今天早上果然看到把三壘手 Middlebrooks 交易出去了!送到 San Diego 換回二號捕手 Ryan Hanigan!
Ryan Hanigan 比 David Ross 年輕三歲,以過去的數據來看一年平均出賽 70~80 場,曾經是 NL 12, 13 兩年的狙殺率冠軍,參考年齡以及過去出賽場數,明顯比希望續約一年的 David Ross 更適合擔任接下來幾年 Vazquez, Swihart 的 babysit,果然!今天另一則新聞是 David Ross 決定去 Cubs 當 Jon Lester 的個人捕手了。
提到 Will Middlebrooks,不被 Baseball America 看好的 WMB 在 2012 年曾經是球迷的驚喜,2013 年季中陷入嚴重低潮又長期下放 3A 本來以為最低潮莫過於此,2014 年不但更低還受到手傷所困,前不久簽下 Pablo Sandoval 等於判了他半個死刑,即使 David Ortiz 在不久的未來就宣告退休,體重偏重的 Sandoval 被調去 DH,那 Hot corner 還有 Bogaerts, Cecchini, Hanley Ramirez 都可以分攤,而且 Sandoval 加盟時已經宣布要保住 3B 防守位置,不想當 DH! WMB 旁邊有 Hanley, 背後有 Cecchini 這樣的情況下,我在 Pablo Sandoval 加盟那一天就把 WMB 的名字劃掉了。
修改 Poor man's roster 如下 :
SP (5):Rick Porcello, Clay Buchholz, Wade Miley*, Justin Masterson, Joe Kelly,
RP (7):Koji Uehara, Junichi Tazawa, Edward Mujica, Tommy Layne*, Brandon Workman,
C (1):Christian Vazquez,
IF (4):Mike Napoli, Dustin Pedroia , Xander Bogaerts, Pablo Sandoval#
OF (3):Rusney Castillo,
DH (1): David Ortiz*
Bench (4) : Allen Craig,
DL : Shane Victorino
2 則留言:
When Ryan Hanigan was a senior at Andover High, he played on a Massachusetts high school all-star team with Rick Asadoorian, a Worcester native and star at Northbridge High. Asadoorian, the hot prospect at the time, was drafted in the first round by the Red Sox in 1999.
原來 .... Hanigan 是 Asadoorian 的隊友 ! soga
原來有這麼一段故事
......Cherington said the Sox had inquired about Hanigan last winter but did not match up with the Reds, who traded him to the Rays while the Sox signed A.J. Pierzynski. This offseason, the Sox were still negotiating with David Ross to return as backup catcher to Christian Vazquez until the past couple of days, when new Padres GM A.J. Preller called and said San Diego was about to acquire Hanigan and asked whether the Sox would be interested. Preller had been talking off and on with the Sox for third baseman Will Middlebrooks, and in Hanigan, he now had the piece that Cherington would take in exchange. Ross, meanwhile, came to terms on a two-year, $5 million deal with the Cubs.
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