MESA, Ariz. -- The Chicago Cubs have been pleased with the continued improvement of outfielder Matt Szczur during his Fall League experience. 小熊對Matt Szczur的表現感到欣慰。 Szczur competed well against some of the top talent in the minor leagues, hitting .276 in 23 games entering the Mesa Solar Sox's final game of the league schedule. 面對高層級、頂級新秀的挑戰，Szczur沒有棄械投降。 The only thing that Szczur lacks is enough baseball games under his belt to get him to the big leagues. Szczur仍然需要更多的棒球經驗。 "I am excited that they have a lot of faith in me," Szczur said. "They are giving me excellent chances to play so I need to make the best out of my opportunity." Szczur：感謝球團的支持。球團給我足夠的機會去挑戰，我也會表現最好的一面給球團。 A football and baseball player at Villanova, the 23-year-old former two-sport star got a bit of a late start in developing his baseball skills because of fall and spring football practice. 棒球、美足雙棲球星仍在開發他的棒球技巧。 "I am always my own harshest critic," he said. "I analyze and look back on everything I do on the field. My training makes me aggressive by instinct. Little things like playing a little shallow in the outfield (are) part of that approach. I want to take away hits and not let a ball fall in front of me, the game inside the game, and I think that has helped me become a better defender." 嚴已律己是我的座右銘。我會REPLAY比賽中的表現，要求自己做得更好。比如守備該站 淺一點能把球處理得更好這類的小事我都會在乎。我想要沒收各種安打，不要球在我面 前落地。 Szczur hit .295 at Class-A Daytona in the first half of the 2012 season. He was then moved up to Double-A Tennessee and struggled a bit, hitting .210 in 35 games. The young outfielder has had a lot of instruction along the way that has helped the former fifth-round pick improve since signing with the Cubs in the summer of 2010. One of those teachers has been Daytona manager and Fall League hitting coach Brian Harper. 教練Brian Harper幫助他成長。 "Brian Harper really took me under his wing," Szczur said. "He really helped me a lot with the base stealing part of the game and an overall approach. Learning how to play the game the right way is what he hammered home to me. 我在Brian Harper的羽翼下茁壯。他教我盜壘的技巧，灌輸我如何解讀比賽。 "Another person who had a big impact on me is (major league first base coach) Dave McKay. I was around Dave for only a short time in spring training but he helped me every day to get better. If I needed extra work at 7 a.m., Dave was there to work with me trying to prepare me. He knew my knowledge was a bit ignorant in the game because I had spent so much time with football. He helped me so much and it was in a period of less than two months." 小熊隊一壘教練Dave McKay是另一位對我來說意義匪淺的人。雖然我只有在春訓短短 兩個月的時間內有過交流，但是這段時間他竭盡所能的教導我，讓我變得更好。如果 我想來一份私人特訓，即使是在早上七點，Dave McKay也會來為我做調整、幫忙。過 去我花太多時間在美式足球上，所以他花了很大的功夫幫助我這樣一位棒球文盲。 Szczur will most likely begin the 2013 season back in Double A. 2013應該會在AA田納西的開季名單中。 "I feel like the sky is the limit for me," Szczur said. "There is always room for improvement. I want to get better reads on balls hit right at me and Improve my baserunning and stealing ability. I believe that it is pretty good, but I will work hard to be better." 即使總有進步的空間，我還是認為自己辦的到。我需要更傑出的守備判斷、更好的跑 壘技巧、更好的的盜壘技巧，我相信自己能學好這些，但是我需要更努力去追求。 As of Wednesday, the right-handed batter from Cape May, N.J., was tied for second in the Fall League with nine stolen bases. 目前已九次盜壘並列AFL盜壘王。 因為是Szczur，百忙之間翻一下... --

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