[翻譯] AJC 兩篇: Freeman & Heyward 簽約

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Freeman lands franchise-record $135 million contract By David O'Brien The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted: 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/baseball/freeman-could-get-braves-largest-ever-contract/ndC4W/ One week after his pal Chipper Jones rescued him from a snowstorm, first baseman Freddie Freeman reaped a blizzard of cash with a franchise-record eight-year, $135 million contract that surpassed what the Braves once paid Chipper. The Braves and their All-Star first baseman finalized the deal Tuesday, a week before a scheduled arbitration hearing. Freeman’s contract extension runs through 2021 — buying out all three of his arbitration years as well as five free-agent years — and easily tops the previous franchise-record deal, a six-year, $90 million extension that Jones signed before the 2001 season. “Freddie has established himself as one of the best young talents in the game,” Braves general manager Frank Wren said. “We are excited to sign one of our own homegrown players to a contract that will keep him in a Braves uniform for the next eight seasons.” 在 Chipper Jones 營救 Freeman 暴風雪之夜後的一週，Freeman 拿到了 135M/8yrs. 的勇士史上最大約。在仲裁庭前一週的星期二達成協議。Freeman 將被綁到 2021， 8 年包含了他的最後 3 年仲裁年以及接下來的 5 年 FA。這個約也遠超過 2001 當年 CJ 的 90M/6yrs.。Wren 說 Freeman 表現出了他是年輕小夥子裡最棒的之一，對於簽下家鄉長大的球員感到很興奮。 Earlier Tuesday, the Braves also signed right fielder Jason Heyward to a two-year, $13.3 million contract, buying out his last two arbitration years before free agency. 星期二稍早，勇士也宣佈簽下 Heyward，13.3M/2yrs.。把他 FA 前的最後兩年仲裁年解決了。 Freeman is coming off a breakthrough performance in his third season. He ranked fifth in the National League MVP balloting after batting .319 with a .396 on-base percentage, 23 homers and 109 RBIs, the Braves’ first 100-RBI man since Jones and Jeff Francoeur in 2007. On Jan. 28, Jones drove his all-terrain vehicle an estimated 10 miles through the Atlanta-area suburbs to pick up Freeman, who was among thousands of drivers stranded in traffic for hours on area highways after a winter storm paralyzed the area. Freeman, a 6-foot-5 California native, just turned 24 in September. Now he has a contract with an average annual value of $16.875 million, topping the $15.05 million AAV of the five-year, $75.25 million deal that center fielder B.J. Upton signed last winter — which was and is the largest free-agent contract in franchise history. Freeman 在他的第三個完整球季表現絕佳，進了 MVP 選單中，也是 CJ 跟 Francoeur 之後第一個百分打點的球員。Freeman 九月才要 24 歲，他的薪水 AAV 來到 16.875M，超過了 BJ 的 15.05M。 A few years ago, it was assumed that Heyward was the Brave most likely to someday get a nine-figure deal. Freeman was a second-round pick in the 2007 draft out of El Modena High School in Orange, Calif. Heyward was the Braves’ first-round pick that year out of Henry County High in McDonough, and the two prospects became close friends as minor league teammates for three seasons through 2009. Heyward won a starting job with the big-league Braves at 2010 spring training. After electrifying Turner Field with an opening-day homer and making the All-Star team as a rookie, Heyward was unofficial heir apparent to Jones as Face of the Franchise and next great Braves position player. The Golden Child. But in the past three seasons, Heyward has been inconsistent and had his career trajectory slowed at times — in part due to injuries — while Freeman has been the Braves’ steadiest hitter since his rookie season in 2011… 幾年前，一般認為 Heyward 才是最有機會拿到億元合約的人，但因傷的關係他遲遲無法有符合期待的表現。Freeman 則是從 2011 菜鳥年後持續穩定好表現。他們兩位都在 2007 被選進來，Freeman 是第二輪，Heyward是第一輪，他們當了三年小聯盟隊友。 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Braves sign Heyward, Freeman to multi-year deals; arb hearing set for Kimbrel By David O'Brien The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Updated: 4:49 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 Posted: 1:13 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/baseball/arb-hearings-set-for-braves-kimbrel-freeman-heywar/ndCB3/ The Braves signed Freddie Freeman to record-breaking $135 million contract and also signed Jason Heyward, avoiding arbitration with two of the young stars they’d been set to face in hearings beginning next week. However, the team still is scheduled for an arbitration hearing with Craig Kimbrel on Feb. 17, barring an unlikely multi-year deal being worked out with the All-Star closer before then. 簽完 Freeman 以及 Heyward 之後，剩下一個還沒定案的就是 Kimbrel 了。2/17 開仲裁庭，勇士不太可能給這位 All-Star 複數年合約。 