[分享] Ryan Ward 如何克服漫長等待，終登MLB

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How Ryan Ward overcame long minor-league wait to make Dodgers debut: ‘He’s ear ned it’ Ryan Ward 如何克服漫長的小聯盟等待，終於完成道奇隊初登場：「這是他應得的」 https://reurl.cc/M230y3 DENVER — The wait lasted seven years, three weeks and, in the end, one final ha lf-inning. 丹佛——這段等待持續了七年又三週，最後只差那麼半局 On Friday night, Ryan Ward was on deck at the start of Triple-A Oklahoma City’s game in Albuquerque when he was called back to the dugout at the last second. 週五晚上，Ryan Ward 在阿布奎基進行的 3A比賽中準備上場打擊，卻在最後一刻被叫回休息區 There was news for him, he was told. But he’d have to wait until the team’s ma nager, Scott Hennessey, got back from coaching third base at the end of the inni ng. 他被告知有消息要告訴他，但要等總教練 Scott Hennessey在該局結束、從三壘指導教練職責回來後才能說 “I was getting smirks from people on the bench,” Ward said with a smile. “Peo ple had a feeling.” 「板凳上的人都在偷笑」Ward 笑著說「大家都有預感」 Indeed, when Hennessey returned, he delivered the news Ward had been waiting on his entire career. 果然當 Hennessey 回來時，他帶來了 Ward 職業生涯一直在等待的消息 After seven seasons in the minors, the Dodgers were calling him up for his long- awaited MLB debut. 在小聯盟打了七個球季後，道奇隊終於將他升上大聯盟，迎來期待已久的初登場 After a journey that often seemed to be at a dead end, he had finally reached th e pinnacle of his profession. 這段旅程曾多次看似走到盡頭，但他最終登上了職業生涯的巔峰 “Sitting here right now thinking about it, it feels like it went by fast,” War d said Sunday... “But, man, when I was down there, it felt like a long time.” 「現在坐在這裡回想，感覺時間過得很快」Ward 週日表示「但當我還在下面時，真的覺得非常漫長」 Ward, 28, was never a big-name prospect in the Dodgers’ farm system, nor really at any point in his baseball career. 28 歲的Ward從來不是道奇農場體系中的頂級新秀，甚至整個棒球生涯都不算受矚目 He didn’t grow up in a baseball hotbed... playing mid-major Division I baseball at Bryant University. 他並非出身棒球重鎮，只是在家鄉麻州米爾伯里讀普通高中，之後在Bryant 大學打一般等級的一級大學棒球 And while his raw power helped him become an eighth-round draft pick... an inabi lity to control the strike zone... 雖然他的raw power讓他在 2019 年第八輪被道奇選中，但他的身材（5呎10吋）、守備位置受限，以及對好球帶掌控不佳，都影響了他的打擊表現 “Nothing’s ever really been handed to him,” his dad, Carl, said. “He’s had to work really hard to get where he is.” 「他從來沒有被直接給予任何東西」父親 Carl 表示「他是靠非常努力才走到今天」 From 2021-2024, Ward rose from High-A to Triple-A by racking up 109 total home r uns... 2021到2024年間，Ward從高階 1A一路升到 3A，累積109支全壘打，展現能將球打向全場的能力 “He’s always had power,” said Brett Pill, who grew close to Ward as the Los A ngeles Dodgers’ minor-league hitting coordinator before leaving the organizatio n this past winter to become the Colorado Rockies’ MLB hitting coach. 