選秀回顧 - 美國職棒

John Sickels 的簡單回顧，另附上簡單翻譯。

Seattle Mariners Draft Review - John Sickels

1S) Taijuan Walker, RHP, California HS: A tremendous athlete and basketball
talent, Walker is raw as a pitcher but has a strong arm and great
projectability. He will also need considerable development time.

台灣走路人，右投。
有運動天賦，剛轉投手但擁有強壯手臂跟很好的展望，尚需時間磨練。

2) Marcus Littlewood, SS, Utah HS: Doesn't have great tools, will probably
move to second base, but a "baseball rat" type with a decent bat.

小木，游擊。
將來可能會轉二壘，對球賽的解讀能力跟棒子不賴。

3) Ryan Stanek, RHP, Kansas HS: Could have been a first rounder if he'd gone
to school in California or Florida. Can hit 95 MPH and quite projectable but
needs work with secondary pitches and mechanics.

史坦尼克，右投。
可以丟 95 哩的直球，但投球機制跟第二球種還要再練練。

4) James Paxton, LHP, Grand Prairie: Should have signed last year with the
Jays. Still interesting but not throwing as hard as he used to. Could be a
bargain if he gets 94-95 heat back.

公牛經理，左投。
去年沒能跟藍鳥簽約，球速掉了，但若能回到 94 哩我們就算撿到便宜。

5) Stephen Pryor, RHP, Tennessee Tech: Big arm, can hit 97 and has promising
slider, but command problems made him erratic and sometimes ineffective in
college.

不賴兒，右投。
97 哩火球外加前途無量的滑球，但控球orz。

6) Christian Carmichael, C, Hawaii HS: Very good defensive catcher, bat is
questionable.

卡麥克，捕手。會守不會打。

7) Mickey Wiswall, 1B, Boston College: Produced big power in college, but not
everyone thinks he'll do the same with wood.

衛斯沃爾，一壘。大學拿鋁棒打得併ㄅㄧㄤˋ叫，拿木棒還行嗎？

8) Jabari Blash, OF, Miami-Dade JC: Outstanding tools, but college career
marred by erratic behavior, was kicked off team in April. Could be bargain,
could be rapid bust.

旋風，外野。資質很棒，但熊庹不行。

9) Luke Taylor, RHP, Washington HS: Very projectable arm, should be signable
for home state team away from college at Hawaii.

泰勒，右投。地緣優勢讓他相對好簽，潛力無窮的手臂。

10) Tyler Burgoon, RHP, University of Michigan: Undersized at 5-10, but hits
93 MPH and has a vicious breaking ball. Could move fast in relief role.

博哥，右投。小個子大力神，93 哩速球搭配剛猛變化球，從牛棚出發衝大聯盟比較快。

FOUR OTHERS OF NOTE: 11-Jon Keller, RHP, Iowa HS; 12-Stephen Romero, 3B,
Oregon State; 17-Jordan Shipers, LHP, Missouri HS; 17-Danny Lopez, SS,
University of Pittsburgh

其他四人：凱勒、羅梅洛、喬丹船人、羅培茲。

COMMENT: The Mariners drafted several very interesting projectable arms in
Walker, Stanek, and Taylor, but all of them will need a lot of development
work. Littlewood strikes me as an overdraft by a round or three, but he has
good makeup. Paxton could be great, but who knows? If he lives up to his
potential, Blash could be the best of all, but that is a huge if. Overall,
I'm not hugely impressed with this at first glance...there are a large number
of questionmarks here, and the onus is now on the coaching staffs to make
this work.

總評：走路人、史坦尼克、泰勒都有好潛力，也都需要許多功夫培養；小木有點太早選，
但他帳面成績不錯；公牛經理可能會很傑出；如果旋風打出他的潛力，他可以是
長最茂盛的農作物，但那是如果；總體來講，水兵的選秀第一眼並沒有讓我驚豔
（對 Sickels而言），還有許多的問號需要水兵教練團來解出漂亮的答案。

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BTW，今日慘敗給遊騎兵之後，Lookout Landing 的作者狂罵 Ian Snell：

He's getting frustrated, and he's getting worse. Let him go. Make him go.
You don't even have to stick him in Tacoma. Let him walk free. He seems to
be a big fan of walking.

超酸 XD。

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