Braves' staff is better than Phillies' - 美國職棒

Braves' staff is better than Phillies'
勇士投手比費城猛

Atlanta has far more depth behind its big arms than Philadelphia does
跟費城神臂比，亞特蘭大鐵臂有超乎想像的猛度

By Eno Sarris(FanGraphs)

It might have been the biggest story of the offseason: The Philadelphia
Phillies collected four arms that collectively would challenge the best
rotations in the history of the game. Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Roy Oswalt and
Cole Hamels would bring them to the promised land, or so the story went.

之前休季時最大條的新聞就是：費城收集四條手臂，堪稱挑戰史上最佳先發輪值的神臂，
內容大概是這樣的：Roy Halladay，Cliff Lee，Roy Oswalt和Cole Hamels會帶他們到應
許之地。

When you look at the Phillies, it appears that they are on their way to
accomplishing the mission. The team is in first place and the Big Four are
firing on all cylinders. They've given up the fewest runs in the major
leagues as a staff, so perhaps the case is closed: Philadelphia's rotation is
the best in baseball.

Except there is a team -- in their own division, no less -- that might not be
so impressed, mostly because they've got an impressive rotation of their own.

當你看費城時，他們總是以自己的方式來完成任務。這支隊伍目前第一，四天王也是火力
全開，也是大聯盟各隊輪值裡失分最少的一群投手，那麼也許本案結束，費城最強。

除了一隊例外，居然在有費城人的國聯東區，對於勇士來說費城的輪值也沒什麼特別的，
主因是他們自己的輪值也是超強。

The Atlanta Braves have practically pitched the Phillies to a standstill.
Philadelphia's starting rotation has a 3.14 ERA; the Braves' hurlers stand at
2.88. Their underlying statistics so far are equally impressive, even if the
names Tim Hudson, Tommy Hanson, Derek Lowe and Jair Jurrjens don't quite
carry the same weight. These rotations are closer in quality than we thought.

實際上勇士投手群已經投到讓費城打線哭哭了。費城先發輪值有3.14的優秀防禦率，而勇
士全隊投手防禦率更低到2.88。到目前為止，這神鬼數字跟費城輪值一樣搶眼。
即便Tim Hudson，Tommy Hanson，Derek Lowe和Jair Jurrjens這些名字跟四天王比起來沒
啥份量，但事實就是這票先發比我們想的還優質多了。

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