[外電] ESPN.com: Uehara might not be best fit for O's
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Uehara might not be best fit for O's
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Posted by Keith Law
Baltimore desperately needs starters -- their rotation before reaching a
preliminary agreement with Koji Uehara was Jeremy Guthrie and four guys with
the initials T.B.D. -- but is Uehara really the best fit for the Orioles?
Uehara tends to work around the plate with good command of average stuff and,
like many Japanese pitchers, throws his fastball in the upper half of the
zone, which will make him susceptible to the long ball. This combination was
the main red flag on Kei Igawa, and Hideki Irabu and Tomo Ohka were also
extremely homer-prone in the U.S. Uehara's advantage is that his command is
better than that of any of the other three pitchers, and he does pound the
strike zone, issuing just 195 walks in 1,549 career innings in NPB.
認為上原的投球特性像井川，伊良部，大家等日本投手，容易被敲長打，
但是跟上面三位不同的是他的控球比他們都好。
Camden Yards has, over the past few years, played as a good home run park. So
it's a bad fit for Uehara, whose greatest weakness is going to be the long
ball. The signing also means Uehara has to face two of the best offenses in
baseball, the Yankees' and Boston's, eight to 10 times; both lineups are
patient and feature plenty of power, and it's possible that Tampa Bay's will
be in that discussion by the end of the year. The Orioles do need starters,
but Uehara will have to be extra-precise to succeed in that environment.
過去幾年的鳥窩是很容易被敲全壘打的球場，這正對了上原的要害，
然後要面對同區的兩隻強打球隊8-10次，他們都很難搞。
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