[外電] 莫名其妙的國民休賽季

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Washington Nationals’ lack of offseason moves is head-scratching http://goo.gl/kwSvEW Ken Rosenthal@ken_rosenthal Feb 6, 2017 at 6:26a ET Owners maintain the right to spend or not spend, make arbitrary decisions on personnel — essentially, do whatever the heck they want. 老闆有權決定花不花錢，他們可以武斷決定人事。基本上，他媽的想幹嘛就幹嘛。 Owners also maintain the right to decline comment to reporters who seek explanation for their strategies, leaving fans to wonder what the heck is going on. 老闆也有權拒絕對尋求解釋的記者們做出評論。不管粉絲怎麼懷疑他媽的到底發生什麼事。 The Nationals’ owners cannot be called cheap, not when they supported the game’s fifth-highest payroll as recently as 2015. Their decision-making, though, is oddly inconsistent for a team that was nine outs away from advancing to the NLCS last season, and is potentially two years away from losing Bryce Harper as a free agent. 2015年國民薪資高居聯盟第五位，國民的擁有者們不要求共體時艱。然而很奇怪地，就一支去年僅差九個出局數就能挺進NLCS的球隊來說他們的決策並不一致，而他們能控制Harper的時間僅剩兩年。 Urgency is warranted, and the free-agent market has been a buyer’s market all off-season, full of opportunity. Yet the Nats barely have stirred, proving far less resourceful than say, the low-revenue Indians, far less aggressive than big-spending NL rivals such as the Dodgers and Mets. 警報已然打響。整個季後FA市場都是買家天下，遍地機會國民卻躊躇不前，多說少做。比低薪資的印地安人、甚至同聯盟高薪資對手道奇與大都會花得都少得多。 Ownership, through a team spokesperson, declined a request for an interview. General manager Mike Rizzo declined comment. But those who work for Rizzo repeatedly have expressed frustration that the GM –- whose trading record is among the game’s best –- must fight ownership to get the players he wants. 老闆透過球隊發言人表示不接受訪問，GM光頭也拒絕評論。這個擁有業界最佳交易記錄的GM，為了得到想要的球員必須與老闆對抗；數位在光頭手底下做事的人們多次表達這有多令人崩潰。 “He has the hardest job in baseball,” one Nationals official says, “with what he has to go through to get things done.” ＂他的工作是整個業界最難做的，＂一個國民內部人員說。＂看看他要經過多少困難才能把事情搞定。＂ That might be overstating it -– no top baseball executive is exempt from ownership input; nor should he be. But the Nationals’ entire off-season, to this point, consists of the controversial trade for outfielder Adam Eaton, a trade for catcher Derek Norris and the one-year, free-agent signings of infielder Stephen Drew for $3.5 million and outfielder Chris Heisey for $1.4 million. 這樣說也許有些過頭。業界沒有任合高階主管享有想簽就簽這種空頭支票，也不應該有。但國民整個季後到現在為止只有高爭議性的Eaton 交易、捕手 Norris交易，與兩張一年約：內野手Drew的3.5M與外野手Heisey的1.4M。 Rizzo and ownership representatives have mentioned the impact of the Nationals ’ ongoing battle with the Orioles over how much the Nats should receive in television rights fees from MASN, the two-team network in which the Orioles hold a majority interest. The dispute, which remains tied up in court, is turning into baseball’s version of the 100 Years War. 光頭與老闆的發言人指出國民與金鶯之間對國民該從MASN得到多少轉播收益僵持不下，而MASN股份多數由金鶯控制，這對國民衝擊很大。這場可堪稱棒球界百年戰爭的爭執至今仍卡在法庭上。 Ed Cohen, a Nats principal owner, said in a sworn affidavit that the team’s baseball operations are “significantly” impaired by the lower TV rights and could get worse with more legal delays, according to the Washington Post. Then again, Nats managing principal owner Ted Lerner is the 11th wealthiest owner in American sports and second wealthiest in baseball behind the Tigers’ Mike Ilitch, according to Forbes. 根據華盛頓郵報報導，國民股份持有者之一Ed Cohen在起誓過的宣誓書中說球隊操作嚴重受到過低電視轉播權利金的損害，而且隨著法律戰拖延將日趨嚴重。再度重申，富比世統計國民主要股份持有者Ted Lerner的資產在全美職業運動擁有者中排第11，全大聯盟也僅次於底特律老虎的Mike llitch。 If Lerner wanted to spend more -– even with the Orioles withholding money, at least some of which the Nats eventually will receive — he could. 如果Lerner想花更多，就算金鶯扣住至少某些終將還給國民的錢，他也花得起。 And now would be the time. 現在就該花下去。 The Nationals’ season-ending, 40-man roster payroll dropped from fifth highest in the majors in 2015 to 11th in ‘16, according to Cot’s Baseball Contracts. Their Opening Day payroll for ’17 currently projects to $153 million, 13th highest in the majors, fifth in the NL, according to Rosterresource.com. Not terrible, relatively speaking. But not enough to where the Nats should be comfortable with the projected on-field product. 根據Cot's Baseball Contracts，季後國民的40人名單薪資總額從2015年全聯盟第五降到2016年的第11；而根據Rosterresource.com，目前他們的2017 年開季日薪資預估在153M，全聯盟第13，國聯第五。相對來說不能算糟，但就場上應該要拿出的表現來看國民可能不會感覺太舒服。 