今日消息 & Ian Browne 的問與答時間 - 美國職棒

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Valentine預計尻佛將缺席幾個禮拜。

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大家暫時不用再擔心Clay Buchholz的背傷了。

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Inbox: Does Youkilis have King-size value?
Red Sox beat reporter Ian Browne fields questions from fans

★Where does Kevin Youkilis' trade value stand? Could they possibly get a guy
like Felix Hernandez for him?

首先，要拿到Felix Hernandez需要很多籌碼，光是Kevin Youkilis是不夠的。通常球隊
不會交易王牌投手，除非你願意給他頂級新秀。

再來，我認為Youkilis待在紅襪的價值遠比交易的價值高。大家因為他最近兩年受傷而忘
記他的價值，大家不應該忘記Youkilis給紅襪帶來的貢獻。這兩年的失敗跟Youkilis的缺
賽絕對脫不了關係。在他健康的時候，火力是相當旺盛的，還有，他冬天的狀況很不錯。

★Do you think third-base prospect Will Middlebrooks will see any playing time
for the Red Sox this year?

如果你看到Middlebrooks上場，那肯定是Adrian Gonzalez 或是 Youkilis受傷了。我認
為Middlebrooks很有可能在九月擴編時上來練功，然後爭取2013的機會。

★Living close to Colorado, Aaron Cook did a good job for the Rockies when
healthy. What do you think his chances are to be the fifth starter? And
wouldn't it be smart to keep either Alfredo Aceves or Daniel Bard in the
'pen?

Cook絕對是在候選人之中，只是也有其他人在競爭這個位置。如果他能投出在落磯的好表
現，他很有機會進入輪值。另外Aceves很想先發，但是我個人希望他留在牛棚，他去年對
牛棚的貢獻很大。

★What do you think are the biggest question marks on the team?

目前來看是游擊手和右外野手。Mike Aviles 和 Nick Punto有辦法天天都有好表現嗎？
還是Jose Iglesias才是解答？

Ryan Sweeney 和 Cody Ross都不到紅襪近年來右外野手的等級。但是紅襪去年也是等到
季中才發現Josh Reddick很好用。在球季中發現答案也是一件有趣的事情。

★The Yankees and Rays appear on paper to have stronger top-to-bottom starting
rotations. Are the Sox comfortable with what they have heading into Spring
Training?

在一年前的這時候，ESPN的分析家Bobby Valentine在一小時的特別節目中說到紅襪的輪
值是美聯最豪華的。但是事實並非如此，所以顯然不是這樣就能看出誰贏誰輸。

我想這也會驅使Bobby Valentine和他的職員們努力，讓大家驚訝。

★Will there be a public tour of the new JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, prior to
the Spring Training games?

2/25。會有盛大的開幕式，而且會開放給大家參觀。

★What has happened to Carl Crawford's running game? He had just 18 stolen
bases last season. When Crawford was with the Rays, he stole 107 bases over
his last two seasons with the club. Can we expect a return to those type of
numbers for the upcoming season? (尻佛去年的盜壘怎麼這麼少？)

因為他去年熄火，根本上不了壘。如果他的打擊回溫，我想他的盜壘應該也會變多。

★While many fans may be concerned with the lack of activity this winter, do
you think it could indicate that [GM Ben] Cherington is saving his bullets
for next offseason? The next free-agent class is much deeper, especially for
pitching. Any chance the Sox land a big-name free-agent pitcher like Cole
Hamels, Zack Greinke or Matt Cain? (Cherington省銀彈是為了明年搶人嗎？)

這算是效益之一吧，但是我認為這不是Cherington的主要意圖。我想最大的優點是為了要
保留彈性，可以在7/31大限之前搶人。在前幾年都是在7/31才讓薪資總額達到最高。

至於你說的那三位投手，我認為紅襪應該都有興趣去問問。

★What is the status of Lars Anderson? Is he any part of the Red Sox's future?

他在最近幾年身價暴跌，去年七月差點用他去換Rich Harden，只是後來交易失敗。
Gonzalez絕對會是紅襪未來的一壘手，所以他只能當DH吧。不意外的話他今年應該會被賣
掉。

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