Jeff Passan
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1.有砸錢給Josh Naylor至少80M以上的合約
Nowhere is that clearer than with the unlikeliest of winter spenders: the Pittsb
urgh Pirates. The largest free agent contract the Pirates have ever handed out w
as more than a decade ago: three years and $39 million to Francisco Liriano. The
y are consistently a bottom-five payroll team. And yet the Pirates were primed t
o spend more than twice that on Josh Naylor before he re-upped with Seattle for
five years and $92.5 million in the first signing of the winter on Sunday night
– and they’re considering other possibilities to supplement Paul Skenes and a
rotation that was among the five best in MLB in the second half.
最明顯的例子，就是原本冬天最不可能大手筆花錢的球隊之一：匹茲堡海盜
海盜隊史上最大張的自由球員合約已經是十多年前的事──3 年3900 萬美元的Francisco L
iriano
但儘管如此，海盜原本準備為Josh Naylor砸下超過這個數字兩倍以上的報價，結果Naylor
最後在週日晚間以 5 年 9250 萬美元與西雅圖完成續約──這是今年冬天的第一筆簽約
而海盜也正在考慮其他補強方案，希望在Skenes之外，進一步強化他們今年下半季表現名列
MLB 前五的先發輪值
2.考慮讓Konnor Griffin直接上來
The most exciting: The Pirates are strongly considering giving 19-year-old Konno
r Griffin, the consensus minor league player of the year in 2025, the opportunit
y to win their big league shortstop job, sources told ESPN.
最令人興奮的是：消息人士向 ESPN 透露，海盜正在積極考慮給 19 歲的Konnor Griffin─
─2025 年一致認定的年度小聯盟最佳球員，角逐大聯盟游擊手先發位置的機會
3.加入洗碗伯爭奪戰
The demand for Schwarber is high, which is no surprise considering he won’t get
more than a five-year deal because of his age and positional inflexibility as a
full-time designated hitter. Of course, when you hit like Schwarber, neither ag
e nor position matters. Teams have made that abundantly clear, all the way from
the obvious suitors (the Philadelphia Phillies are fiending to re-sign him) and
the not-so-obvious (yes, Pittsburgh is in on Schwarber as well).
Schwarber非常熱門，這毫不令人意外，畢竟以他的年紀與守備位置受限（基本上是專職指
定打擊），他不可能拿到超過五年的合約
當然如果你能像Schwarber那樣打擊，年紀與守位根本不是問題，球隊們相當清楚這點──
從顯而易見的追求者（費城費城人迫切想把他留下），到那些不那麼明顯的球隊（沒錯匹茲
堡海盜也在追他）