Friday, February 04, 2005

Nakamura Signed Minor League Contract

基本上我對日職不是很熟悉,不過至少我知道日本貨在美國是一樣堪用的,至少有一定程度的品質保證。躲人如願在星期四發表官方新聞:Nakamura inks minor league deal,而Paul DePodesta僅用500K就入手一位有競爭力的選手,雖然他近幾年患了Shawn Green Syndrome(from官站討論區,笑),不過只要他今年是健康的,躲人就算賺死了,再者,根據DailyNews.com的報導,Nakamura簽的約中並沒有脫逃條款:

A Dodgers source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the deal doesn't include an out clause if Nakamura doesn't make the team, an obvious sign he has agreed in advance to report to the Dodgers' Triple-A Las Vegas affiliate if he doesn't make the big-league club.

這代表躲人只花了一點點不關痛癢的錢,就把在日職proven的選手簽來當MLB~AAA替補,即便他躺在DL上一整年,也都比Darren Dreifort來的便宜。

依Baseball Prospectus在2002年做的日職美職比較報導:
Japanese Baseball: How Good Is It?
Hitting Major Leagues to Japan .946
Japanese Baseball, Pt. 2: Players
Yr    EQA MjEQA
1997 .257 .243
1998 .284 .269
1999 .289 .273
2000 .307 .290
2001 .340 .322

這樣比較其實是有盲點的,因為他患有Shawn Green Syndrome,他的全壘打一直在掉,而且我們也知道,NPB的球員來到MLB降的最誇張的就是HR:
Nakamura在NPB的記錄
Yr   Nakamura_HR  Green_HR(S.G. Syndrome)
2001 46 49
2002 42 42
2003 23 19
2004 19 28

然後日本選手的全壘打在日職美職的落差:(HR#/AB)
          NPB              MLB
Ichiro 118/3619=.0326 37/2722=.0136(SEA)
(-.0190)
H. Matsui 332/4699=.0707 47/1207=.0389(NYY)
(-.0318)
K. Matsui 150/4638=.0323 7/460 =.0152(NYM)
(-.0171)
Taguchi 66/4165=.0158 6/248 =.0242(STL)
(+.0084)
Shinjo 169/4345=.0389 20/876 =.0228(NYMSFG)
(-.0161)
Nakamura 307/4839=.0634 ??/??? =?????(LAD)
(??????)

其 中只有田口壯(So Taguchi)一個人違反落差,不過考慮到他在MLB的AB極少,或許只是統計資料量不足的緣故。總之,若躲人買來的Nakamura是前幾年一季約 40支全壘打的他,在躲人球場或許也打不到20支,而若是躲人買來的是03~04年的他也無妨,反正損失不大。

DePodesta這次是逢低買進,這樣才算是錢球流奧義...

BTW,Nakamura和Kazuo Matsui在日職時都屬太平洋聯盟的,以人工芝的球場居多,所以依K. Matsui去年守游擊不適應的程度看來,躲人要以GG(Gold Glove)評估Nakamura是否是好的三壘手似乎值得再看看。

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