在12月Top prospect报告出炉以前，Raysprospect.com将以新秀名字的字母排序，在这 两个月做一系列的农场报导暖身一下，一开始就由Chris Archer打头阵，让我们来看看这 为去年在Garza交易案获得的新秀过去一年的评价吧！ Before the season, it seemed that Montgomery could boast arguably the best rotation in the minors, headlined by Matt Moore and Chris Archer and with Nick Barnese and Joe Cruz ready to break out. But while Moore exploded onto the season to pitch seven shutout innings in Game 1 of the ALDS, the other three failed to take off. 在这个赛季前，Montgomery（光芒2A）看起来拥有全小联盟最佳的先发轮值，以Matt Moore和Chris Archer为首，Nick Barnese与Joe Cruz也蓄势待发。但最後只有Moore在 这个赛季一飞冲天，并在ALDS第一战交出7局无失分的好投。其他人表现都不尽理想。 After finished 2010 in the Southern League as a member of the Cubs organization, Archer was primed for a mid-season jump to Durham. But he struggled with his control: 86 walks, 10 hit batters, and 18 wild pitches in 134.1 innings with the Biscuits, and got bumped to Durham only for his final two starts. In some ways, it wasn't surprising. With Tennessee in 2010, he had walked 5 batters per 9 innings; his overall "improvement" in that department was solely from his time in the Florida State League. 去年以小熊成员身分完成南方联盟2010赛季後，Archer在今年季中被拉上Durham（光芒 3A）。但其实他在2A整季都挣扎在控球问题上，134.1局中，86个保送，10次触身，18次 暴投，升上3A也只有2次先发机会。但其实这样的结果并不让人意外，2010赛季，他平均 每9局保送5名打者；相较於他在佛罗里达州联盟有完整的「提升」。 注：Archer 2010年分别待过小熊1A（佛罗里达联盟） BB/9为3.2 2A（南方联盟） BB/9为5.0 ……的确有「提升」。 Additionally, Archer's strikeout rate was a career-low 7.9 per innings. The good news here is that he's still got the potential to dominate. His fastball and slider both rate as at least plus pitches, though unsurprisingly he needs to do a better job of getting ahead with the fastball so he can unleash the slider. His change-up made some progress but still grades out below-average. He showed what he can do in his final start of the year, in the playoffs with Durham, when he struck out 11 in 5.2 innings. 除此之外，Archer的三振率来到生涯新低的每9局7.9次。好消息是依然有潜力展现压制 力。他的直球和滑球都在水准之上，但无庸置疑的是，他需要将直球锻链得更出色，如此 一来，才能将滑球的威力释放出来。变速球有进步，但仍在水准之下。在他今年最後一次 出赛，充分证明自己的实力－代表Durham出战季後赛，5.2局，11K。 One comparison that jumps to mind is Edwin Jackson. The two have similar stuff (hard fastball, power slider, iffy changeups), both are athletic, and both had trouble throwing strikes. Jackson did limit the walks to 3.2 per 9 as a 19-year-old in the Southern League, but obviously had some issues at other points in his career. He made the big leagues at age 20, but wasn't a regular starter until age 23 and probably wasn't truly "ready" until age 24. I think you'll see the same thing with Archer. He'll pitch all of next season at age 23 and be ready for a big-league spot in 2013 as a 24-year-old. 能想到的模板之一是Edwin Jackson，两者有相似的stuff（刚猛的快速球、锐利的滑球 、未知的变速球），运动能力佳，都有控球的困扰。Jackson 19岁在南方联盟出赛时，每 9局仅投出3.2次保送，但明显可以看出生涯有些其他问题。他在20岁登上大联盟，但直到 23岁才成为固定轮值，也许24岁看起来才像准备好了。我想你可以在Archer身上看到类似 的影子，下个赛季他将23岁，我想他在2013年，24岁时，可以在大联盟拥有一席之地。 --

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