原文网址：http://0rz.tw/a72S2 Prospect Q&A: Ty Weeden By David Laurila June 29, 2007 A 19-year-old catcher from Edmond, Oklahoma, Ty Weeden was taken by the Red Sox in the 16th round of the 2006 draft. A righthanded-hitter with good power, the 6-foot-2, 225-pound Weeden was projected to go as high as the second round but fell due to signability concerns. Forgoing a scholarship offer from Arkansas, he signed with the Red Sox in August 2006 and is beginning his professional career this summer with the short-season Lowell Spinners. The younger brother of Brandon Weeden, the Yankees second-round pick in 2002, Weeden hit .353-1-4 over his first six games. 一个来自 Edmond，Oklahoma 的 19 岁捕手，Ty Weeden 在 2006 年第 16 顺位 被 Red Sox 选中。一个拥有不错长打能力的右打者，188 公分，102 公斤的 Weeden 是被预测可能在第二轮就被选走的新秀，不过却因为签约可能性的问题使 他的选秀顺位掉到後面。放弃了 Arkansas 提供的奖学金，他在 2006 年八月和 Red Sox 签约，并且这个夏天他正在短期的 Lowell Spinners 展开他的职业球季 。他是 Yankees 2002 年第二轮新秀 Brandon Weeden 的弟弟，Ty Weeden 在他 前六场比赛就缴出了打击率 .353，1 支全垒打，4 分打点的成绩。 Baseball America: In just over an hour you’ll be playing your first game of professional baseball. What are you thinking right now? 再过一个小时你职业生涯的第一场比赛就要开始了。你现在在想些什麽？ Ty Weeden: You know, I don’t think it’s really hit me yet, because it’s felt pretty much like a normal day so far. I suppose when they call out the lineups--that’s when the adrenaline will hit. I haven’t played in front of a crowd for a long time, and it’s going to be a good feeling to be out there. I’m definitely ready. 你知道的，我不认为我真的感受到这场比赛就要开始了，因为到目前为止今天都 只像是普通的一天。我想当他们开始报打击顺序时候－－那就是肾上腺素开始分 泌的时候了。我已经很久没有在那麽多人面前打球了，而这将会是很棒的感觉。 我完全准备好了。 BA: The pitcher you’ll be facing tonight, Oneonta’s Alfredo Figaro, reportedly gets it up there in the mid-90s. What does that mean to you? 你今晚将面对的投手是 Oneonta 的 Alfredo Figaro，根据报导他的球速可以飙 到 95 英哩左右。这对你来说有什麽影响吗？ TW: Yeah, I heard that he’s hit 97 (mph), but a fastball is a fastball. I don ’t get intimidated by guys who throw hard. Not that 97 isn’t good, but you have to look at what his secondary stuff is, too. You can sit on dead red if that’s all he can throw for strikes. There are little things you can do to key on a good fastball, like getting your front foot out a little early, and I ’ll sit fastball until a pitcher shows me he has something else. Then I adjust from there. 没错，我听说他可以投到 97 英哩，但是直球就是直球。我不会被球速快的家伙 给吓到。不是说能投到 97 英哩不好，不过你同时也要看看他其他的球路如何。 如果他只能用直球攻击好球带的话，你只要等直球打就可以了。当面对不错的直 球时是有一些小诀窍的，像是加快前脚跨步的时机，而我会等直球打，直到投手 投出其他球路为止。然後我再做相对应的调整。 （最後那场比赛 Lowell Spinners 以三比二获胜，Figaro 五局失三分承担败投 ，而 Weeden 面对 Figaro 的两个打席，打出了一支一垒安打，一次三振。） BA: Give us a scouting report on yourself as a hitter. 对我们分析一下你自己的打击能力吧。 TW: I’m more or less gap-to-gap. I’ll hit home runs now and again, but I don ’t have an approach of going after them because you can get yourself in a hole if you do. You end up waiting for a pitch to drive out of the park instead of attacking pitches you can square up. I have power the other way, so I don’t have to wait for something I can pull. I also feel that I have a pretty good view of my zone, so I’m pretty selective at the plate. 我算是个可以把球打到任何方向，有一些长打能力，但是不常打出全垒打的人。 我偶而可以打出全垒打，不过我并不会去强求，因为那样可是会让自己陷入麻烦 。你会变得一直在等待可以送出球场的球，而不是去打那些你擅长攻击的球路。 我有反方向的长打能力，所以我不需要等那些我可以拉击的球。同时我也觉得自 己对於保护好球带的概念十分不错，所以我在打击的时候可是非常挑剔的。 BA: You spent a short time in low Class A Greenville this season, although you didn’t appear in any games. What was that experience like? 你这季在 Low Class A 的 Greenville 度过一小段时间，虽然你并没有上场。你 在那里有什麽体验？ TW: It was fun, and I think it helped me a lot. It’s so much different from extended (spring training), where there aren’t any fans. There was a lot more adrenaline and a real baseball-type atmosphere. Even though I didn’t get to play, I was able to see what it was like, and I also got a chance to talk to Gabe Kapler, who I think is a really good manager. 那里真的很有趣，而且我认为对我的帮助很大。那里和延长春训完全不一样，延 长春训根本没有球迷到场。而那儿有更多的紧张感和真正棒球的气氛。虽然我没 有上场，不过我却可以看到那是什麽样子，而且我还有机会跟 Gabe Kapler 说话 ，我觉得他是个很棒的总教练。 BA: What is the biggest difference in your game since you signed last August? 从去年八月签约後，你在比赛里最大的改变是什麽？ TW: My catching, totally. It’s 100 percent better. I’ve worked on it a lot with (minor league catching instructor) Rob Leary--everything from blocking to throwing to footwork. It’s by far what I’ve improved the most. 