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Boston Red Sox: Prospect Tzu-Wei Lin surprising with his bat
Hunter Noll April 27, 2017 AL East, Boston Red Sox, MiLB, MLB
Boston Red Sox shortstop prospect Tzu-Wei Lin has always been known for his
glove. In fact, his bat was considered a negative by many, but he’s flipping
the script in 2017.
紅襪新秀林子偉一直以來以手套聞名,然而,他的棒子被很多人看衰,但他今年正翻轉這
印象
Since joining the Red Sox system in 2012, Lin’s best average in a season was
.255. That just so happened to be in 2012 and it happened in just 29 Rookie
Ball games. Coming into the season, the shortstop was hitting just .235, and
hadn’t shown much growth at the plate.
自從林2012加入紅襪系統後,他最好的一年打擊率是0.255,剛好是他打29場Rookie
比賽的2012年.而下一季,這位游擊手只打了0.235,而且打擊沒有什麼大幅長進
His only real plus on offense seemed to be his reasonably low strikeout
totals and decent speed on the base paths. His 2016 even saw a downturn in
steals, as he only swiped 10 bags.
他在打擊上面的唯二優點是低三振率跟跑壘速度.但他2016在盜壘上下降,只盜成功10次
But 2017 is different.
但是2017不一樣了
Through 12 games for the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs, Lin is hitting .333
(13-for-39) with a .366 on-base percentage. While both of those would be
career-highs, it’s his .513 slugging percentage that takes the biggest leap.
在今年2A 波蘭海狗隊的12場比賽中,林打了0.333(13-39)和0.366的上壘率,雖然兩個都是
生涯新高,但真的有看頭的是他的0.513長打率
It’s not like the left-handed hitter is tearing the cover off the ball this
year but compared to the .293 slugging percentage of last year, it could be
argued that he is. Lin already has two doubles, one triple, and one home run
on the year.
這位左打並不是真的說把球打的超遠或怎樣,但如果考慮他去年0.293的長打率,你可
以說他真的打超猛的.他今年已經有兩隻二安,一隻三安跟一發全壘打
While he’s never been miserable at hitting doubles (49 in the last three
seasons) or triples (12 in that time), he’s never been one to hit home runs.
Lin’s career-high in home runs for a season is two. He had just six total
coming into the season.
雖然他在打出二壘安打或三壘安打上並不悲劇(過去三季49支二安,12支三安),但他
從來不是打全壘打的角色,他最好的一季只打了兩發,而他這季之前生涯只有六發
Of course, one home run doesn’t mean much, even this early on. Even if a
player hits just two in a season, they have to come sometime. But there’s
also no denying that something is different with Lin this year.
當然,一發全壘打不代表什麼,甚至有點太早,就算是一個一季敲兩發的球員也是有機會
打出來的.但是沒人可以否認今年的林不一樣了
It could be that he’s just on a hot streak. Maybe he’s just getting pitches
grooved to him by the pitchers. Or, maybe, he’s finally adjusted his
approach and he’s only going to get better.
這可能是他剛好手感發燙,或是他剛好習慣了投手的球路,或者,他真的調整了他的打
擊策略並且會越來越好
There is evidence to back up that theory. First, he spent some time with the
Big League club in Spring Training. He’s done it before but was 0-for-4 in
two years. This time around, Lin went 4-for-13 with a double, three runs
batted in, a steal, and an impressive four walks.
這說法有證據的,第一,他跟大聯盟一起春訓,過去兩年他也跟大聯盟春訓,不過他打了0-4
今年這次他打了4-13,有一個二安跟3得分,一次盜壘還有令人驚豔的四次四壞
Then there’s his swing. In the past, Lin looked as if he had to force the
ball off his bat. Now his swing looks effortless. It’s much more like the
prototypical left-handed swing.
接著是他的揮棒,過去,林看起來只想碰到球,現在他揮的輕輕鬆鬆 (*個人感覺像阿敗)
越來越像左打者的原型
The defense-only version of Tzu-Wei Lin sits outside the Red Sox top 30
prospects but this 2017 version with a bat is ready to break his way into the
ranks.
防守版本的林子偉排在紅襪新秀30名外,但是2017打擊加強版的即將進入排行榜了
Hunter Noll is a Staff Writer for Outside Pitch MLB. Follow him on Twitter