王將取代Detwiler的先發位置 - 棒球

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Chien-Ming Wang will replace Ross Detwiler in the Nationals’ rotation,
Manager Davey Johnson said, a decision Johnson based on Wang’s track record
and Detwiler being better suited to pitch in relief.

“It’s a tough decision, but I think it’s best for the whole ball club,”
Johnson said.

Detwiler (3-3, 3.88 ERA) has allowed 16 earned runs over 20 1/3 innings over
his past four starts, including a laborious, 4 1/3-inning outing Friday night
in a 7-4 Nationals win. Wang made his season debut in relief of Detwiler,
hitting 94 mph with his sinker in three strong innings.

In spring training, the Nationals planned for Wang to be their fifth starter.
Before he strained his hamstring during a March 15 spring start, causing him
to miss the season’s first seven weeks, they considered Wang among their top
three starters. The Nationals will put into their rotation a pitcher who won
19 games twice before major shoulder surgery derailed his career in July 2009.

“It would be very hard for me to have a 19-game winner who’s come back from
arm surgery and to have him in the bullpen,” Johnson said. “Here’s a guy
who’s been in pennant fights. He knows what the pressure is all about. So it
’s a good opportunity for him and for us to be in the role he’s accustomed
to, and that’s starting. It doesn’t lessen the fact that I think Detwiler
is a heck of a pitcher.”

Detwiler took the news hard, Johnson said, “and I want him to take it that
way.” Detwiler had pitched well enough at the start of the season to make
the Nationals think twice about giving Wang his spot. But after his recent
struggles, the Nationals chose Wang, who cannot pitch out of the bullpen
regularly because of his shoulder history.

“There’s still a lot higher ceiling there for” Detwiler, Johnson said. “
By the same token, there’s 25 guys on this ballclub. … 25 guys are going to
be in roles and stronger as a group.”

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