「他一直都有長打能力」曾任道奇小聯盟打擊協調員、並在去年冬天轉任洛磯大聯盟打擊教練的 Brett Pill 表示，他與 Ward 關係相當密切 “I’ve never seen power to the opposite field like that,” Pill added. 「我從沒看過有人反方向也能打出這種力量」Pill 補充 However, Ward only hit .255... making it too easy for pitchers... 但他那段期間打擊率僅 .255，三振（532）幾乎是保送（195）的三倍，投手很容易用壞球引誘他出棒 Thus, Dodgers brass repeatedly told him that plate discipline needed to be a poi nt of emphasis. 因此道奇高層多次告訴他，選球能力必須成為改善重點 Manager Dave Roberts even pulled him aside... “This is what’s holding you back right now.” 總教練Dave Roberts甚至在去年春訓後特別找他談話：「這正是你目前卡關的原因」 So, last year, Ward found a way to improve. 於是去年，Ward 找到了提升的方法 He adopted a new routine... improve his eye of the strike zone... 他在休季期間調整打擊訓練方式，不斷改變發球機位置來強化選球能力，同時更仔細研究球探報告與對策 “I think it kind of dawned on him,” Pill said... 「他開始真正意識到」Pill 說「如果想上去，他必須解決這些問題」 What came next was a breakthrough 2025 campaign... 接下來是 2025 年的大爆發球季 ...he won the Pacific Coast League’s MVP... 他提升了保送率、三振率幾乎減半，長打更進一步爆發，並以.290打擊率、36 轟、122 打點拿下太平洋岸聯盟 MVP “It made him a complete hitter...” 「這讓他成為更全面的打者，而不只是長打型球員」 Still, Ward’s wait for a major-league call-up dragged on. 然而他等待升上大聯盟的時間仍持續拉長 “Honestly, I used it to keep going,” Ward said. 「老實說，我把這當成前進的動力」Ward 說。 “He never felt bad for himself...” Carl said. 「他從不自怨自艾」他父親說「只會說『好，繼續努力』」 During winters... he would help his dad... driving a plow truck... 冬天時，他甚至會幫父親開除雪車清理街道 Ward also worked at a local hitting facility... 他去年也在當地打擊中心工作，幫助年輕球員調整揮棒 “He’s just such a good kid... Boston guy, grinder.” 「他是個很棒的孩子，典型波士頓人很拚」 Ward... remained adamant about climbing the final rung... 但 Ward 始終堅持要登上最後一步——進入大聯盟，而且要在選中他的球隊完成 “That’s what made Friday’s news all the more meaningful...” 這也讓週五的消息對他和所有陪伴他的人都格外重要 “We were like, ‘Oh, my god!’...” 「我們看到他在休息區被擁抱，當下就覺得『天啊！』」 Ward’s stay might not last long... Ward 這次的大聯盟之旅可能不會太久 He was only recalled to replace Freddie Freeman... 他只是因為一壘手 Freddie Freeman 進入陪產假名單才被拉上來 But after such a long climb... it was an accomplishment... 但經歷這麼長的努力，能站上這一刻本身就是成就 “Actually, I was gonna start Dalton...” Roberts said. 「原本我是打算讓 Dalton 先發，」Roberts 說 “Dalton finished my sentence... Because he’s earned it.” 「但 Dalton 幫我把話說完了——因為這是他應得的」 https://i.imgur.com/ztIuR6T.jpeg

2019, Rd: 8, Pick: 24, Ovr: 251 Signing Bonus: $160,900 2019 21歲 RK 209PA 4HR AVG.271 wRC+102 K% 14.4 2021 23歲 A+ 495PA 27HR AVG.278 wRC+136 K% 23.8 2022 24歲 AA 506PA 28HR AVG.255 wRC+103 K% 22.9 2023 25歲 AAA 615PA 21HR AVG.234 wRC+83 K% 25.5 2024 26歲 AAA 520PA 33HR AVG.258 wRC+107 K% 27.1 2025 27歲 AAA 652PA 36HR AVG.290 wRC+132 K% 18.7 2026 28歲 AAA 81PA 4HR AVG.324 wRC+166 K% 23.5 2026 28歲 MLB 6PA 0HR AVG.333 wRC+89 K% 16.7 https://i.imgur.com/bWVGtFB.jpeg