2020狀元 Mick Abel - 美國職棒

Abel welcomed to Phils by Harper via FaceTime
High school right-hander selected at No. 15 overall on Day 1 of 2020 Draft
By Todd Zolecki Jun 11, 2020


PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies had just selected Mick Abel with the 15th overall
pick in the 2020 Draft. He celebrated the moment with family and friends.

費城人在今日年度選秀大會上 以第一輪第15支籤

選取了奧勒岡州的高中投手 Mick Abel

Then, an unknown number called his phone to FaceTime. Curious, Abel answered.

正當亞伯與家人、同學 在他家中看著電視 相擁慶賀時

(抱抱～抱很大 都沒有保持社交距離 ㄆㄆ )

突然間 手機上響起了免費社群軟體的視訊來電

看了大吃一公斤！ 哈波的臉？！

"I see his face pop up and I'm like, oh, that's Bryce Harper,"
Abel said Wednesday night. "What the heck?"

"什麼鬼！ 真的假的？ "

Harper對著新同學說： 歡迎登機(入團)！

記者問哈潑 怎麼每次一選秀 就超前佈署越級致電

(GM可憐他表示： 我都還沒打咧 泥把偶放在哪裡？ ) (設計對白)

哈波表示 記得從前藍鳥之子 Jayson Werth 都會主動親切的照顧新秀

偶也要像他一樣 提攜後進 不遺餘力 !

Things like that will become more normal for Abel in the future. But on
Wednesday night, he soaked in the accomplishment of being a high school
pitcher from Jesuit High School in Oregon selected in the first round of
the Draft.

故事展開前 先亂入一發：

Abel這姓氏 (連同Cain) 沒看過聖經的人 也許不太明白吧？

(笨孔佛教徒 但是看過聖經～～封面 XD)

這亞伯與該隱 是亞當與夏娃生下的一對兄弟 也可算是人類的起源...

Cain(古文是: Qayin) 是哥哥 Abel是弟弟

該隱務農 亞伯牧羊 照理說 該隱務農應該比較恬淡溫雅吧?

壞就壞在一次兄弟侍奉上帝時 耶和華只接受了亞伯的供養 卻不理該隱

該隱心裡就起了瞋恨 除了埋怨上帝 也遷怒到弟弟

過沒多久 Cain一氣下 把弟弟Abel騙到田間給殺了......

簡言之，該隱代表惡人 亞伯代表好人，故事結束。

(羅倫佐的該隱： 最近黑人不是應該被疼惜嗎 為啥俺沒事stay home也中槍rz)


"It's a special feeling and I don't really know if I'm ready to give that up
quite yet and start thinking about everything that is to come in my career,"
he said.

亞伯：等這天等了許久 但選秀結果真一公佈 卻又霎那間恍如隔世

感覺心裡還沒做好準備 目睭前卻又飄過未來一幕幕可能的場景

有點慌了方寸 ...

Abel drew comparisons on Wednesday night to everybody from Stephen Strasburg
to Mike Soroka to Jack Flaherty to Rick Porcello to Justin Verlander.
There are three Cy Young Awards, 12 All-Star appearances and 2 World Series
championship rings in that group. The Phillies hope Abel finds himself in that
mix one day. They think he can.

在大檸檬官網 選秀新秀排行榜上 名列第１１阿哥的 Abel

被拿來比作： 史戳史堡、 韋蘭德、 紅雀Flaherty、 斧頭的嗦囉卡

"I comped him to Justin Verlander, so that tells you how much I liked him,"
former Rockies GM Dan O'Dowd said on MLB Network.

前落磯的GM 就對Abel讚不絕口

直說他是今年高中投手的第一把交椅!

"It's a plus fastball, he commands it, a wipeout slider and, for me, I don't
see max effort at all in the delivery. He does it easy. Developing changeup
and he's got two plus pitches right now with plus command of them.
This guy, for me, is the best-looking high school pitcher in this draft."

事實上從影片確可證實 Abel的人體工學與轉速運用 相當流暢

不管從哪角度看上去 他投火球時卻一派舒暢寫意 好似葡萄園間漫步在雲端


"I know Mick has tremendous potential and tremendous upside,
and our scouts were just in unanimous agreement with that,"
Phillies amateur scouting director Brian Barber said.
"He has the potential to be a future workhorse and just a dominating factor
and presence and a top-of-the-rotation pitcher."

本家新任選秀總監 Barber 選完後表示

當第一輪鎖定Abel時 費球探群 幾乎是無異議全票贊成的!

(王金勇：好像沒有問到我咧 踹 )

Abel, 18, had his senior season cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic,
but the Phillies saw enough of him and know enough of him to feel comfortable
taking him in the first round. Abel is the first high school pitcher
the Phillies have selected in the first round since Jesse Biddle in 2010.
Earlier this century, they also selected high school pitchers Kyle Drabek
('06), Cole Hamels ('02) and Gavin Floyd in the first round.

