[外電] Stephen Strasburg kicks off his spring

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http://tinyurl.com/73938ka The Washington Post 我們家投手的練習新聞 Stephen Strasburg kicks off his spring, Gio Gonzalez fits in and Drew Storen keeps tinkering By Adam Kilgore As the spring’s first batch of pitchers – Group 1A – fired their fastball-changeup bullpen sessions, Davey Johnson wandered behind Stephen Strasburg. Johnson could tell Strasburg looked happy. Between pitches, as Strasburg switched from the stretch to his wind-up, Johnson sidled next to him. “It’s nice to be one of the boys, isn’t it?” Johnson said. Since he first set foot in Nationals spring training in 2010, Strasburg had longed for the brand of normalcy he’ll have now, neither fighting the attention that comes with being the most hyped pitching prospect of all time nor rehabbing from Tommy John surgery. He’s just getting ready for the season with the rest of his teammates. “Yeah,” Strasburg said. “It is.” >>>Johnson did not get a chance to watch Gio Gonzalez, the left-hander acquired from the Oakland A’s for four prospects this December, throw his first side session with the Nationals. While the rest of the groups threw in the bullpen by the backfields, Gonzalez and Sean Burnett threw in a batting cage equipped with everything hooked up to a strobe light to capture images for the Nationals’ video board this year. “It was awesome,” Gonzalez said. Pitching coordinator Spin Williams kept an eye on Gonzalez, who said his arm felt “awesome,” too. Gonzalez has a gaggle of new teammates to meet, but his gregarious, outgoing personality should make it easy for him to fit in. Gonzalez knows two Nationals players from long, long ago. He and first baseman Chris Marrero first met when they played T-ball, and they played together at Monsignor Pace High School in Miami Gardens, Fla. “He’s still the same guy,” Marrero said. “He’s still funny.” At Pace, Gonzalez pitched against shortstop Ian Desmond’s team when both squads were ranked among the best teams in Florida. “He dealt,” Desmond said. “But I got a couple hits.” Across the room, Gonzalez nodded grudgingly. “Just watching the scenery, see what’s going on, is the best thing I can do for myself right now,” Gonzalez said. “Like I said, I just want to come here. I don’t want to step on anyone’s toes. Just enjoy, and see where it goes from there. From what I see there are some great players here, and I’m just trying to be part of it.” He tried on his batting helmet today, trying to get his first taste of hitting on a regular basis. In nine career plate appearances, all in interleague play, Gonzalez has no hits and four strikeouts. Once, against the San Francisco Giants, Gonzalez whiffed so violently he stumbled to the ground. Now, he says, he’ll be more prepared. “I studied some of the videos from that movie ‘Benchwarmers,’” Gonzalez said. “Hopefully in due time I can get it past the pitcher’s mound without falling on my backside.” >>> Last year at this time, Drew Storen resolved to ditch his distinctive slide step, when he keeps his front leg straight and leans slowly toward the plate. After he struggled and Jayson Werth recommended he bring it back, Storen began using the slide step again for good. Storen utilized the move with a twist today in his first throwing session. He rotated his hips a few extra degrees, a more pronounced version of the straight-leg slide step. “Last year I wasn’t doing it at all, so now I’m really kind of exaggerating it this year,” Storen said. “When you do that, it just lets your arm be free and easy.” Storen may or may not use the pronounced rotation in games. “We’ll see once I start turning it up,” he said. “Ideally, I would kind of smooth it out more, be a little bit quicker.” Experimenting comes naturally for Storen. He constantly tinkers with his motion and delivery, which pitching coach Steve McCatty has previously implored him to dial back. Last year, for example, Storen set his hands lower and lower in his delivery as the year moved on. Storen does not want to start tinkering too much, but he feels he can give himself freedom so long as he maintains a couple fundamental principles in his motion. “It’s a matter of knowing what makes you successful and just kind of maximizing that and watching yourself,” Storen said. “I think change is good, but you don’t want to reinvent the wheel at the same time. That’s why you try to simplify things, if you have a couple things that you just think about. I feel good now. It’s just a matter of staying on top of the ball and using my lower half. If I do that, I’ll be in good shape.” >>> Chien-Ming Wang experienced a few minor health issues in the past month. First, he slipped on wet grass while training and sprained a finger on his left hand. Then he felt soreness in his surgically repaired right shoulder after an early throwing motion. Athletic trainer Lee Kuntz said neither ailment is anything to worry about – the sprain is on his glove hand, anyway, and the pain in his shoulder was typical spring soreness, not a symptom pertaining to his previous shoulder issues. “He’s fine,” Kuntz said. Wang threw without issue today, but Johnson wants to make sure he progresses slowly and does not risk re-injuring the shoulder he spent two years rehabbing. “I had a conversation with him a couple days ago,” Johnson said. “I said, ‘You know how to take care of yourself. You know your body better than anybody else. Don’t try to accelerate your pace. Go at the pace you’ll be most comfortable with to get ready for the opening of the season.’ ” After Wang’s throwing session, Johnson approached Wang again. “ ‘I said, ‘How you feeling, because you’re looking great,’ ” Johnson said. “He said, ‘I feel great.’ ” 簡單摘要： 1. 春訓第一批投手在牛棚練習了快速球跟變速球，教頭可以感覺到小史的快樂，從2010 年春訓踏入這裡以來，這是小史期待許久也是他第一次擁有的正常春訓---不再需要對抗那些倍受各方期待的注目，也不必再做TJ的復健，他已經準備好與其他隊友一同面對今年的球季。 2. 從魔球交易來的岡薩雷茲有一大票的隊友要認識，但看來他外向的個性可以讓他很快習慣這一切。他認識隊上兩個人很久了，一個是在打樂樂棒球時第一次碰面，而之後在佛州的Pace高中一起打球的的一壘手Marrero。另一個，則是游擊手Desmond。他在佛州Pace高中時曾跟Desmond的隊伍交手過。他覺的他現在能為自己做的事就是看著這個舞台然後看看會發生些什麼事。如同他常說的，他無意得罪任何人，只是享受這個過程，然後看看可以從那個地方走到哪裡。他覺的這邊有些不錯的球員，也希望能夠成為其中的一員。最後他戴頭盔嘗試做了打擊練習，希望球能穿過投手丘而自己沒有跌坐在地上。 3. 史托倫幾乎都在講調整投球動作。 4. 王爸有些小狀況但並沒有什麼問題。一個是戴手套的左手手指扭到，另一個則是早些時候在費雪自主訓練時曾感到右肩緊繃。防護員說這些都不需要擔心，緊繃僅是典型的春訓緊繃而非肩傷的相關症狀。王爸今天投球沒什麼問題，教頭要他照自己的進度來就好。教頭覺的他看起來很棒，問他感覺怎麼樣，王爸也說覺的很棒。有誤的地方還請大家指正一下，謝謝。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 114.46.142.88 ※ 編輯: WingKnight 來自: 114.46.142.88 (02/22 13:07)