The Pitching Staff 投手群讨论 LHP David Price RHP James Shields RHP Jeff Niemann RHP Wade Davis RHP Jeremy Hellickson Unlike the lineup, the starting rotation is pretty straightforward: it's an above average rotation with plenty of depth. David Price is an emerging ace and although he is unlikely to post another sub-3 ERA this season, he’s still one of the best, young left-handed pitchers in the game. He's supposedly working on refining his change-up, which could add another weapon to his repertoire. James Shields is a workhorse that will log 200 innings and should have his ERA regress to the 4.00 range, but he does need to improve his fastball location if he wants to lower the number of homeruns he allows. Jeff Niemann is possibly the world's tallest junkball pitcher, as he succeeds mostly by mixing up his six pitches and boring batters to sleep. 不同於打线，先发轮值人选是相当明确的；高於联盟平均之上且有深度。David Price 是 位刚崭露头角的王牌投手虽然这个球季不太可能缴出另一个自责分率3以下的成绩。但还是 轮值当中最好的投手，许多年轻左投手在比赛过程中。可能要努力精链其变速球，为其 增加另一个武器球。James Shields 年年能吃200局的耐操投手同时ERA应该能下降到4.00 左右，假如想要降低被打全垒打的次数需要改善其快速球球路品质。Jeff Niemann 可能是 世界上最高且拥有刁钻球路的投手(Junkball-> 一种改良式的棒球游戏，在棒球术语指 难打的球，主要因为其身高造成球路尾劲(movement)不好打。也有Breaking ball(变化球) 和 Knuckleball 的意思)，其成功来自於混合着六种球路使得打者无法发挥( boring batters to sleep 直译是无聊到打者想睡觉，个人觉得使其无法发挥是较好的翻译。有时 看外电新闻里因为先发投手表现优异使打线无法发挥，原文就有类似 Lineup to sleep 这句话)。感谢 ckevint 版友提供 Junkball 的用法和翻译 As for the final two, both Wade Davis and Jeremy Hellickson deserve keeping an eye on this season. Davis had a patchy first full season in the majors, posting a 4.07 ERA with some rocky peripherals (4.79 FIP, 4.81 xFIP), so most people would view him as a likely candidate for regression. However, to some extent, Davis's 2010 season resembled David Price's 2009 season: he started off the season a mess (first half: 4.69 ERA, 5.9 K/9, 4 BB/9), but improved his process and results as the season progressed (second half: 3.28 ERA, 6.2 K/9, 2.4 BB/9). As he now has a full season under his belt at the majors, he could take a step forward in 2011. Along those lines, Jeremy Hellickson is a top rated prospect with high expectations, but his results may not equal the expectations in his first season. Both Price and Davis struggled upon first reaching the majors, and Hellickson is no flamethrower that will blow batters away; he's actually very similar to James Shields in his repertoire and skill set. 至於最後两位投手，Wade Davis 和 Jeremy Hellickson 本季值得注意。Davis 在MLB 第一个完整球季是打打停停而成的(球季中有受伤)，缴出 4.07 ERA\4.79 FIP\4.81 xFIP 的成绩，所以大多数人会认为其成绩很有可能反弹。然而，在某种程度上，Davis 2010年 成绩与David Price 2009年类似：开季处於一个混乱状态(上半季缴出 4.69 ERA 5.9 K/9 4 BB/9)，但改善其投球毛病以及随着球季进行(下半季缴出 3.28ERA\6.2 K/9\2.4 BB/9) 。作为在MLB拥有一个完整球季的经历，希望他在11年球季表现能更进一步。接着往下看 ，Jeremy Hellickson 作为顶级新秀有着很高的期待，但是第一个球季成绩不可能与期望 相符。Price 和 Davis 升上MLB後都有一番挣扎，而且 Hellickson 没有好的快速球能 击败打者；实际上其投球型态和技巧与 James Shields 非常相似。 ┌────┬──────────┐ │Hi-Lev │RHP Kyle Farnsworth │ ├────┼──────────┤ │Hi-Lev │RHP Jake McGee │ ├────┼──────────┤ │Hi-Lev │RHP Adam Russell │ ╱ Rob Delaney ├────┼──────────┤ ╱ │Mid-Lev │??? │———— Mike Ekstorm ├────┼──────────┤ ╲ │LOGGY │LHP Cesar Ramos │ ╲ Corey Wade ├────┼──────────┤ │ROGGY │RHP Joel Perralta │ ├────┼──────────┤ │Long Man│RHP Andy Sonnanstine│ └────┴──────────┘ After losing Grant Balfour, Joaquin Benoit, Rafael Soriano, and Dan Wheeler, the Rays' bullpen has been pegged by most analysts as a disaster. Andrew Friedman did his best to construct a bullpen on a budget this off season, but even he has admitted that the relief pitcher market worked against him and kept him from acquiring one more high leverage arm. That said, I think (and again, this is the homer in me speaking) that their 'pen is not as bad as most people are making it out to be. There's no telling exactly how the final bullpen roster will shake out right now, as there are multiple players competing for that final spot, but it looks as though Kyle Farnsworth, Jake McGee, and Adam Russell will be sharing high-leverage situations. The Rays are banking on Farnsworth having improved his game for real over the last few seasons, and they're taking a flyer on a high upside arm in Adam Russell, but rookie Jake McGee throws in the high 90s and has closer potential. Joel Peralta will be used like Dan Wheeler was in the past – as a right-handed one-out guy – and relief ace J.P. Howell should be back in the bullpen by the beginning of May. 在失去 Grant Balfour、Joaquin Benoit、Rafael Soriano 和 Dan Wheeler 之後，球队 在牛棚补强方面大多数专家认为是彻底失败。Andrew Friedman 这个休季在有限预算中做 最好的补强，就连他也承认在救援投手市场寻找合适人选不利於他但是其再次获得相当好 的投手。这也就是说，我认为(再重复一次，这是较乐观的说法)牛棚并没有那麽糟且和 大多数GM一样地试图成功的完成它。就是现在也难以精确地预料并筛选出人选并放入牛棚 最终名单，当有多个球员只能取其一进入最後的位置，Kyle Farnsworth、Jake McGee 和 Adam Russell 看起来好像将会是分享遇到危险情况上场解决其位置人选。球队指望 Farnsworth像过去少数球季在比赛後半上场并结束它，然後球队遇到危机时可以让 Adam Russell(上肩投法)上场投球，菜鸟 Jake McGee 可以投出90mph 以上的球速且具有担任 终结者潜力。Peralta 的使用方式同 Dan Wheeler - 只有对方打者是右打上场(一人右) - 而王牌救援投手 J.P. Howell 应该会在5月初时回到牛棚。 先翻到这边，这篇难度蛮高的。有点快翻不下去...，拆成上中下篇翻感觉比较轻松。 错误地方应该会蛮多的，还请板友指教，原文缩网址第一篇已有故不再贴出。 补充一下: 这篇作者是DBayRays Blog 作者群之ㄧ Steve Slowinski 所写，换成别人 来写可能没有办法像他这麽仔细。 --

※ 发信站: 批踢踢实业坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 220.135.31.4 ※ 编辑: knoxvillt 来自: 220.135.31.4 (03/24 05:03) ※ 编辑: knoxvillt 来自: 61.231.55.27 (03/25 18:44)