上一回把第一輪籤 扔向高中投手

要回溯至2010年之久

ㄜ Jesse必抖 ... 看到這名字 就嚥氣rz


"From the very first day that I came over to the Phillies [in October],"
Barber said, "I had a conversation with our area scout up there,
Zach Friedman, and he just wanted to make sure that I knew who Mick Abel was
and that he loved him and wanted us to have the opportunity to possibly
select him at this time. Mick is a pitcher that I've known for over two years
now and just one that I fell in love with the very first time that I
ever saw him.

Barber上任初期巡迴拜會各地球探時

西北區的球探 Friedman 就對總監說 您非得好好認識Abel不可!

果然一試成主顧 一見就鍾情 巴伯電光石火愛上了亞伯

"We love the delivery. We love the way the arm works, the arm action.
There's certain criteria that a high school pitcher for me and for us has to
overcome and Nick was able to exceed all those expectations that we have
for those guys."

Abel has a fastball that has touched 100 mph, but sits in the 94-97 mph range.
He has an excellent slider that he feels comfortable throwing in any count
and in any part of the strike zone. He also has the ability to change
the shape of the pitch from a hard, tight breaking ball to more of a slurve.

He throws a changeup and curveball, too.

首輪的亞伯 不必說 一定也是個火球男！

１００麥有紀錄可循 平日基本上是９５起跳

別忘喏 他才１８歲 謝謝!

https://youtu.be/0lEgv60q8SQ

看到別嚇到! 你們武郎敢站在打擊區充當打者嗎？

找我嗎？ 笨孔還有事 我走先 ^^/

"Most 18-year-olds with that type of fastball and that type of slider probably
just don't use their changeup as much as they're going to," Barber said.
"The curveball is a pitch that he's used in the past and put it in his
back pocket. Through the pandemic and shutdown, he sort of brought it
back out [in workouts]. The film and the data that we've seen looks
really good on that for future improvement as well. I'm definitely hoping
we'll get a guy who has four pitches that are quality and all get big league
hitters out."

綜合一下 亞伯 18歲 就有的球路：

四縫線 95以上 、 二縫線 93~94 、

橫向+縱向 滑球 85麥左右 、 曲球 、 變速球 。


"The best offspeed is my slider, I feel like I can throw it in any count
in any quadrant," Abel said. "Really manipulate it to give it a slurvier shape
or tighten it up with more velocity."

亞伯自評 最拿手的是滑球

縱然球數落後 也不怕拿出來投

除可隨心投到不同象限角落

還可以加大他的位移幅度 讓滑球變成slurve滑曲球

或是抓牢一點 讓速度加快 ~ 卡特化 !


Abel was twice named the Gatorade Oregon Baseball Player of the Year.
He went 10-0 with a 1.26 ERA and 111 strikeouts in 72 1/3 innings as a junior.
He helped Jesuit High School win a state championship in 2019. He also helped
Team USA win a silver medal at the World Baseball Softball Confederation U-18
Baseball World Cup in 2019.

Abel還打過米果隊的 U-18世界盃

可惜 冠軍戰 並沒有上來投種花台北

https://u18bwc.wbsc.org/en/2019/teams/USA/players/26098


His strong performances on the national stage got him into the first round
and that unexpected FaceTime from Harper.

Harper's message? Welcome aboard.

"I think the biggest thing I took away is the grind starts now," Abel said.
"Baseball is a grind, and it's going to take a lot for me to get to the next
level, and I better get to work."

亞伯曰 : 棒球是種 鐵杵磨成針 的運動

我想我要很努力 才能夠一階階往上爬

偶最好開心一兩天就好

趕緊收拾心情 勤奮開工上山牧羊去 (咦?)


The Draft continues Thursday with Rounds 2-5.

偶PHI沒有第二輪籤 買惠勒時賠掉了 哭哭rz

第15指名的簽約金上限 是３８９萬米果幣

由於PHI沒有二輪可花錢 高中生又可以用"不給錢就上大學"當籌碼

推測Abel應該可以拿到接近頂天的簽約金 ...

原先答應要到奧勒岡州立大學就讀

但第一輪 不跟球團簽約 那就傻了 ... 應可順利締結良緣 o(^-^)o


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David Brian Cone Mets KC Jays NYY BOS SP
Ht: 6'1" Wt: 190 Bat: L Throw: R Born: 1-2-63 Kansas City
YR Team W L ERA IP BB SO 1999.7.18 Perfect Game
94 Royals 16 5 2.94 171.2 54 132 1994 Cy Young Award
98 Yankees 20 7 3.55 207.2 59 209 1998 AL Wins Leader
Ttl 14-Year 180 102 3.19 2590.0 985 2420 '90'91'92 StrikeOut King

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