Will Ferrell ready for Cactus - 美國職棒

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球探觀察Will Ferrell的比賽滿歡樂的。

Tony La Russa:是哪個傢伙簽他的，一併釋出。

教士總仔:他的球路對左打者是個威脅，所以我派右打出來打擊。

其它的自己看吧，球探報告非常詳細。

好像看到7 tools呢

速度20
防守20
打擊20
長打低於20趨近於0
投球50

PHOENIX -- As far as highly rated baseball prospects go, Will Ferrell is kind
of a big deal. People know him.

And no one knows his baseball talents better than the Major League scouts,
who had a front-row seat for his cameo on Thursday. Those scouts kept a sharp
eye on the toolsy 47-year-old, as he played 10 positions for 10 different
teams across a slate of five Cactus League games in Arizona.
MLB.com talked to a scout at all five of Ferrell's games on Thursday, as well
as several other trustworthy talent evaluators. The reviews on his skill set
were mixed.

"Do whatever it takes to get him," quipped D-backs scout Brad Kelley. "This
guy's got pop, versatility and he can put us over the top. He gives the
manager a ton of options."

One scout at the Cubs-Angels game went so far as to write out a scouting
report on Ferrell. Some aspects were positive, but that scout -- tongue
firmly in cheek -- had serious questions about Ferrell's loyalty.
"He only wore a Halo for one-half of an inning," the scout wrote.
"Front-runner. Jumped ship as soon as Angels trailed."
Ferrell, dubbed a "seven-tool prospect" by Mariners general manager Jack
Zduriencik, went 0-for-2 on the day (with a foul ball off Giants reliever
Jean Machi). He posted an ERA of 0.00 after getting the Padres' Rico Noel to
bunt back to the mound.

Ferrell also didn't commit any errors, but that doesn't mean every team was
pleased with his defense. The routes he took on three balls hit to left field
did nothing to help the ERA of D-backs righty J.C. Ramirez.

"Who is the scout that signed this guy?" D-backs chief baseball officer Tony
La Russa said in a club statement. "We should release him, too."

Here's a full scouting report on the 10-team, 10-position phenom. Grades were
given by actual scouts, ranging on the scouting scale from 20-80, with 50
being average.

ARM

Ferrell's accuracy was probably his best attribute Friday. (But we already
knew that, didn't we? We've all seen that epic snowball-fight scene in "Elf".)

His first involvement in game action came while he was playing for the
Angels. Cubs catcher Welington Castillo hit a liner up the middle to Ferrell
in center field. An accurate -- albeit short-hopped -- throw to the cutoff
man held Castillo at first.

One Angels scout, however, wasn't especially impressed. The throw was solid,
he said, but Ferrell's angle to the ball was not.

"He's got an accurate arm," the scout said. "But apparently he comes from the
school of, 'Let the ball stop rolling, then I'll pick it up and hit the
cutoff man.'"

A's legend Bert Campaneris -- the first player to play all nine positions in
a game, and the inspiration for Ferrell's exploits -- played catch with
Ferrell in Mesa when the day began.

"He's got a good arm," Campaneris said. "The ball came out nice and easy."

SCOUT'S GRADE: "30, because it was accurate"


DEFENSE

Scouts and talent evaluators weren't quite as sold on Ferrell's defense as
they were on his arm.

"Defensive positioning is very important," said one scout during the
Angels-Cubs game in Tempe. "Because if he loses another half-step, he'll have
no range at all."

Ferrell made what was probably his best defensive play of the day in that
game, ranging to his left on Castillo's single.

Though he didn't make any glaring errors while playing for the D-backs,
Ferrell played a would-be double into a triple, a would-be single into a
double and a would-be fly-ball out into a bloop single.

"I thought his defensive positioning was terrible," said Reds broadcaster and
former pitcher Jeff Brantley. "He was playing right on the warning track,
which I thought was a tough spot for J.C. Ramirez. His arm was adequate, he
charged well, it just took him a long time to actually charge the ball."


SCOUT'S GRADE: 20


SPEED

Ferrell's wheels were the first item on the agenda of Zduriencik. The
Mariners' general manager -- who has a background in scouting, by the way --
liked Ferrell's potential on film.

