[外電] 2017年笑臉人Top25優秀球員- 1~ 5名

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No.05: Carlos Santana ( https://goo.gl/fZUYoH ) No.04: Carlos Carrasco ( https://goo.gl/6Z81XD ) No.03: Francisco Lindor ( https://goo.gl/APBixt ) No.02: Jose Ramirez No.01: Corey Kluber (按: 沒想到這個系列到最後，作者不僅開始拖台錢，還非常爛尾的把前三名一次講完，實在讓我很失望，不過還是想說有始有終的把他翻完。請各位多忍耐包涵~) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No. 5, Carlos Santana Carlos Santana was such a constant for Cleveland Indians fans, so it will be interesting to see how his absence is filled in 2018. The Top 25 Cleveland Indians in 2017 countdown had to reach Carlos Santana eventually. Santana comes in at No. 5 on the list, reminding fans just how valuable he was. He finished the year slashing .259/.363/.455 and slugged 23 home runs. Santana never put up legendary numbers. Instead, he provided consistency at any spot in the lineup and several in the field. We have covered multiple angles of his departure this offseason, and all fans can hope now is that Yonder Alonso comes in and provides similar production to what Santana did in Cleveland for seven full seasons. There is the valid fear that Alonso’s 2017 numbers were an anomaly. But there’s no point in worrying about that now. This is the time of year to be optimistic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Seeing Santana in a Philadelphia Phillies jersey is going to be extremely weird. Almost as weird as Jim Thome in one. Not to bring up any old wounds about the newest Hall of Famer or anything, although if you want a team to steal your darlings, look to the Phillies. The loss of Santana stands out because the Indians saw more subtractions than additions the past few months. A deep organization can do that, but it does cause some fans to worry, which is completely fair. The problem some fans miss is that ownership is already increasing payroll every season in pursuit of a World Series championship, making Santana’s $20 million annual salary way out of the price range. I’d also hesitate to say he is worth that much in this year’s market. Good thing he signed early. Fans shouldn’t be angry at Santana and from what I have seen and heard, it seems like more of the anger is directed at ownership. I don’t agree with that, but it’s better than hating a player who is seeking a larger, guaranteed deal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ So now it’s up to Alonso to fill the void and take on the everyday role at first base. He is a much different player than Santana, but a great start in April will have fans being more nostalgic about Santana than angry about his departure. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No5: Carlos Santana 對笑臉人球迷來說，Santana就像是球場建築的一部分，只要踏入，他就一定會在那邊。因此，觀察少了Santana的2018球季將會變得如何會是件有趣的事。 2017年球季最優秀的前25名球員名單回顧進入倒數階段，終於讓我們等到Santana了。 Santana在這份名單中排第五名，也提醒著球迷Santana是位多有價值的選手，通算2017年整季成績，他繳出了.259/.363/.455，附帶23轟。當提到笑臉人的傳奇球星時，Santana絕對不會出現在你腦海中，但他卻能在打線上與球場中提供相當穩定的表現。休季期間，我們已從許多角度討論Santana離隊後的影響，而現在球迷可以開始期待Yonder Alonso的到來，希望他可提供與Santana過去七個完整球季相當的貢獻，雖然大家對Alonso在2017年的數據存有疑慮，會認為他上個球季的優異表現只是曇花一現，但現在擔心這個也沒甚麼意義，我們還有一整年時間可以樂觀地觀察他的表現。看著Santana穿上費城人的球衣就是有千萬種說不出的怪，就像當年的Jim Thome一樣。雖然無意提及這位最新名人堂選手當年帶給笑臉人球迷的傷口，但你總是不希望看到心愛的選手接二連三地被其他球隊偷走，尤其是費城人，要小心提防他們。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 損失Santana對球隊來說影響特別顯著，在過去幾個月，我們發現球隊陣容上，離開的選手比新進的還多，對一個擁有極佳農場深度的球團來說影響當然不大，但這不禁讓球迷開始擔心，畢竟我們的農場也就只是一般般。球迷或許沒有注意到，為了獲得世界大賽冠軍，其實球團老闆已連續好幾個賽季增加球隊的薪資總額，但要支付Santana每年兩千萬美金的薪資看來還是超過球團願意負擔的數字。以今年自由球員市場的情況來看，其實我不認為Santana能獲得那麼大張的合約，只能說他簽約的時機掌握很好。就我所見所聞，關於Santana的離隊，球迷其實並不太苛責Santana，反而都將怒火指向球團高層。雖然我不認為球團這個決定有甚麼問題，但討厭球團高層總比去討厭一個追尋穩定長約的球員還要好。接下來就是Alonso的事情了，他需填補Santana離隊後的空缺，以一壘手的角色每天替球隊做出貢獻。