The primary rub with the Nats is that they still lack an established closer after losing out on free agents Mark Melancon, Kenley Jansen and Greg Holland. The Nats reportedly bid more than $50 million for Melancon, who went to the Giants for $62 over four years, and offered Jansen more than the Dodgers, who kept him for $80 million over five years. But Washington’s only bullpen additions — Joe Nathan, Matt Albers, Tim Collins, Vance Worley, Neal Cotts — have been on minor-league contracts. 國民的主要痛腳是追逐Melacon、Jansen、Chapman、Holland 失敗後依然找不到終結者。報載國民給Melancon的價錢超過50M，被開出四年62M的巨人打敗；給Jansen的報價超過道奇，然而Janesn選擇接受五年80M 留在道奇。而國民的牛棚補強僅止於用小聯盟約簽下Nathan、Albers、Collins、Worley、 Cotts等人。 That might change soon; the Nats continue to discuss a trade with the White Sox for closer David Robertson, according to major-league sources. Robertson is owed $12 million this season and $13 million next season, creating an all-too-typical Nats obstacle. The team does not want to absorb Robertson’s entire obligation, and does not want to move additional prospects after parting with three young pitchers for Eaton, sources say. 情況或許即將改變；根據大聯盟消息來源國民持續與白襪討論Robertson 交易，但Robertson 今年12M與明年13M的薪水造就極其典型的國民障礙。來源說國民不想吸收Robertson所有合約，也不打算在送走三名新秀交易Eaton後繼續消耗農場。 Yet, the addition of Robertson would go only so far to address the Nationals’ deficiencies. Dave Cameron, in a recent article for Fangraphs, contended that while the Nats’ top 10 players project to be as good as the Cubs’ and Dodgers’, the rest of their roster is suspect. 然而添加Robertson僅止應付國民陣容的不足。Dave Cameron 最近發表在FG 的文章中寫道，雖然國民十大頂尖成員能比肩小熊道奇，剩下的滿是疑問。 “In fact, it’s hard to find a legitimate contender with as weak a group of reserves as the Nationals,” Cameron wrote. “While most of the focus of late has been on their bullpen and whether they’ll acquire a new closer, the Nationals’ bench is the more glaring weakness.” ＂事實上，很難找到像國民這樣後備如此空虛的標準勁旅。＂ Cameron寫道。＂儘管近來焦點大多集中在他們的牛棚，但無論他們能否得到新終結者，孱弱板凳相比之下更為顯眼。＂ Cameron went on to point out that a number of the Nationals’ regulars are physical questions. The same, of course, is true of right-hander Stephen Strasburg, who has been on the DL four times in the past two seasons, as well as righty Joe Ross, who made only three starts after July 2 due to shoulder inflammation. Cameron 繼續指出國民正規軍的健康問題。當然了，一如既往，過去兩年四度躺進傷兵名單的右投小史，還有去年因肩膀發炎導致七月二日後只先發三次的右投Ross。 The Nats will spend big, occasionally very big, particularly for Scott Boras clients. They spent lavishly on Strasburg and Max Scherzer, and also awarded contracts of $100 million or more to first baseman Ryan Zimmerman and outfielder Jayson Werth; Boras represented all but Zimmerman. But ownership’ s penchant for deferring money in major contracts proved harmful in the 2015-16 off-season in pursuits of outfielders Yoenis Cespedes and Jason Heyward; the Nats also lost out on second baseman Ben Zobrist and others. 國民會花錢，偶爾花非常多錢。特別是對Boras的客戶。他們對Scherzer 與小史非常大方，也給Zimmerman跟Werth超過100M的合約；除了Zimmerman 以外都是Boras客戶。但經營者強烈傾向在大約中附加延遲給付也導致2015-16 季後追逐Cespedes與Heyward失利，國民同樣沒挖到Zobrist等人。 Over the past year, the owners occasionally have loosened the reins. The deferrals in the Nationals’ free-agent offer to Jansen were relatively minimal, sources said, and the team boosted its payroll by nearly $3 million at the trading deadline to add Melancon. Ownership in previous seasons required Rizzo to make such deals cash-neutral, forcing the GM to give up better prospects. 過去一年老闆會偶爾鬆開韁繩。根據消息國民提給Jansen的合約只包含少部分延遲，去年季中交易大限前球隊也願意為了Melancon追加將近3M預算。過去幾個球季經營者要求光頭做免錢交易，逼使GM只能放棄更好的新秀。 Rizzo resisted giving Melancon a bigger offer in free agency, and also will back off other players when he believes the market over-values them. Ownership cannot be blamed for those decisions. Still, the approval for Rizzo to spend comes and goes, often without rhyme or reason. 光頭拒絕在自由市場給Melancon更大的約，當他認定市場高估某些球員時也會縮手。不能把決定都歸咎給經營者，只是上面給光頭時有時無的花錢額度通常依然令人摸不著頭緒。 Ownership need not offer an explanation. Ownership can to operate however it wants. But the Nats have yet to win a postseason series in their 12-year history, suffering first-round defeats in three of the past five years. 經營者不需要提供解釋，他們可以想幹嘛就幹嘛。但國民的12年歷史還沒贏過任何一次季後賽系列戰，過去五年三度在首輪被淘汰出局。 You’d think ownership would want a different outcome. 你會覺得經營者會想要一種不同的結果。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 114.32.124.186 ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Nationals/M.1488241907.A.38A.html

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