07/10 今日消息 & 小聯盟戰報 - 美國職棒

1. http://0rz.tw/yDeU8 http://0rz.tw/wAfiP

這段是呼應前面那篇老爹的文章:

今天老爹跟Frank Thomas見面( 圖 http://t.co/k7vo75I0 )

Big Hurt跟老爹很像，幾乎能說是DH；而且在生涯後段還能扛出全壘打

Thomas表示他對於紅襪採取一年換一次約的手法不意外：
「這就是大家對待DH的方式。我們在守備上不能提供幫助，我們的任務在於扛起進攻火力
，這個位置很奇怪。」

當年白襪拒絕他$10M的報價，buyout之後他去到綠帽；而在2006年之後綠帽只給$500,000
。「這就是年紀因素。當你過了35歲之後球團只願意這樣談價錢。」

Thomas後來打出爆炸性的成績，在38歲時甚至拿到藍鳥的兩年約。(最後在40歲被釋出，
跑到綠帽打part-time)

Thomas認為DH這個位置被嚴重低估，因為能夠維持打擊手感的人不多。

他認為老爹如果持續這種好表現或許可以在拿下2~3年約後結束生涯。不過考慮到年紀因素
，一年拿$14.575M不該太沮喪。他認為接下來可以拼拼看越來越大張的一年約。


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Thomas的約是在舊版CBA之下簽的。

有什麼不同呢？

之前是與自由球員薪資仲裁，如果仲裁失敗、球員轉隊可以獲得補償選秀，也就是藉著提
出仲裁來確保下一年至少會賺到選秀權。

這也是為什麼老爹可以加薪$2M。

但是新版CBA就不同了─球隊不需提出仲裁來確保選秀權，而是要提出QO(qualifying
offer)─ 一年約、全聯盟最高的125位球員薪水的平均值。(今年大約會落在$12.5M左右
，也就是老爹加薪前的價錢)

以下的可能性極大：紅襪直接給老爹QO。紅襪很顯然的不想給長約，畢竟再怎麼厲害的
打者都會被歲月追上。雖然老爹在今年有爆炸性的演出，但不得不諱言，給接近40歲打者
長約的風險的確較高。

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舊版的CBA，以V-Mart為例，我們在他去老虎隊之後獲得第十九順位(Matt Barnes)以及第
三十六順位(Henry Owens)。

新版CBA看似相同，其實影響更深。我們送走Papelbon之後拿到第三十一順位(Bian
Johnson)和第三十七順位(Pat Light)，前者以推薦價$1.575M簽下，後者以$1M簽下，省
下大約$400,000。

我們因此能挪用這些錢，以$1.3M簽下推薦價$291K的Ty Buttrey。

別忘記今年的總簽約金上限是用各順位推薦價總和定出來的。我們在Pat Light省下來的
部份可以幫助我們多簽下二~三位有簽約疑慮的球員。

尤其是嚴厲的懲罰讓這部份顯得更重要。

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單從老爹的OPS來看，幾乎能說是他生涯最強的上半季。

也許球季結束時不會遇到這種情況，直接給他複數年合約或是比今年更大張的一年約(這也
代表價格會比QO高)

也或許紅襪就只會開QO給他，確保老爹離隊時可以多撿幾個新秀。


2. Nick Cafardo:

So the plan is for Red Sox to activate Jacoby Ellsbury on Friday and Clay
Buchholz on Sat. Trying to deal an OF, preferably Sweeney.


3. http://t.co/nLLfP06U

有許多人談到Bard:

笑臉人的Chris Perez:

"Reliever, starter . . . reliever, starter," said Perez. "As a pitcher, all
you want is to know your roll. He's a tremendous set-up-slash-closer guy.
Just leave him there. Obviously, starting pitchers are more valuable, they
pitch more and innings and all that. But he had control problems when he
first started (in the minors), didn't he? And then they moved him to the pen.
It was done and he was nasty. And then back to starting and he did alright in
the beginning.

"Now, it's back to no control. You'd have ask to him, but I think part (of
the problems) are not feeling comfortable, obviously. Put him back in that
eighth inning role and he's a monster."

Perez was unaware that Bard has been dealing with what players call "The
Thing" -- the sudden inability to throw the ball over the plate.

"Like Rick Ankiel?" asked Perez, wincing at that the thought, referring to
the former St. Louis Cardinals lefty who suffered from the same malady
several seasons ago and became an outfielder. "That's what he was doing when
he (first) signed. I've been facing him since college. He was at North
Carolina and I was at Miami, so I kind of followed him. Now, it's back to
that.

