※ 引述《Belladonaa ()》之銘言： : 今年9月Nick Cafardo訪問Teixeira時問到此事，Teixeira回應： : "That was the greatest decision of my life, both professionally and : personally," : "It was made very clear to me that I wasn't ready for pro baseball. The : business of it is something I completely understand now, but as an : 18-year-old kid it was completely unfair. : Teixeira當時並不明白選秀策略，現在看起來再平常不過，紅襪今年在「第20輪」 : 選了高中生Alex Meyer，開了「$2M」的簽約金，被Boras拒絕。 所謂的選秀策略現在看起來其實很簡單阿，就是有錢的球隊(不管是用放話還是放 消息)讓其他球隊以為某個有天份的high schooler想念大學，然後等到其他窮球隊縮手 的後面順位自己選，再用大筆(有時候比首輪給的還多)的簽約金把球員誘惑到聯盟。 從下面的文字看起來，Teix講的business 應該指的就是這件事。 : 回到 Teixeira: : "I got to go to college and have the three best years of my life. And I can't : complain on how my career has turned out. I was upset about it for a couple : of weeks, but then I started getting into college, and once I stepped on the : campus of Georgia Tech, I knew it was meant to be." : Teixeira recalled, "[The Red Sox] treated us very poorly. It's something I : tell high school kids who are going to be drafted that you've got to be ready : for the business. Unfortunately, that's the way we were treated after I got : drafted, and that's the reason I didn't sign with the Red Sox. We never : sought or asked for an apology, but like I said, it was the best thing that : ever happened to me." 這邊就有點說文解字了，我覺得對Teix來說，他對高中畢業的那個選秀，紅襪的 做法是有些不滿的。當你說we never sought for an apology, 其實暗示的意思是we are entitled to ask for one, (至少在當年他是不爽的)，但他也說，等到他進了 聯盟之後，他也才漸漸明白，這種操作，就跟在arbitration上球隊要舉證球員那邊不 行一樣，就純粹是生意而已。這也就是為什麼他會勸高中生要懂得職業運動的運作。 另外，我不同意Boras一開始就沒給紅襪跟Nats機會。相反的，我覺得在Cashman 搞來Swisher的同時，Boras就應該明白這個交易Yanks應該只能當備案。以Cashman的 個性，他在FA Signing上其實是個謹慎但又懂得趁機偷襲的人。當年Damon的case就是 如此，用限時offer把人搶走。 我覺得，Cashman一開始的規劃就是搶CC加一隻其他的投手，找來Swisher則是讓 自己免於被Boras牽著走，哄抬今年最大尾FA的game之中。而在簽下CC + AJ之後， Cashman應該本來是打算放假去的。之所以Cashman回場丟offer也是來自Henry的那句 we are out. 那句話一方面讓Boras意識到BOS打算用一口價把Teix喊死，因為BOS認為 自己是當時在場中最有出價能力的買方。另一方面Boras也明白，要是他再回頭找BOS， 人家都已經高姿態了，再去巴大腿錢也不用談了，沒有籌碼，所以，Boras才會回頭找 NYY，也在NYY給出一個高於先前看到的所有價碼的合約下，攔糊。 要說這中間誰犯了錯，我覺得紅襪實在犯不著對外放話。如果紅襪的offer已經比 所有其他人都高，而且沒有人能夠/願意出到這個錢，話這麼明確的線也就還罷了，問 題就是有個支票本更大張的傢伙在旁邊等阿....要是Henry不放話，我覺得NYY根本不會 丟offer，就算丟了，Boras也會拿這個offer回頭問BOS，不會直接簽。 --

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