开始老化 两年後他可能变成让人烦恼的重担 当然其他队也会考量这点 但还是可以找到愿意交易的球队 Olt would be the most obvious fit at third base, but plugging him in there wouldn't solve the Profar/Andrus conundrum. Instead, the Rangers would be better off playing Andrus at third (he played there in the All-Star Game) and stashing Profar at short. They'd then have Kinsler at second and a platoon of Moreland and Olt at first. If Moreland is also traded, the Rangers could move forward with an infield of Andrus, Profar, Kinsler and Olt. The only one of the four over the age of 24 is Kinsler, and he still has a few years to go before he exits his prime. 假设将 Beltre 交易走 那 Olt显然是个最适合接手的球员 但这样并不能解决 Profar/Andrus 的难题 条子可能会选择把 Andrus 送到三垒 让Profar站游击 Kinsler站二垒 而 Moreland/Olt 分享一垒 如果再把 Moreland 也交易掉 那 Andrus/Profar/Kinsler/Olt 的内野防线只有小金超过24岁 而且他会在条子待上很长很长一段时间 That's the hell of it. Even if the Rangers trade off talented players like Beltre and Moreland, they'll still have an infield that the rest of the league will envy. 真该死 即使把 Beltre 和 Moreland 这两个好球员都交易走 条子内野阵容还是让其他球队羡慕 --

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