Arizona Diamondbacks’ AJ Pollock is an MVP candidate
August 24, 2015 by Matthew Savage
It takes awhile for Arizona Diamondbacks players to be recognized nationally.
The team hasn’t performed well in recent years, and as a West Coast team most
games are played while the rest of the country is sleeping. That’s why it’s
such a surprise to see Paul Goldschmidt voted into the All-Star game two years
in a row. He overcame the disadvantage of playing for the D’Backs by playing
so dang well no one could ignore him. AJ Pollock is now looking to do the same
, he’s playing so well that he legitimately needs to be in the NL MVP talks.
亞歷桑納響尾蛇球員要獲得國家級的重視需要花一段時間.原因有二,第一,響尾蛇近年表現
不佳;第二,西岸在比賽時美國其他地方已經開始睡覺了.也因為如此,當Paul Goldschmidt
連續兩年投票獲選國聯明星賽先發時,令人感到驚訝.他以夭壽好的表現讓沒有人可以忽略
他,克服身在響尾蛇的困境.A.J. Pollock也正試圖複製Goldschmidt的路,他打得好到讓他
需要在NL MVP討論時被提及.
The problem with Pollock is that while he’s a very good hitter, he doesn’t
stand out as much as Goldy at the plate, especially in counting stats. He has
a very good .324 average and .376 on base, but only 13 home runs and 54 RBIs.
The low RBI count is a result of hitting lead off, which is why Pollock instead
leads the league with 88 runs scored. His home run numbers really aren’t that
bad considering he also hits plenty of doubles (30) and triples (5), bringing
his slugging percentage to .495. Of course that’s great, but not unbelievably
high, but it’s the fact that Pollock is able to do everything that makes him
so good.
Pollock的問題在於,雖然他是個很好的打者,但他在打擊區上,尤其當我們看數據時,他並不
像Goldschmidt一樣突出.他有相當好的.324打擊率(NL 4),和.376上壘率(NL 6),但他只有
13支全壘打跟54分打點.常常打一棒或二棒是Pollock打點低的原因,相對的他也有國聯第一
的88次得分(全聯盟只落後Donaldson).考量到Pollock也打了一堆二壘安打(30)跟三壘安打
(5),所以低的全壘打數其實沒那麼糟,而他的長打率其實也有.495.當然這已經很棒,但不是
不可思議的高,事實上Pollock會很好也是因為他能夠在每個地方都做的不錯.
Pollock is 33/39 in stolen base attempts this year. His 85% success rate ranks
him only behind Billy Hamilton in the NL for players with 30+ attempts. In
these days it’s very unusual to see a great hitter who steals as often as
Pollock does, even Mike Trout has stopped running.
Pollock今年在39次的盜壘嘗試成功了33次.他85%的成功率在國聯30盜以上的打者只落後
Billy Hamilton(實際上國聯30盜也只有Pollock, Billy, Dee Gordon跟Blackmon).在這種
好打者不太常盜壘的日子裡像Pollock這麼常盜壘很少見,連Mike Trout也停止盜壘了(他不
用XD).
Pollock has also been one of the best defenders in one of the hardest positions
to play. Both DRS and UZR have Pollock ranked with the best. The only thing
Pollock doesn’t do exceptionally is throw, but I think we can let him have one
flaw.
Pollock也是最難守的位子中最好的防守者.他在DRS跟UZR都領先國聯.他唯一不強的就是傳
球,但我覺得我們可以接受他有一個缺點.
I should note that I’m not preaching for Pollock to actually win the MVP award
, not as it stands. Bryce Harper is having an incredible season that has him
winning if he continues his success, and Goldschmidt is right behind him. But
Pollock is among the top five players in the national league this year, and we
need to consider him over well known players like Buster Posey and Andrew
McCutchen.
並不是想要宣揚說Pollock會真的"贏得"MVP.Bryce Harper有著誇張的球季,如果他能繼續
他的成功的話,他會贏得MVP,而Goldschmidt會排在第二.但Pollock是今年國聯前五的球員
,我們應該要把他排在知名球員如Buster Posey跟Andrew McCutchen前面.