"It's obviously something mental. I feel bad for him. My heart goes out to
him. Obviously, he knows how to throw a baseball. It's a mental block. It
sucks. It's hard enough when you're on and making pitches. But to have that
anxiety of, 'Oh, God . . . I don't want to hit this guy.' It's a harsh cycle
to break. But he did it once, so he can do it. He's just got to find some
confidence somewhere.

"Luckily, I haven't been there. I hope I never get there. But it sucks."

白襪的Chris Sale:

"I've paid attention to (Bard's struggles," said Sale. "He's a great pitcher.
He's got electric stuff. He'll figure it out. It's one of those things that
sometimes takes some time to get ahold of. But he'll get there."

"You come out of the bullpen and it's grip-and-rip," he said. "You're going
100 percent focus and maybe 110-percent effort. As a starter, maybe your
effort level is toned down so you have something there in the later innings
when you need it."


http://0rz.tw/e5URG

C.J. Wilson要在季後約Bard，看能不能幫助他

“If there is anyone who is converting to a starter, if they want to consult
me, I have an open-door policy,” said Wilson, who is 9-5 with a 2.43 ERA
this year. “I feel like there’s some stuff that I’ve done that’s a little
bit outside the box that really helped out. I think it’s essential that
pitchers handle it a certain way.”

“I feel like Daniel has, obviously, a phenomenal fastball, he runs it up to
100 mph, and as a starter I was curious to see if he was going to physically
back down and try to go slower or if he was going to change his mechanics,”
said Wilson. “I think it’s something that, he’s still a young player. I
was almost 30 years old when I did it.

“It’s something that, I had experienced starting already [in the minors].
But I think that with time comes learning. There’s no real margin for error
in the AL East, so it was a situation where if Daniel wasn’t going to be
successful right away, he was going to have a tough time getting a chance to
get the innings.”

“I would totally welcome him to come work out with me in LA this offseason
if he wanted to, if he wants to talk about it or whatever,” said Wilson. “I
want to see talented guys succeed. I feel like he deserves that in the sense
that he has the talent.”

如果Bard沒有要找他，他要告訴他:

“I was pitching hurt, with bone chips, bone spurs. I just kept trying to go
out there and it didn’t help me out. I ended up putting up bad results, and
I kind of had to win everybody over again in 2009,” recalled Wilson. “It
was a totally lost year in my career. So I can relate to a guy who gets into
Triple-A and has a bad year, because I had the same thing happen in ’08.”


4. http://t.co/ERTF3UPi http://t.co/7xrSKNYw

老爹在明星賽1-2

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"It's always a blessing to be part of the All-Star Game. Having the fans
voting and having you come out, it's great. It's something that never gets
old and I always look forward to."


5. http://t.co/0GIO4Uh3

Kevin Thomas推薦的交易選項：

Mike Aviles, Kelly Shoppach, Daniel Nava, Lars Anderson, Mauro Gomez

Nava清楚外野會變擠:"If it comes to that (having to leave Boston) -- which I
hope it doesn't because I'd love to stay here -- I think I've shown some other
teams that I could play," he said.


6. http://www.csnne.com/photogallery?gid=12960&gf=aggregate

上半季Review (詳細內容請見連結)

1.) Underperformance
2.) Injuries
3.) Pleasant Surprises
4.) Bullpen
5.) Bobby V.


7. http://t.co/yAxDldQl

Kevin Youkilis was named AL player of the week.


8. https://twitter.com/JLundbladESPN/status/222733308281364480

Middlebrooks' .538 slug pct is highest for #RedSox rookie at the break since
Fred Lynn's MVP 1975 season


9. Mike MacDonald進傷兵名單(Hamstring)


10. Will Latimer被送回2A


11. 林子偉的球探報告：

http://soxprospects.com/players/lin-tzuwei.htm

Scouting Report: Defensive-minded shortstop with an excellent glove, great
range, and a strong arm. Plus speed with fringe-average contact and
below-average power. Sound fundamentals with an advanced approach for his
age. Received largest bonus ever for an amateur position player from Taiwan.
Pursued by Yankees in earlier years.