Heyward got a two-year, $13.3 million deal, and Freeman broke the bank with an eight-year deal worth $45 million more than the previous franchise record of $90 million for Chipper Jones’ six-year extension prior to the 2001 season. Both Freeman and Heyward are represented by Excel Sports Management. Heyward’s deal includes performance-based escalators that could increase his salary in the second season of the deal in 2015. The contract was agreed to Sunday night and finalized after Heyward passed a physical exam Monday. “I’m just excited that I don’t have to worry about the (arbitration) process any longer,” said Heyward, who will be eligible for free agency after the contract expires following the 2015 season. “I didn’t know if it was going to get done or not. You just hope to agree to something. The business part, it can be a distraction. I’m glad it’s not.” Braves general manager Frank Wren said signing Heyward and Freeman was not a sign of the team relenting in its “file and trial” strategy that eschews negotiations with players after the deadline when teams and unsigned arbitration-eligible players exchange salary-arbitration figures. That date was Jan. 17. “It’s a very strict policy,” Wren said. “We have no exceptions, unless talks are about a multi-year contract. That’s always been the policy.” Heyward 得到 13.3M/2yrs，這約在星期天簽下，並在星期一 Heyward 通過體檢後確定。 Heyward 說他很高興不用再經過仲裁的過程了，那些談薪水的公事總讓人分心。Wren 說簽下這兩位球員並不意味球隊在仲裁過程表示讓步。除非談複數年合約，否則提仲裁都是個艱困而沒有例外的過程。 The $300,000 difference between the one-year salaries proposed by Heyward ($5.5 million) and the Braves ($5.2 million) on Jan. 17 was the second-smallest among the 38 players who swapped figures with teams. Heyward’ s new deal includes salaries of $4.5 million in 2014 and $7.8 million in 2015. He also got a $1 million signing bonus. “Baseball has a business side to it when it comes to dollars and cents,” Heyward said after Tuesday’s announcement. “That’s not why I play. It’s not what I want to discuss when I’m trying to prepare for a season.” The Braves had a tough time coming up with a specific salary figure to offer Heyward on Jan. 17 because he was coming off a season in which he showed flashes of his tremendous talent and versatility, but also missed more than two months due to surgeries for an appendectomy and a broken jaw. Heyeard 的 0.3M 仲裁落差（5.2 to 5.5）是今年所有 38 位仲裁球員中最小的，而現在他的新約包括 2014 的 4.5M 跟 2015 的 7.8M，另外包含 1M 簽約獎金。Heyward 表示棒球生意總會斤斤計較，而這部份不是他所關心與專注的部份。勇士提出這樣的數字也是個艱困的決定，對於這位充滿天份但卻被傷所困的球員。 Heyward, who burst onto the scene with an All-Star season as a rookie in 2010, played in 104 games in 2013 and made $3.65 million while hitting .254 with 37 extra-base hits (14 homers) in 440 at-bats. That included.322 with a .403 on-base percentage and six homers in 118 at-bats from the leadoff spot. The 6-foot-5, 240-pound McDonough native gave the Braves’ offense a much-needed spark at the leadoff spot before being struck in the jaw by a fastball from Mets left-hander Jonathan Niese on Aug. 21. He returned a month later. “Jason is an important part of our organization and we’re glad that we were able to agree on a multi-year contract,” said Wren, who added that there were never any offers made for a deal of three years or more that would buy out potential free-agent years for Heyward. Heyward 2010 菜鳥年有全明星的表現，2013 年再他被砸傷下巴前他也擔任亮眼的第一棒。Wren 說 Heyward 是球隊中重要的一塊，很高興能達成複數年合約。但他也補充說球隊對 Heyward 並沒有提出更長的合約（以涵蓋他的 FA 年）。 Braves pitchers and catchers report to spring training Feb. 12 at Lake Buena Vista, Fla., with their first workout scheduled the next day. Remaining position players are due in by Feb. 18, and the first full-squad workout is Feb. 19. Hearings for arbitration-eligible players who remain unsigned are scheduled through Feb. 21 in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Braves, after not going to a hearing with any player since John Rocker in 2001, are prepared to go all the way with Kimbrel. A three-member arbitration panel would determine which salary each player gets, and it must be either the salary proposed by the player or by the team when the sides swapped arbitration salaries on Jan. 17. The panel cannot “ split the difference” between proposed salaries – it must select one of the two salaries exchanged in each case. Kimbrel, baseball’s most dominant closer in his first three full seasons, asked for a $9 million salary, which is $3.75 million above the previous record for a reliever in his first year of arbitration. The Braves offered $6.55 million, still above the record but about $500,000 below what Kimbrel had been projected to get by a couple of experts who’ve studied baseball arbitration extensively. The difference in salaries proposed for Kimbrel was among the highest of the 38 players to exchange figures with teams on Jan. 17. Freeman had asked for $5.75 million, also significantly above the $4.5 million proposed by the team. In the case of Kimbrel, the panel’s decision could go a long way in determining whether the Braves, with their modest payroll, can afford to keep the game’s best closer for more than one more season. Because if he gets $9 million for 2014, Kimbrel could realistically expect to get at least $14 million a year from now if he hasn’t signed a long-term extension and goes through the arbitration process again. 勇士在 2001 年 John Rocker 之後就沒進過仲裁庭，2/21 他們即將面對 Kimbrel 的薪事。Kimbrel 提出 9M，勇士提出 6.55M，比專家計算預測的略低了 0.5M。這兩方的落差是 38 位球員中最大的。Kimbrel 的薪資將影響勇士的整體薪資與決定如何看待這位聯盟最佳的終結者，如果他順利拿到 9M，可以預見地再過一年他可以拿到 14M 這種巨大的數字，若勇士仍然無法跟他達成複數年合約的話。 -- 　◢██◣██▉█◣◢█◢██◣█◣ ▊◢██◣◢◢◣◣█◣ ▊　┌────┐ 　███◣ █ ███▉██▉▉▉█◣▊██▉▉███▉▉█◣▊　│賽門‧翁│ 　◥███ █ █◥◤▉██▉▉▉██▊██▉▉███▉▉██▊　│simonown│ ◥██◤██▉█ ▉◥██◤▉◥█▊◥██◤◥◤◥◤▉◥█▊　└────┘ Simon's Blog: http://simonown.blogspot.tw 單車／登山／運動／社會／亂寫 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 118.163.126.247 ※ 編輯: simonown 來自: 118.163.126.247 (02/05 14:43)

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