"In 'Talladega Nights,' when he ran up the race track, you saw quickness,
great agility and someone who fears nobody," Zduriencik said.

Ferrell never reached base, but he did get to showcase his speed while in the
outfield. Playing against the Reds in Scottsdale, Ferrell had to sprint back
to the wall on an Ivan De Jesus triple, and he had to break in on a Brian
O'Grady popup.

"He had a good quick first step," Brantley said. "There wasn't a whole lot
after that."

Rickey Henderson, the greatest basestealer in the sport's history, wryly said
he thinks Ferrell has the body of a basestealer. He just needs to learn the
craft. What exactly does Ferrell need to learn?

"Count to three, put your head down, go," was Henderson's advice.


SCOUT'S GRADE: 20


HITTING

Ferrell's debut at-bat came in Tempe in a Cubs uniform, where he pinch-hit
for Matt Szczur -- a move that wasn't originally planned.

Ferrell took two upper-80s fastballs from the Angels' Zach Stewart before
swinging and missing at a 90-mph heater for strike three.

How did that swing look? A bit too slow for one scout's liking.

"You could time it with a stopwatch, that swing," one scout said. "But, to be
fair, he did get beat by an average Major League fastball."

Another scout, who watched Ferrell strike out in Glendale, called Ferrell's
swing "worse than a rusty gate."


SCOUT'S GRADE: 20


HITTING FOR POWER

Kelley, who watched Ferrell take batting practice in Mesa, thought the swing
might be able to play.

"He's a power-hitting utility guy who's got a nice swing," he said. "You
aren't going to find many like him."

Well, safe to say, his swing didn't play very well. He was well behind on
every fastball he saw. The scout in Glendale called the swing "a little too
long" -- in the same way Bob Uecker called Ricky Vaughn's fastball "just a
bit outside."

"I saw where the defense was playing," the scout said of the relatively
drawn-in infield. "They probably were playing too deep."


SCOUT'S GRADE: "Below 20, probably a zero"


PITCHING

Ferrell threw one pitch, which hit 55 mph on the gun. He may not bring the
heat, but he got Noel to bounce back to the mound. (OK, OK, it was a bunt.
Still, Ferrell's ERA this spring is 0.00. That's better than Clayton Kershaw.
And that was enough to impress the scouts in Peoria.)

"You know what, he actually showed some serious coordination and balance out
there," the scout said.

Kelley went one step further, calling Ferrell "the next Sidd Finch, except
he's real." Finch was a fictional character made up as an April Fool's Day
prank in 1985. He was said to be a prospect with a 168-mph fastball and
pinpoint control.

Padres manager Bud Black -- a big leaguer for 15 years and a pitching coach
for five years -- knows a good pitcher when he sees one.

"Ferrell's tough on lefties," Black said. "That's what we were told early on,
that we had to send a right-handed bat up there because his assortment of
offspeed pitches is very tough on the left-handed hitter."

SCOUT'S GRADE: 50

MAKEUP

Does Ferrell have the mental makeup to succeed in the big leagues? You bet,
says one scout.

"He's a good teammate -- a top-step guy, cheering on his teammates," the
scouting report from the Tempe scout read. "But sometimes it looks like he
would be more comfortable with pom poms."

Sure, Ferrell probably was more comfortable toting pom poms and wearing a
cheerleader outfit on Saturday Night Live than he was dealing with the sun
field at Tempe Diablo Stadium.

Another scout appreciated Ferrell's talents, but worried whether he'd become
a distraction.

"He's got the biggest entourage in baseball," he said. "It makes that dugout
way too crowded."

Zduriencik didn't agree, however. He thought the positive energy outweighed
all the extra attention.

"He's dynamic, his personality is one that everyone says is such a team
leader and the chemistry he'll bring to a team is phenomenal," Zduriencik
said. "We're all looking forward to getting to know him a little better." I
asked one scout for a final verdict on Ferrell as a player: "Pluses and
minuses," was the short response.

But at the end of the day, even the scouts enjoyed Ferrell's presence at the
park.

"It's just great for our game," said the Peoria scout. "When someone who
doesn't play can promote it like this -- everyone had a great time."

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