12.小聯盟戰報:

╭───────────┬────────────┬────╮
│ Single A │ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 │ R H E│
├───────────┼────────────┼────┤
│ Greenville (43-46)│ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 │ 1 6 1│
├───────────┼────────────┼────┤
│ Augusta (42-46)│ 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 │ 4 7 1│*裁定勝利
╰───────────┴────────────┴────╯
W: Neff (2-1) L: McCarthy (1-3) SV: Law (2)

Greenville AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Garcia, Jo 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .267 SB (17)
De La Cruz, K LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .329
Cecchini 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .309 2B (23)
Renfroe 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .261 2B (22)
Moanaroa, B DH 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .261
Ramos CF 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .262
Swihart C 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .261
Turocy RF 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 .351
Guerrero, D SS 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 .255
Totals 29 1 6 1 1 10 13 .273
Team RISP: 1-for-9.
Team LOB: 5.

Greenville IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Carpenter 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 0 4.50 HB
Diaz, L 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.75
McCarthy(L, 1-3) 3.1 1 2 1 2 5 0 4.19
Lockwood 1.1 2 1 1 1 1 0 3.46
Totals 7.2 7 4 3 3 8 0 4.40
Diaz, L pitched to 1 batter in the 4th.

Groundouts-flyouts: Carpenter 1-0, Diaz, L 2-0, McCarthy 4-1, Lockwood 3-0.
Batters faced: Carpenter 5, Diaz, L 9, McCarthy 14, Lockwood 7.
Inherited runners-scored: McCarthy 1-0, Lockwood 3-2.

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╭───────────┬─────────────┬────╮
│ Rookies │ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9│ R H E│
├───────────┼─────────────┼────┤
│ DSL Red Sox (21-12)│ 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 1│10 13 2│
├───────────┼─────────────┼────┤
│ DSL Marlins (11-22)│ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0│ 1 6 3│
╰───────────┴─────────────┴────╯
W: Garcia, Ed (1-1) L: Jean (0-1) SV: Torrealba (1)

DSL Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Flores SS 5 1 1 1 0 3 1 .250 HBP
Garcia, A 2B 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .239 E (1) HBP
Margot DH 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 .256 3B (5)
Del Rosario, R LF 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 .240 SB (8)
Suarez, A C 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 .279 2B (10)
Duncan 1B 5 3 4 1 0 0 0 .233 2B (6) 3B (1) E (7)
Almengo RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 .172
a-Amaya PH-RF 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 .245
Estrella 3B 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 .250 2B (1)
Titts CF 5 1 1 1 0 1 2 .188
Totals 42 10 13 8 2 10 20 .230
a-Struck out for Almengo in the 8th.
Team RISP: 6-for-19.
Team LOB: 9.

DSL Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Garcia, Ed(W, 1-1) 5.0 4 1 0 2 3 0 3.25 Pickoff: Ynoa at 2B
Torrealba(S, 1) 4.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 2.91
Totals 9.0 6 1 0 2 6 0 3.50
Groundouts-flyouts: Garcia, Ed 8-1, Torrealba 6-3.
Batters faced: Garcia, Ed 22, Torrealba 14.

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╭───────────┬─────────────┬────╮
│ Rookies │ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9│ R H E│
├───────────┼─────────────┼────┤
│ GCL Red Sox (10-9)│ 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2│11 14 1│
├───────────┼─────────────┼────┤
│ GCL Twins (10-9)│ 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0│ 5 10 2│
╰───────────┴─────────────┴────╯
W: Melendez (1-1) L: Solbach (1-1)

GCL Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Lin DH 5 1 2 1 1 0 2 .286 2B (1)
Rondon, C SS 5 0 1 0 1 2 4 .275
Colorado RF 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 .234 SB (5)
Davies 1B 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 .263 HBP
Moore 3B 4 2 3 1 1 0 0 .184 SB (2) E (5)
Briscoe 2B 4 2 2 4 1 2 4 .250 2B (1)
Conklin LF 4 1 1 1 1 1 5 .241 2B (2) CS (1) OF assist:at 3B
Rodriguez C 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 .065 PB (4)
Pineda CF 5 1 3 2 0 0 1 .396 2B (3) SB (7)
Totals 37 11 14 11 8 6 20 .232
Team RISP: 6-for-18.
Team LOB: 9.

GCL Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Spalding 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 9.00
Alcantara, M 4.0 6 4 3 2 5 0 5.29 3 HB
Melendez(W, 1-1) 3.0 4 0 0 0 4 0 1.46
Scott 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.00
Totals 9.0 10 5 4 3 12 0 3.21
Groundouts-flyouts: Spalding 1-2, Alcantara, M 3-4, Melendez 1-2, Scott 0-0.
Batters faced: Spalding 5, Alcantara, M 23, Melendez 12, Scott 3.

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