HAZEN: SOX STILL ENGAGED ON HAMILTON - 美國職棒

Red Sox assistant GM Mike Hazen, in an interview on WEEI's Red Sox Hot Stove
Show, said that the team continues to talk to free agent outfielder Josh
Hamilton. He declined to go into specifics about the nature of the
conversations, but suggested that the team will remain in dialogue with the
slugger, as it will with other free agents while determining what it will
take to sign them.

助理GM Mike Hazen說我們還在跟Josh Hamilton談

也跟其他FA保持聯繫 可能會繼續在FA市場補人

Asked whether he could envision a deal that was relatively short on years
with a high average annual value for the outfielder, Hazen responded, "I can’
t talk about anything specifically as it relates to free agency. I think some
of the things that have already been reported should in some cases give a
fairly clear message as to which direction we’re moving.

被問到是否會用短約高平均年薪的方式簽Hamilton

Hazen回答："先前披露過的報導可以給你們相當清楚的答案"

（按：目前傳出水手開給Hamilton 3~4年 平均20-25M 即75M/3yrs-100M/4yrs間的約）

"We’re staying engaged with Josh and all the other free agents, and we’ll
see where it goes. You don’t know how these markets are going to develop.
Sometimes you have a clear understanding of what they’re looking for and
sometimes you don’t. We just stay engaged in all of those things, and as the
market moves and it presents itself, you have a choice. You have your choice
to get in or get out.

與市場上的FA保持聯絡 了解價碼

"We believe heavily, strongly, that that wave of players that’s coming up
over the next two or three years, starting next year and moving into the next
two and three years is the core of this team moving forward. We want to add
impact talent any way we can, because 2013 is as important as any year. Like
Ben said, he’s said it many times, we want to be a little bit more
disciplined and intelligent about how we’re executing on that strategy,
making sure we’re not sacrificing on either the short- or the long-term."

未來兩三年上來的這批人會成為核心 也會在市場上補impact player

2013不會只是gap year 會試著兼顧短期與長期發展

（按：或許是指比起丟top prospects 更傾向砸錢在FA補人）

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1.紅襪已經收到幾份關於Ellsbury的報價，只是多半以prospects為主。

球團希望從Ells的交易中拿回能在13年有所貢獻的SP。

2.在費城拿到Revere守CF後，之前傳的Ells <-> Cliff Lee的可能性應該消失了。

3.Greinke的競逐者剩下道奇跟條子，紅襪沒有在其中。

4.SB NATION的Ben Buchanan 說我們還有40M可花(可信度不明)

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