我的蹲补能力，完完全全的不同了。百分之百的更好了。我在 Rob Leary（小联 盟的捕手教练）的指导下做了不少练习－－所有项目，从挡球，到传球，再到脚 步。这是到目前为止我进步最多的地方了。 BA: Give us a scouting report on your defensive game. 对我们分析一下你自己的防守能力吧。 TW: I feel like I have pretty good feet and a good arm. I think I’m learning to call a decent game, which is something that should come along even more this year as I gain experience. I’m also getting better at memorizing the strengths of the pitchers I work with, and recognizing hitters' weaknesses. 我觉得我有很好的腿力和很好的臂力。我认为我正在学习如何在配球方面做的更 好，而这方面应该是随着我经验的累积，在今年会表现得越来越好。我在记忆投 手的能力以及辨识打者的弱点等方面也都有进步。 BA: You’re not very familiar with most of your pitchers yet, and have even less knowledge of the hitters around the league. How do you approach calling a game without that information? 你对大部分和你搭配的投手都还不熟悉，而且对於联盟的打者了解的更少。你如 何在没有这些资讯的情况下去配球呢？ TW: You mostly have to just go in with open eyes. You start by looking at where guys are hitting, and go from there. You watch how they react to certain pitches, and you can get an idea from their swing what they’re looking to do with an at-bat. With the pitchers, it’s simply a matter of learning what they have and how their ball moves. 你能做的就是睁大眼睛了。你得先从那些家伙的打击开始看起，然後再做接下来 的判断。你要看他们如何面对某些球路，而你可以从他们的挥棒中知道他们想要 做什麽。至於投手的方面，不过就是了解他们有什麽球种以及他们球路的轨迹罢 了。 BA: Of the guys you’ve caught this year, who has the best fastball? 就你曾经搭配过的投手来说，谁的直球投得最好？ TW: I’d say it’s Caleb Clay. He gets it up there 92-93-94 and stays down with pretty decent late movement. He’s also got that low arm slot. 我会说是 Caleb Clay。他的球速可以达到 92-93-94，而且都保持在低的位置， 并且有着很好的尾劲。同时他的手臂位置也保持的很低。 BA: How about the best breaking pitch? 那最好的变化球呢？ TW: Jose Capellan’s curveball is filthy. It starts coming in like a slurve, then it takes off toward the hitter’s back knee. It’s really sharp. Jose Capellan 的曲球最恶心。刚开始看起来像是滑曲球，接着它开始往打者的 膝盖後方飞去。真的很锐利。 BA: Who has the best command, and who has the most deception? 谁有最好的控球，谁又有最好的欺骗能力呢？ TW: Command would be Joseph Guerra. He really paints the zone. Not with just his fastball, either--he locates everything well. Deception, it’s probably Felix Ventura. He’s a small guy, but he kind of surprises you because he gets it up there in the 90s. You see it, and you think, “Is this serious? Where did that come from?” 控球最好的是 Joseph Guerra。他可以随心所欲的攻击好球带。而且不只是他的 直球－－他可以控好每一种球。欺骗能力的话，大概是 Felix Ventura。他是个 小个子，但是他可以吓到你，因为他的球速可以催到 90 几英哩。你看到了，一 定会想，＂这是真的吗？那是从哪里冒出来的？＂ BA: It’s often said that hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do in sports. What’s second? 常有人说打棒球是最困难的运动。那第二困难的是什麽运动？ TW: I’d probably say hitting a golf ball. It’s sitting still, but for some reason it’s hard to square up and hit straight. It’s weird, because it’s easy to hit a baseball off a tee. For some reason, it’s completely different with a golf tee. 我应该会说是打高尔夫球。它虽然是静止的，但是因为某些原因，那真的很难去 做好准备然後打出笔直的一球。真的很奇怪，因为打静止不动的棒球很简单。不 过，因为某些原因，打高尔夫球完全不一样。 BA: What is your history as a sports fan? 你作为一个球迷的经过是怎样的呢？ TW: I’ve always loved the Red Sox. As a matter of fact, when my brother was drafted by the Yankees, I was like, “Man, of all the teams, why did it have to be the Yankees?” I had to tell him that it was too bad, but I wouldn’t be able to root for him anymore. Even after he left their organization (he's now a quarterback at Oklahoma State), he still roots for them. I don’t get that. He’s my brother, but it’s always going to be the Red Sox for me. 我一直喜欢着 Red Sox。事实上，当我哥哥被 Yankees 选中时，那时我似乎是说 ，＂老兄，有那麽多支球队，为什麽一定得是 Yankees？＂我得跟他说这实在是 太糟了，不过我再也没有办法全心支持他了。就算他离开了那支球队（他现在是 Oklahoma State 的四分卫），他仍然支持他们。我完全不能理解。他是我哥哥， 但是我还是永远会选择 Red Sox。 BA: Was your brother a big influence on you as an athlete? 你哥哥在对你成为运动员的方面有很大的影响吗？ TW: Oh, yeah. I grew up watching him play--not only baseball, but football, too. We were both quarterbacks, although we had different styles. My brother was more of a pocket guy, while I liked to go out there and make things happen and run over people. Throwing is fun, and I have a pretty good arm, but it's pretty fun to take out your anger and steamroll someone, too. That’ s how I played the game. 喔，没错。我从小就看着他打球－－不只是棒球，还有足球。我们都是四分卫， 虽然我们的风格不同。我哥哥比较常在争球线後找寻传球间隙，而我喜欢冲到前 面然後创造出机会以及冲撞其他人。传球很有趣，而且我有不错的臂力，不过当 你愤怒的撞倒对方的时候，那也是很有趣的。那就是我比赛的方式。 --

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