Clarifying Chien-Ming Wang’s free agent status
http://www.i-yankees.com/?p=17051
Yesterday, we heard that right-hander, Chien-Ming Wang, was poised to sign
a $2 million contract (plus incentives) with the Washington Nationals.
However, those reports have since been disputed, causing a certain level
of confusion with regards to Wang’s free agent status. Today, though,
Wang’s agent, Alan Nero, spoke to the NY Post and clarified his client’s
current market position. “We are a week to 10 days away before a final
decision,” noted Nero. “A couple of teams have been very aggressive
and are far ahead. We are not going to do a contract pending a physical.
A couple of teams have made offers.” So, Wang’s status is still somewhat
organic, although the Nationals seem to be the final landing spot for him.
Wherever he ends up, he is not expected to crack a starting rotation until
May, at the earliest.
昨天有消息指出王建民已經準備和國民隊簽下兩百萬帶有激勵獎金的合約，
然而，消息的正確性仍被質疑，並讓大家搞不清小王到底還是不是自由球員。
今天，小王的經紀人尼洛對 NY Post 澄清小王目前的身份: "我們仍需要七到十天
做決定，" 尼洛表示，"有一些球隊很積極，但我們不會簽一份附帶健檢條件的合約，
而有些隊伍已經提出合約。" 所以，小王目前還是自由之身，儘管國民隊可能是他的
最終決定。不論他最後去哪一隊，他都不被預期能在五月之前重回先發輪值。
For those hoping to see the Yankees make an eleventh hour push to re-sign
Wang, GM Brian Cashman did his best to curb those thoughts yesterday.
“We would have loved to have him back,” said Cashman, “but due to the
risk of shoulder surgery, I only offered a minor league contract with major
league terms if he gets back to health.” Despite a published report from
earlier in the offseason which claimed the Yankees would match offers for
the Taiwanese pitcher in order to retain him, the organization never
seemed all that eager to re-sign Wang after non-tendering him, as legitimate
payroll concerns understandably clashed with legitimate injury concerns.
In 7-10 days, sadly, our one-time ace will sign elsewhere – probably with
Washington – and will officially close his notable tenure with the Yankees.
對那些期待小王重披羊雞戰袍的球迷，場面話魔人現金人昨天很努力的讓球迷斷念，
"我們當然希望他可以回來, "現金人說, "但因為肩膀手術的風險，我只提供了小聯盟
合約附帶健康恢復後回大聯盟的合約。" 儘管先前市場有謠言說羊雞會提供跟市場
相等的合約把小王簽回來，但是邪惡帝國目前看起來並沒有這麼想要把他簽回，
特別是在薪資預算已滿而健康狀況又未明的狀況下。在七到十天內，很不幸的，
我們過去的王牌將琵琶別抱 -- 也許是華盛頓國民隊 -- 並正式結束在羊雞的輝煌
生涯。
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如果眼淚可以讓我們回到相愛的日子，那流多少我都願意；
只可惜眼淚不僅沒辦法讓我們回到過去，甚至讓我們看不清楚自己...
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