他跟Santana其實不是同一類型的選手，如果在四月開季時他能有個好的開始，或許球迷就不會繼續懷念Santana，甚至是對於他的離隊感到憤怒。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No. 4, Carlos Carrasco Cleveland Indians fans have seen Carlos Carrasco go from an average rotation piece to arguably one of the better pitchers in the American League. Carlos Carrasco would be the ace of the staff in many other cities. Luckily for Cleveland Indians fans, the team has two aces in Carrasco and Corey Kluber. Carrasco is fresh off the best season of his career where he finished with a record of 18-6, a 3.29 ERA and a fourth-place finish in the American League Cy Young Award voting. He pitched in exactly 200 innings, which was the first time he had gone for more than 183.2 innings in a single season. That previous career-high came back in 2015 when he finished 14th in Cy Young voting. The sky is the limit for the right-hander in 2018. Kluber remains the face of the rotation, but Carrasco gives the Indians another legitimate star on the mound. Too bad he only started one game in the 2017 ALDS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ His 226 strikeouts were second on the team behind Kluber and helped contribute to the entire staff’s collective 10.08 K/9 in 2017. Carrasco’s personal mark was 10.17. The Indians have Carrasco on an extremely team-friendly deal paying him only $8 million this season. The one thing worth noting is that the team holds a $9 million option for him in 2019, but not picking that up would be insanity. The only way that would happen would be if the team wins the World Series this year and the Dolans decide to slash payroll in 2019. But one step at a time. My personal prediction for Carrasco is that he will make his first All-Star Game in 2018, while also finishing in the top five of the Cy Young voting for the second straight year. This may have been considered a bold prediction a year ago, but it is more than fair now. With all the question marks surrounding the team this season, Carrasco helps provide consistency to one of the best starting rotations in all of baseball. The worry will set in when the starters hand the ball over to the bullpen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No4: Carlos Carrasco 笑臉人球迷都親眼見證Carrasco從一個普通的先發投手進步成美聯優秀的投手之一 Carrasco在其他城市，或許已經是隊上的王牌投手，但對笑臉人球迷來說，我們很幸運地能在隊上擁有兩位王牌先發：Carrasco與Kluber。 Carrasco剛完成生涯最佳的球季，留下18勝六負，3.29的自責分率以及美聯賽揚獎票選第四名的成績。他上季完成200局的投球任務，也是目前生涯最高，舊紀錄是2015年的183.2 局，該年他在美聯賽揚的票選名列第十四。對這位優秀的右投手來說，2018年的發展可說是不可限量，雖然Kluber仍是球隊輪值的招牌，但Carrasco將會成為投手丘上另一位代表人物，唯一美中不足的是他在去年美聯分區系列賽只出賽一場而已。他上季送出226次三振，在隊中僅次於Kluber，10.17的K9值也令球隊投手部門的平均K9值提升到10.08。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 雖然有著超水準的貢獻，Carrasco本季的年薪卻只有八百萬美金，這對球隊來說是一個好到不能再好的數字，而且2019球季，笑臉人球團還擁有只需支付九百萬美金年薪的球隊選擇權，除非球團高層被喪屍咬到，不然沒理由不會執行他的合約。但也有另一種可能性就是笑臉人在本季終於贏得了世界大賽後，老闆Dolan家族決定要大幅削減球隊在2019的預算(按:真是這樣的話，其實跟被喪屍咬到也沒太大分別)，不過就一步一步慢慢來，先別想太多。我個人對Carrasco的預測是他將會在2018年參與生涯首次的全明星賽，並在賽揚票選中獲得前五名，雖然在一年前做出這種預測是有點大膽，但老實說並不失公允。本季球隊在許多環節都充滿不確定性，不過Carrasco無疑替球隊在先發投手方面提供絕佳的穩定性，讓笑臉人擁有全世界最優秀的先發輪值，我們只需要在先發投手將球交給牛棚後再開始擔心。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cleveland Indians: Top 3 players from 2017 and in 2018 Three Cleveland Indians players stood out as stars in 2017 and the same three will once again be the faces of the franchise in 2018. The Cleveland Indians don’t just have one face of the franchise. Nor do they have two. There are three players in town who stand out above the rest not only in the clubhouse, but in all of baseball. Those three are Francisco Lindor, Jose Ramirez, and Corey Kluber. We began the year with a countdown of the top 25 players from the 2017 season and made it up to Carlos Santana at No. 4. Then, honestly for no other reason than life getting in the way, the list stopped. This post serves as the final three, with Lindor, Ramirez, and Kluber all coming in at the top spot. At the same time, all three serve as the top three players on the team heading into the 2018 season. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It is amazing that we look at two kids in their early 20s and place a world of expectations upon them, but that only happens because they are just so damn good at the game of baseball. The two make the amazing look effortless and form one of the more iconic infield duos in franchise history. Then there is Kluber, who will go down as one of the best pitchers to ever wear an Indians uniform. Fans simply expect him to go out every five days and dominate, and that is the case most of the time. At a time when there are so many competitions all throughout the roster, these three players can be looked to as constants the same way we looked at Yan Gomes, Michael Brantley and Jason Kipnis a few years ago. One doesn’t even need to go into the stats, as these three players will be looked to for consistency all season long, and hopefully in the postseason. While all three had their struggles in last year’s ALDS, the entire team lost it during those final three games. I’m not sure how much different things would have gone if only Lindor, Ramirez, and Kluber played better. It was a team effort and a team loss. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Baseball is a unique sport where players are under team control for quite some time, meaning this trio will be doing great things for at least a few more seasons. Kluber is under team control through 2021, Ramirez through 2023, and Lindor through 2021. The shortstop’s status is one fans will keep a close eye on, but even if a long-term deal can’t be worked out, it’s not like he is leaving tomorrow. Indians fans still have several more years of Lindor before any thoughts of doom can settle in. And maybe he will even have an extension before long. It is rare to have so many stars on one team, but Indians fans will tell you that this is nothing new after witnessing the great teams of the 90s. Hopefully that nostalgia will give way to a championship celebration. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 笑臉人2017年最優秀的前三名選手這三位球員在2017年都有著明星等級的貢獻，他們在2018球季也會繼續擔任球隊的核心現在的笑臉人不僅僅只擁有一位隊史級的明星球員，也不是兩位。現在的克里夫蘭同時擁有三位史詩級的選手，這三位選手不論是與球隊中其他選手、甚至是全世界的棒球選手相比，都是頂尖的。他們分別是Francisco Lindor、Jose Ramirez與Corey Kluber。我們從2017季末開始列出球隊最優秀的25名選手，一路倒數到Santana與第四名的 Carrasco。接著，老實說，為了不浪費各位時間，我們就將這25位優秀球員名單停在這一篇。這篇文章可以當作是這系列最後的三篇，分別討論Lindor、Ramirez與Kluber這三位選手，他們不僅是2017年表現最好的選手，也將帶領球隊邁入2018球季。會在這名單出現兩位二十歲出頭的孩子著實令人驚訝，但這都是因為他們在球賽中的表現實在是優秀到不行，他們能輕鬆完成那些看起來很了不起的美技，並逐漸成為隊史上最著名的內野搭檔。接著是Kluber，他正朝著成為笑臉人史上最佳投手之一的道路前進，球迷都期待能在他每五天一次的先發出賽看他一如既往地主宰比賽。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 雖然目前有許多選手都在競爭先發位置，但這三位選手若無意外絕對會常駐於先發名單，如同過去幾年我們看待Yan Gomes、Michael Brantley與Jason Kipnis一樣，我們甚至不需要花時間去看那些統計數字就知道我們有多依賴這三位選手，希望他們能在漫長球季中繼續保持穩定的輸出，尤其是關鍵的季後賽。雖然這三名選手在去年美聯分區系列戰都遭遇低潮，讓球隊在領先兩場後被直落三淘汰。我不知道如果在分區系列賽，全隊只有Lindor、Ramirez與Kluber能維持正常實力的話，結局會不會有所改變。但無論如何，比賽的勝負從來都不是一個人的責任，輸贏都是全隊一起共同努力的結果。職業棒球的選手都會被球團支配一段時間，意味著三巨頭至少在未來幾個球季還會一起努力，Kluber與Lindor的合約要等到2021年才到期、Ramirez則是會在克里夫蘭待到2023年。游擊手未來的合約狀態我想會是球迷持續關注的焦點，雖然球團開出的長約似乎無法讓 Lindor滿意，不過Lindor也不是明天就會離開球隊，大家都還有充足的時間討論，在最糟糕的情況發生之前，笑臉人的球迷還能看到Lindor在克城出賽好多年，而且搞不好Lindor 會願意在他迎接下一張長約之前，先接受延長合約。要在一支球隊中看到那麼多明星球員並不容易，但笑臉人球迷可以很自豪地告訴你其實這也不是甚麼新鮮事，我們在90年代就已經見證過了。但我希望以後在緬懷往日榮光時，能有一些新的回憶，例如全隊一起慶祝世界大賽總冠軍的那一刻。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 123.241.153.169 ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Indians/M.1521477612.A.E88.html