Astros Extend Jose Altuve 太空人和豪瑟．阿尔图维签下长约 Diminutive second baseman Jose Altuve already has “his face on the side of the stadium,” explains Astros GM Jeff Luhnow, and now has the contract to support his status as the team’s biggest attraction. Altuve agreed today to an extension that will guarantee him $12.5MM over the next four years and includes two club options for the 2018 and 2019 seasons ($6MM and $6.5MM, respectively). In addition to buying out Altuve’s remaining pre-arbitration season and all of his arbitration years, the Astros now control the 23-year-old Altuve for his first two free agent-eligible seasons. 不起眼的二垒手豪瑟．阿尔图维就如太空人总经理杰夫．留诺说的那样「球场旁边已经留 下他的身影」，而现在球队更用合约来证明他是最重要的看板明星。阿尔图维今天和太空 人达成一纸四年一千两百五十万的合约，包括2018和2019的球团选择权(分别为六百万和六百 五十万元)。这项合约不只避开了明年以及往後的薪资仲裁，也让太空人避免掉23岁的阿 尔图维头两次的自由球员资格。 Altuve, a client of Octagon since leaving the Boras Corporation in May, has held down the club's regular second base job since last year. Altuve emerged last year with a .290/.340/.399 line and 33 stolen bases over a full season of 630 plate appearances. He has failed to maintain quite that pace so far this season, however, as he currently sports a .280/.317/.354 line in 380 plate appearances. Altuve has swiped another 21 bags thus far in 2013, though, and advanced defensive metrics peg him as a stable, if unspectacular, presence at the keystone. 阿尔图维自五月离开波拉斯旗下以後成了八方环球的客户，他打从去年开始就一直是球队 的不动二垒手。阿尔图维去年全勤出赛，总计在630的打席中，缴出.290/.340/.399的三围 并有33次盗垒成功。今年他的表现比去年略略下滑，截至目前为止打出.280/.317/.354的 成绩，不过阿尔图维本季目前已经打出21支长打，进阶防守数据也认为他是个能稳定出赛 的选手。 The move to lock up Altuve represents the first significant long-term commitment since Houston handed the reigns to GM Jeff Luhnow, but is unlikely to be the last. The deal does not provide Altuve with any no-trade protection. While the Astros will only be bound to pay $12.5MM to Altuve over the next four seasons, the deal would be worth up to $25MM over its full six year term if the club exercises both options. Altuve was not set to reach arbitration eligibility until 2014 and will not be eligible for free agency until 2017, at which time the Astros will have to decide whether to exercise one or both of the options they hold. 阿尔图维的合约是太空人总经理杰夫．留诺上任来的所签的第一张大约，应该也不会是最 後一张。这项合约中并没有不可交易条款，所以太空人之後四年只需要付给阿尔图维一千 两百五十万，如果球队执行两项选择权，那这纸合约的价值将上看六年两千五百万。阿尔 图维本来在明年就可以行使薪资仲裁，现在他必须等到2017年才能成为自由球员，届时太 空人将会决定是否只要执行一项选择权或是都执行。 As MLBTR's Tim Dierkes explained upon Altuve's change of agents, the then-hot-hitting Altuve could conceivably have been worth a five-year deal in the range of up to $30MM. Dierkes pointed to the relevant, if not precisely comparable, extensions given to Alcides Escobar (four years, $10.5MM) and Cameron Maybin (five years, $25MM). With Altuve cooling off at the plate considerably since that time, the parties seem to have followed the Escobar model in structuring this deal. Both the Altuve and Escobar extensions guaranteed four pre-free agent seasons in exchange for a pair of options. Altuve, like Escobar, is a light-hitting, speedy middle infielder whose value is heavily dependent upon getting on base. In that respect, Altuve’s lower walk rate and higher strikeout rate this year (as against 2012) are of some concern, especially since his ISO is also down. MLBTR的提姆．迪尔克斯提及关於阿尔图维换掉经纪人一事时说道，那时候棒子还很火烫 的阿尔图维值得一张价码约在三千万左右的五年约。他还举出类似的合约来做比较，像是 艾尔西迪斯．艾斯寇巴的延长合约(四年一千零五十万)和卡麦隆．梅宾的合约(五年两千 五百万)。而自那以後阿尔图维的棒子降温不少，所以球队决定循艾斯寇巴模式来签这张 合约。阿尔图维和艾斯寇巴两人都同意在成为自由球员的前四年签下这张合约，也都得到 两年的选择权。阿尔图维和艾斯寇巴一样，都是属於安打型、具速度的二游，因此他 们的价值在於如何上到垒包。从这个角度来说，阿尔图维今年的保送太少，三振太多(比 起去年来说的话)都是球团考量的点，尤其是他独立长打率也比去年还低。 While Altuve has yet to take the step forward that some expected after an All Star appearance last season, he nevertheless remains a valuable young commodity. Luhnow says that the team felt the time was right to “remov[e] some of the uncertainty for him and for us.” Certainly, by reaching agreement now, Houston was able to lock up Altuve at a lower price than he might have commanded earlier in the year (or, conceivably, could command down the line). And the limited guarantee holds down the deal's risk to an Astros organization that has been highly protective of its present and future payroll. 自去年阿尔图维在明星赛亮过相以後，他并未如多数人所想的更上一层楼，也因此他还是 一块值得开发的潜力股。留诺说球团觉得这个时间点刚好，「能让他和我们之间的不确定的 感觉消弭。」当然啦，太空人现在完成合约就能以较低的价码绑住阿尔图维。如果是早先 向阿尔图维提出这项合约 (不用想，之後提出也是一样)，价码一定比较高。而且合约中 并未做出太多承诺，让太空人承担合约的风险不会太大，也让他们现在以及未来的薪水总 额不至於太高。 =============================================================== 红字部分为不确定之处，烦请板友们指教 --

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