Prospect of the Day: Jose Iglesias, … - 美國職棒

快速翻譯一下，畢竟農場很久沒有這麼值得期待的選手上來了~

by John Sickels

Over the weekend, the Red Sox promoted Cuban infielder Jose Iglesias to cover
for the injured Marco Scutaro and act as backup for Jed Lowrie at shortstop.
因為Scutaro受傷的緣故，紅襪把古巴籍新秀Jose Iglesias升上來當蘿莉的替補

Signed to a four-year major league contract worth $8.25 million in 2009,
Iglesias is a tremendous defensive shortstop, worthy of winning Gold
Gloves if he plays regularly. His range, hands, and arm strength all rate as
excellent, and scouts love his instincts and quick reactions.
09年，花了8.25M鎂跟Jose簽了4年合約，林北實在非常喜歡Jose巨大的防守能力，好好打
的話，有機會拿個金手套

He'll make occasional errors (five already in 24 games for Triple-A Pawtucket this
year), but he also gets to balls that most infielders can't reach according
to scouts, and range is more important than reliability for a young
infielder. Reliability usually improves over time; range doesn't.
雖然Jose在處理簡單的play可能會小吐搥，但他卻可以處理大部分SS沒辦法接到的球
跟買房子一樣強調location!! location!! location!!
renge!! renge!! renge!! 穩定度可以靠歲月來累積，range是天身的(看看某丁)


The main problem for Iglesias is offense. He has some bat speed, and the
Red Sox insist that his excellent hand-eye coordination will eventually
translate into good hitting, at least for average. He did hit .285 in 57
games in Double-A last year. But he has almost no power, was hitting just
.253/.278/.253 this year in 24 games for Pawtucket (zero extra-base hits in
92 plate appearances), and is hampered by poor strike zone judgment. He runs
well but doesn't steal many bases. Without significant improvement with his
plate discipline and/or power, his offense will consist entirely of an empty
batting average.
打擊實在很慘，去年在2A勉強打的可以，今年在3A，92打數沒半支長打，對好壞球沒什麼
判斷能力。在速度方面還不錯，但不太盜壘。假如無法提升power跟選球，將來可能成為自
殺棒

Iglesias is just 21 years old and is still adapting to North America, so
there is still a chance his offense will improve. His glove will keep him
employed for a long time. Right now he needs at-bats to work out the kinks in
his hitting. He won't get a lot of them in Boston right now as long as Jed
Lowrie is hitting, so expect Iglesias to return to Triple-A once Scutaro is
healed.
還年輕，還在適應美國生活，現在蘿莉正火，Jose可能沒什麼機會上場打擊，上來觀光一下
，太郎會來，好好回3A學習

老實說，他只要成為防守強化版的Lugo，我就覺得還不錯

但我是指Lugo扣除在BOS的成績XDDD
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